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 effort ...

This octopus has devised an ingenious way to create a moveable shelter by assembling two halves of a coconut shell. - [Narrator] Our understanding of octopus intelligence took another leap forward, ...

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SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter — unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of ...

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SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian scientists have discovery an octopus species that carries around coconut shells to hide in when threatened, behavior the researchers said was the first example of ...

While some Web denizens were pulling out their hair over the public option, other dwellers have been blissfully mesmerized by footage of an octopus manipulating coconut shells into a makeshift shelter ...

Coconut octopuses are vulnerable to blacktip sharks, who use smell to find prey. With the help of an unlikely ally, this octopus is able to hide from hungry sharks. - [Narrator] Blacktip sharks hunt ...