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Veined Octopus. Image via Unsplash. Perhaps the most visually striking aspect of this behavior is how the octopus transports its collected shells. Unable to carry the shells while maintaining its ...
The veined octopus, with its coconut shell shelter balanced precariously as it stilt-walks across the ocean floor, serves as a powerful reminder that intelligence has many forms in the natural world, ...
The coconut-carrying behavior makes the veined octopus the newest member of the elite club of tool-using animals—and the first member without a backbone, researchers say.
The coconut octopus in this video from furbabiesplus looks like a walking squirt gun. A curious Husky trying to take a closer look at this remarkable creature gets a snout full of water for his ...
The coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus), also known as the veined octopus, belongs to a class of marine mollusks called cephalopods. This class includes octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish. This ...
As the video went viral, social media users reacted in astonishment with many calling the octopus smart for utilising the ocean resources for commute.
Hermit crabs are famous for occupying shells left behind by others, but they aren’t tool-making animals in the same way as the unique veined octopus. The difference is that these cephalopods gather ...
It may seem like humans are supreme among all of Earth's creatures, but some other species are quite capable of dominating ...
All about coconut octopuses: Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus and veined octopus, is a medium-sized cephalopod belonging to the genus Amphioctopus.
In early June 2024, an image allegedly showing a giant octopus washed up on an Indonesian beach went viral. Numerous posts on X claimed it was a photograph taken in Bali.
On the present path AI has taken, a robotic octopus will remain a dream.