Photo: “Bizarre” Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters

“A team led by biologist Julian Finn of Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, was observing 20 veined octopi, and noticed that the animals were frequently using their approximately 6-inch-long tentacles to carry coconut shells bigger than their roughly 3-inch-wide bodies.

“An octopus would dig up the two halves of a coconut shell, then use them as protective shielding when stopping in exposed areas or when resting in sediment.

The octopus, after using the coconut shells, would arrange them neatly below the center of its body and ‘walk’ around with them.”

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