Veined Octopus using tools

Veined Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) collecting broken glass and using it to build a defensive fortress. All clips can be licenced from the Science Photo Library. For best results, please watch in HD. http://www.sciencephoto.com/motion

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[Charlymaumushi]

It can also be...... a hat. lol

[darklogic85]

Heh, that's awesome.

[Tinhamodic]

They will one day evolve into Cephalids! Hail Aboshan!

[suppdanicali]

stuff like this is why they are my favorite animal!

[kirkleblanc]

I feel like the clips were arranged to seem as though but definatley signs of survival..



[koinma]

wow it thinks pretty fast for an aquatic creature.....or is it one DUN DUUN DUUUN.

[kyuriii]

don't cut yourself on the glass! D:

[bbsonjohn]

Soon, octopus we take over the world. Be warned.

[zePufferfish]

And there comes the shark, *CHOMP**brreaAAK*, and there goes the shark. Also pressing 2 rapidly is kind of weird.

[pivotcrave]

@TheWingflyer still proving my point

[TheWingflyer]

@pivotcrave The medieval armor was a "tool" for the "task" of fighting so it still fits the definition as the task of fighting is active.

[pivotcrave]

the thing that i find amazing is the fact that it uses two different peices to make it, showing a technique that lets at to make it compare things and also make connections, such as this could go with that to make a house