Octopus tool use

[CountYorik]

What a charming creature.

[Koops2245]

I've seen a guy do the same thing...

but with a cardboard box.

[Nudelsalatbomber]

fried calamares are soooo good!

[sk8jtX69]

@Nudelsalatbomber Ahem...Calamari is squid 

[tankatraue]

I read once somewhere that if humans had not evolved, that Octopus would have evolved to be number one on the food chain. The more of these I watch, the more I can see that being true.

[petlovergirll]

Fabulous!!!

[trilerkiler]

@CarrotsforBananas LOOOL

[Oozingzombie57]

SUCKY SUCKY!!! 0:45

[acr225]

dudulli du dink dink dink dink dink dudual din din dink dink

unda da sea!

unda da sea!

down where its hotta, unda dee watta,

unda da sea!

[cptzac]

He said "octopuses"...

[cadiazm]

@cptzac "octopuses" is the traditional plural form of "octupus" and more accepted than "octopi" or "octopodes"

[nimi118]

OCITYCAR!!!!!!!:D

[AmusingYeti]

0:32 I SEE YOU!

[situlo]

They're getting smarter!!!

[ashrocks87]

shells arent tools, they're skeletons of snails and made of calcium!

[petruz1993]

@ashrocks87 What was stone for humans then? Magmatic rocks?

[ashrocks87]

@petruz1993

what? are stones formally shells of snails?

[petruz1993]

@ashrocks87 ... There's an analogy there... If you find a bone and you go hunting with it, you are using a tool, and you didn't make it... The octopus found the shell and he is using it to hide himself from predators... That's using a tool.

A guy comes rushing at you with a fifty feet medievel flare, you grab a shield to protect yourself, your using a tool. A shark comes raging hell on the octopus, the octopus "drops" some paint on the shark's eyes and runs to the shell, conceiling itself, tool.

[ashrocks87]

@petruz1993

your point is?? oh i know, everyone other than is stupid.

by the way, yeah i get what you're saying.

[petruz1993]

@ashrocks87 Other than who? Me? No, i'm just discussing with you...

My point is that They Are Using a tool. They aren't wrong when they say that...

[ashrocks87]

@petruz1993

and im just saying that shells are made of calcium. nvm

[SabioZorro]

fail. hermit crabs are invertebrates. hermit crabs utilize shells from dead sea snails, etc. as a hideout/defense. octopus isn't the only invertebrate that uses tools. I'm sure there are a couple insects out there who do similar tool-use (can't think of them at the moment).

[TheCulturegeek]

@SabioZorro However, hermit crabs do not carry shells that they are not currently using. Retaining a tool that one is not currently using is arguably a different/more humanlike order of tool use.

This makes a lot more sense if you're familiar with some of the stuff about chimps using sticks to get termites out of a termite mound, and the debate over whether or not they pick up termite-fishing sticks when they are not currently trying to catch termites.

[porsche911sbs]

Where do people get the misconception that 'octopi' is correct. 'Octopuses' is most certainly preferred (at least according to every relevant source of science and literature--e.g. Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, Fowler's Modern English Usage, Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Dictionary...)

[rcfp2006]

you said octopuses, should be octopi

[analogWeapon]

octopi not "octopuses"! sorry, i had to say it. cool behavior!

[suzlady1]

"Forget about the coconut shell, I like the camera better". I wish I could have seen the video of the camera person trying to get the Octpus off the expense underwater camera :-)

[staalman]

Pretty smart.

I still like spongebob more, though

[g0neja]

really cool

[1OOCOEUR]

lol

[vonPickles]

Beavers are still cooler!

[Yossarian06]

Beaver versus octopus? Really?

[vonPickles]

um...beavers...i tried octopus but it was too messy..

[Vincebandicot521]

First??? I've seen so many Animals from this channel's video uses tools!

[CamronJLB]

first invertebrates.

[cammigurlgonewild]

"Invertebrets"

XD

[Eventmidnight]

So basically, they are the new workforce?

Yippie!

[magiccatalyst]

fucking awesome.

[TexTK]

HOLY SHIT!

tools! next thing you know theyll carve out spears out of coral reefs.

were fucking dead!

[Tpuah87]

and thats how hermit crabs came to be

[DuarteOnTheLine]

beatifull

[Squish888]

that is pretty damn smart.

[RedCherryT]

delicious

[rockraven5000]

They're getting too smart! Kill'em all! XD

[VoidHawkz]

@rockraven5000 Too right! :P

[iZephyr100]

Yes octopi could potentially take over, as with dolphins and jelly fish. Noooo!

[BovrilKetchup]

imagine if human go extinct and octopus gain consciousness...

[GiantDoucheNG]

"octopuses"

*octopi

[MaticNebojsa1992]

Hehe..

[eyhexs]

actually, the new narrator is that same octopus

[rebel4evr114]

Octopus in a half shell!

[scytheboy]

Octo power!

[GodlessHippie]

great stuff!

maybe this will prompt some people to realize the beautiful fact of evolution.

probly not, though.

[Llynok]

We could only hope, good sir. We can only hope.

[mulduvar]

lookit dat dere squid genus! he's hidin' under dar cocernut shell. 'e must be surm kinder geeneus skwid i reckon

[redbulborb]

this is sexy. the octopus and coconuts give me nightmares though... so this isn't sexy

[Kommissar85UK]

cthulhu fhtagn :O

[Protleskorker]

"im just a pawn in marijuana's mellow game of chess"

You are a horse, remember that.

[Piscivorus]

Still a ways from developing WMDs.

[Tressco]

Clever!

[PakaNoHida]

Is anyone else surprised since this is not new information? Octopi have been using tools for a long time now.

[daominous]

Good. I was hoping to see an intelligent comment.. this is nothing new.

[marioua18]

intelligent nature

[sorry8140]

thats cool. i liked it when the camera got too close.

[Hefotos]

So if this is the first known invertebrate to use tools, what then of the hermit crab?

[paleobc65]

thats instinct not a sign of intelligence

[TyatKU]

You're instinctively moronic

[paleobc65]

i was answering a fucking queston not talking about the octopus you retard

[paleobc65]

@TyatKU i was saying how hermit crabs are instinctive fucktard !!!!

[eyhexs]

thing is, all hermit crab do that; but only some, particularly clever octopii do this; emergent behaviour of sorts

[squidmanlol]

its not that theyre hiding in shells, its that theyre making use of objects in their environment to better their lives, which is seriously advanced as intelligence in animals goes.

[Topyftw]

It depends... an African or European octopus?

[thesacrament77]

i feel like doin that sometimes

[jon2cool]

Ummm tools, is that the right word? I don't count a coconut shell as a tool : )

[wellwisher106]

@jon2cool why not? every thing that makes task easier is tool

[jon2cool]

@wellwisher106, well would you call your house a tool? Besides some crabs live in shells don't they and we don't pretend that they're some intelligent tool using species thingy.

Now if the octopus had made a screwdriver out of stick and was using it to make a mechano hat i would allow it : )

[WhipKick]

LOL! You've got 2 coconuts and you're bangin' 'em together! Was it an African or a European Octopus? 5/5

[DRealfriknKeenan]

an african octopus is a non-migratory invertebrate...

[jbrun009]

@DRealfriknKeenan Maybe two could carry it on a line?

[DRealfriknKeenan]

he could grasp it by the husk

[WhipKick]

What is the average water speed velocity of an unladen octopus?

[Snow4Life222]

2.6

[DRealfriknKeenan]

it's not a matter of where he grips it. it's a matter of weight ratios!

[leaffan27]

suppose 2 octopi carried them together?

[xrockthe40ozx]

Eastern or western?

[anymaru]

An African Octopus maybe, but not a European one. That's what I'm on about.

[bmbirdsong]

@WhipKick European Octopus, or African?

[DreamingOfAtlantis]

@WhipKick is that an African or European unladen octopus?

[DreamingOfAtlantis]

@WhipKick Is that an African or European unladen octopus?

[themishkin]

It's kind of like a hermit crab.

[MelleB90]

Anyone else reminded of Mass Effect? Intelligent octopus like creatures? :D

Awesome. Nature is beautiful

[puretroubleman]

this video was first published on new scientist and then show on the bbc website TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

why don't you guys catch up with the times? what is the point is me subscribing to your youtube page if I'm just going to see videos a few weeks after they have been posted all over the net?

[rabbitsib]

most of these videos are out of date

[kamur]

Very interesting.May be the US Navy will be interested to recruit them to spy on or sabotage enemy ship.How many genes -we the humans share with them?

[roidroid]

they don't fit in our genes, too many legs.

[TheMerlinOfAR]

Aww octopodes are so neat looking, and kind of cute in a weird way. I think squids and octopodes are prime candidates for evolving intelligence in the future because of the dexterity of their many limbs. We used out opposable thumbs to use tools. They could use their tentacles to use tools.

[kamur]

@TheMerlinOfAR ,Yes,they will be called Octoid and they will call us Humanopithecus.

[eyhexs]

lol; but seriously, it will be a species of intelligent beetle men who will inherit the earth

[djtron1x]

I've heard that Octopi have the potential to become a sentient species and that if it wasn't' for their short lifespan, they likely would have developed to be one of two most intelligent species on earth.

[fuckingghey]

haha i think it should learn how to use knives so that it can chop its self up in to my sauce pan

[roidroid]

you don't.... you don't know howto use knives?

how do you defend yourself from sandwiches?

[harlosik13]

its pretty smart but i dont think its a tool. its being creative with shelter, a tool gives a mechanical advantage otherwise anything which makes it own shelter can be using tools.

[bettySwollox]

@harlosik13

It certainly is a tool! Think of the shell providing the octopus with something its own body cannot: protection, shelter, a hideout even. In terms of a mechanical advantage, it could be argued that the shell may increase the octopus' chances of survival, and reproduction, thus providing it with an advantage.

Fire is a tool, condoms are tools, books are tools, therapy is a tool.

VenomFangX is a fucking tool! ;-)

[eyhexs]

the little guy just built an underwater house out of nothing but coconuts; i would like to see you perform the same feat of ingenuity; technically, he is a more proficient architect / engineer than you are

[yatah]

Great video along with a nice voice. Honestly, i wasn't even watching your videos anymore because of the female narator's voice.

Good job NS.

[ulthea]

I disagree, Burnerbuddy. Science is the study of everything which we can see, feel, know. It is a way for us to understand the universe and everything that abounds within this possibly limitless cosmos.

Religion is the belief in something which goes against any natural laws which we thus far understand. While this does not mean that "supernatural" may not become natural (with understanding), it certainly does not place the hypothetical above the known.

Belief is not higher than knowledge.

[InYourFaceNewYorker]

I think I heard somewhere that octopi can open jars.

[roidroid]

nah man that's just Octopus propaganda.

[ShaolinViolin]

the kraken will mess you up. and your little ship too!

[gotriceandshrimp]

LOL! That one hid itself in an entire coconut shell XD

Smart little sucker XD

[ObliviuxProductions]

Yeah which is why I said !=

(!= means not in standard programming language, I know that not everybody gets that so my apologies).

[threelegduck]

did you know that an octopus can squeeze through any hole larger than it's genitals?  j/k .. could the hermit crab's shell be thought of as a "tool" ? the definition of tool needs to be stated. technically if the hermit crab secreted the shell then it wouldn't count, but i'm pretty sure that they scavenge for new ones, even if made out of plastic.

[Plozen]

You already did a piece on this.

[threelegduck]

@Plozen they did a piece on ambulatory octopi .. that were pretty coo

[suprisepickle]

amazing footage

[shadowace421]

lol, octopus armor, whats next a skeleton swordfish's head for a sword to kill off sharks?

[roidroid]

an octopus just ran off to patent that.

[shadowace421]

lol

[maimingbetty]

0:41 "hey! who are you? stay away from my co-co-nut!" "Hey....what is this?" *pop pop pop* "What....what is this?"

[thedevo01]

I can't wait for people's faces when they finally admit the truth that there isn't any difference between humans and animals.. we're mammals, for fuck sake!

[DRealfriknKeenan]

yah cause the internet is basically two coconut halves put together funny.

"mammal" is just a classification. a dog isn't the same thing as a cat just because they are "mammals."

[thedevo01]

Yeah and a lizard isn't the same thing as a tortoise just because they're reptiles.. what the fuck are you talking about?

You know, stating obvious facts like that doesn't necessarily make the rest of your sentence correct.

Where the hell did this "the internet is basically two coconut halves put together" come from?

You must be trolling.. you better be. Otherwise, if you're serious, I'm sorry for you, bro.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

@thedevo01

I'm not sure if you were the one I was refuting but someone was saying that "people were just the same as animals."

now I'm not using the complexity of our creations as proof that we are not, but just because a bird uses a rock to kill it's prey and octopus uses a coconut as shelter that isn't proof that they are as intelligent or equal to humans.

[thedevo01]

Why do people always refer to humans intelligence when they point out the main difference between animals and humans.

Do you honestly believe that the intelligence of animals is equal no matter what specie they come from?

Anyone who had more than 1 pet can tell that not only different species have different level of intelligence, but there are huge differences between them individually too.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

no, people don't believe all animals are at the same level of intelligence. the difference between us and animals is sentience. imagination. the ability to ask why and make choices that don't depend on our environment.

[thedevo01]

"make choices that don't depend on our environment."

So you mean you can make up or imagine any living organism without using any of the currently existing qualities?

People are not random. We're like computers that are constantly fed data.

If we really had the freedom of choice, that would mean, I would write something different if I rewound time.

I'm not saying that our future is "written down", but our behavior is a continuous pattern constantly created by our environment.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

you have no way of proving your statement. we move forward thru time constantly w/ no way of going back and testing your claim. however, my actions are not defined by my surroundings. for example: just because I am attracted to girls doesn't mean I'm going to be a rapist. there are lots of guys w/ similar backgrounds of the same race as me who are rapists. why am I not one?  because I choose not to be. an animal, however, would simply act on the instinct.

[thedevo01]

First of all, someone being a rapist could mean a hormone disorder, secondly, you there is no way the (fictional) person you're talking about has the exact same background and environment as you do.

I don't like labeling people, but I have a feeling that you have never had any pets (..other than fish).

Once you do, you'll be amazed just how much time animals spend thinking and planning.

Christianity did a great job subtracting humanity from mother nature in the middle ages.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

how about this then: I could do my homework, I have homework due, my parents were very clear that doing my homework brings success, but I'm arguing w/ someone on youtube on the difference between octopi and humans. at any second, I could stop writing and do my homework, is this my choice, or are my hormones forcing me to do this?

[thedevo01]

You will act as the system you got used to and grew up in taught you; What you will do is what you benefit from the most according to the value system you live in. Out priority systems are different, this is why I don't feel bothered when I have to explain something to another person.

And please don't try to little me down - if you argue with someone, don't make up false facts: I'm not talking about the difference between octopi and humans.

[PondscumArgonian]

Rape is a bad example in a human vs animal discussion. Few animals practice rape and are very serious about mating signals.

[positivoshow]

soon they will make coconut cars and coconut cityes and coconut chemical weapons

[maulcs]

saw this months ago

[1Weemaryanne]

Cute and terrifying in equal measure.

[takid123]

this octopuses are baller

[DRealfriknKeenan]

hermit crabs already do this and they're invertebrates...

[phurphy]

@DRealfriknKeenan

Hmmm. But is it regarded as a tool or a home?

[Drummerboy7stix]

Yeah that's a good point...

[kenandkids]

@DRealfriknKeenan there is a difference between sheltering in something and using it as a tool. A tool is something that requires forethought and planning in order to be useful, hermit crabs walk till they see a shell and move in. Big difference.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

how is that different than an octopus seeing a coconut shell and climbing in?

[kenandkids]

@DRealfriknKeenan the octopus didn't see the shell and climb in, it had a half and looked for the other half. it created a plan to put them together. Having a plan, it takes one half to the other half and applies them to it's predetermined use. this is tool use. a crab does not shape a shell, it simply uses it. a crab does no assembly, applies no plan, and does not alter what it finds.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

he could have found the two together, it's not hard to imagine.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

@kenandkids

it didn't say in the video that it didn't find the two together. it didn't show the octopus looking for two. this isn't an assembly plan. it's instinct, very simple instinct.

[roidroid]

The 2 bits of coconut shell are not hinged together.

The octopus found them apart, and put them back together.  It takes some thought.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

yah yah sure sure

your putting too much thought into this. what about birds' nests? they've been putting twigs, mud, and spit together for years and nobody's freaking out about that.

[p41413]

The video is about the first invertebrate to use tools. A bird certainly doesn't fit that category ;)

[roidroid]

they don't carry the nests around with them, then turn them upsidedown and hide under them.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

so? I think putting a million twigs together in a bowl shape is a bit more complicated than carrying a coconut.

[craig123454321]

cause this is a a dam octopus. obviously birds aren't stupid. relative.

[DRealfriknKeenan]

right, ok

[shadman1911]

One of these days we're gone find one ordering stuff from the internet...

[amogenaro666]

teenage mutant ninja octopus!!

heroes in a half coconut shell!!!

[quickgonzalez89]

Haha! This just made my day!

[zkjgrty]

lol very smart things these are.

[Tsylord]

This was already on the Nat. Geographic channel like a month ago. Anyway, its cool how octopii (Octopuses??) use this trick.

[shloppyboy]

that was legit

[AttackTofu]

ninja octopi lol

[CalvinDWalker]

0:45

Om nom nom nom nom nom nom...

[wowsuperaddicted]

lol that's exactly what came to my mind when it came on the screen xD

[coolace108]

lol at end

[wakeangel2001]

hermit crabs do something similar with discarded snail shells don't they? I've also seen an octopus use a discarded bottle in a similar manner. It's too bad their limited life span means they can't teach their children this trick.

[xxjacobxx3]

@wakeangel2001 first "invertebrate" animal. meaning it doesnt have a bone structure.

[wakeangel2001]

last time I checked Hermit crabs and all other crustaceans were invertebrates as well. An invertebrate is an animal that does not have a spinal column, including insects, crustaceans, echinoderms, mollusks, sponges, jellyfish, and a bunch of other things.

[threelegduck]

@wakeangel2001 i agree; they need to define what tool is. it would e more impressive if the octopus took on a discarded construction helmet rather than a coconut. the coconut is in the same ballpark as the hermit crab's shell as far as i'm concerned.

[Limited317]

octopus started blogging... Hey what happened to the old narrator?

[mooxim]

@Limited317

I guess too many people complained about her voice.

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

she had a nice voice

[mooxim]

@DidntKnowWhatToPut1

too many people disagreed with you.

[teamforteress]

nice voice TY

[Krumbz2003]

Thank you so much for the new voice over guy. Seriously.

Thanx!

Awesome video... as always!

[MustangGT520]

tea bagged camera

[nwstraith]

Tool use? Are hermit crabs tool users for lugging about their home too?

[TheFolkUtopia]

Please define tool use for us all.

[dude12nothin]

@nwstraith Technically, yes as it is not part of their natural biologic structure. Which begs the question Is a spider's web usage a form of tool use also? How about spiting venom? Skunk spray? What about flying? Or a turtles shell?