Stunning Octopus?

Saw this on the news this morning.  I guess just that they have never SEEN this species do anything like this before but they have seen birds build nests and beavers build dams for years. 

I would be more impressed if it climbed the tree to pick the coconut.

that is so cool!!!!!

I was more impressed with your octopus and when he ate all of your fish and hermit crabs.  Thanks for the entertainment that cost you lots of $$$.

yah, inked my tank and caused $600 in death and damage.

I do not miss Sean's tank!!!  That was the best day of my life when he sold that...

Gall Dang Geoffrey! Did you read the first sentence?

" unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal."

i guess that's what i am questioning, Ellie.   Is the key word here "invertebrate"?  Because I am pretty sure there are a lot of species of invertebrates that use foreign objects as a home or "tool" as they are calling it.

i just think it is funny that they are blown away by this action, despite all the other miraculous things an octopus can do.

Thats cool!!!

Yeah that was supposed to be funny Geoff.  But, anyway, scientists will continue to be "amazed" by animals because they don't recognize their Creator. I am continously amazed because I do. I can't wait to find out about the senses that animals have that we don't understand yet. We get a little glimpse every now and then...but no one can ever explain. You know like how dolphins know how to swim right to the injured area of a person. Or how millions of birds know how to get to Chapman Elementary School's chimney year after year. Oh yeah, and Grandma has a cat that knows where her arthritis pain is the worst on any given night, and then he lays on that spot. Also, despite the fact that people come and go from their house continuously, almost no one knows of, or sees this cat. Makes you wonder.

yah, i've always felt that cures for diseases and endless technology are out there, somewhere.  in plants, animals, and mineral combinations that we just haven't yet discovered.