The armoured octopus.

By Guido Trombetta on 10:08 AM ,

Consider this post the third part of a trilogy video about the incredible skills of the octopuses after the previous posts:

Octopus, master of disguise
Octopus, the master contortionist

That Octopus is the most inteligent of the invertebrates is a well known fact but this footage provided by Dr Julian Finn of Museum Victoria takes it to a new level. In the video you can see a Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, showing sophisticated tool use behaviour, a coconut that he seems to use as a portable armour/hiding place and, using both halves, as a den



Comments

4 Response to 'The armoured octopus.'

  1. Anonymous
    http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/armoured-octopus.html?showComment=1264208859693#c4219671386547796951'> January 23, 2010 at 2:07 AM

    soooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool

     

  2. Ciaby
    http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/armoured-octopus.html?showComment=1264541484532#c811281060583888288'> January 26, 2010 at 10:31 PM

    Troppo fico!!! Graaaande polipo! E' piĆ¹ intelligente di molti esseri umani.....

     

  3. Unknown
    http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/armoured-octopus.html?showComment=1266610438866#c188971381151721368'> February 19, 2010 at 9:13 PM

    God love the Sea creatures! That was touching. Your Blog is truly spectacular!

     

  4. LOVEmyVIEW
    http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/armoured-octopus.html?showComment=1344942300333#c2656754741131288394'> August 14, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    ok as soon as the octopus starting coming at the cam i woulda pooped