Domain Tools

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A species of octopus has been found to use coconut shells as tools to hide from potential threats.

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19 Responses

1. DRealfriknKeenan Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

   right, ok
   right, ok

2. craig123454321 Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

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

3. vonPickles Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

   Beavers are still …
   Beavers are still cooler!

4. Vincebandicot521 Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

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

5. DRealfriknKeenan Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

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

6. cammigurlgonewild Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

   “Invertebrets”

   XD
   “Invertebrets”

   XD

7. shadowace421 Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

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

8. shadowace421 Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

   lol
   lol

9. roidroid Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

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

10. p41413 Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    The video is about …
    The video is about the first invertebrate to use tools. A bird certainly doesn’t fit that category

11. DRealfriknKeenan Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    yah yah sure sure
    …
    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.

12. roidroid Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

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

13. roidroid Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    you don’t…. you …
    you don’t…. you don’t know howto use knives?

    how do you defend yourself from sandwiches?

14. roidroid Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    nah man that’s just …
    nah man that’s just Octopus propaganda.

15. roidroid Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    an octopus just ran …
    an octopus just ran off to patent that.

16. roidroid Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    The 2 bits of …
    The 2 bits of coconut shell are not hinged together.
    The octopus found them apart, and put them back together. It takes some thought.

17. roidroid Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    That there is no …
    That there is no plural to Octopus, as there is only one Octopus in existance at any one time?

18. Eventmidnight Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    So basically, they …
    So basically, they are the new workforce?
    Yippie!

19. magiccatalyst Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    fucking awesome.
    awesome.

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