The veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) apparently can stack discarded coconut shell halves just as one might pile bowls, sits atop them, makes its eight arms rigid like stilts, and then moves ...

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LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Australian researchers watching octopuses manipulate halved coconut shells into shelter claim it is the first example of tool use by the cephalopods. The creatures were filmed ...