Octopus moves wow scientists

[ashton]

Came across this video today and thought it was pretty cool so I wanted to share. Its amazing how smart these guys are.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/12/15/bennett.aus.octopus.tools.abc

 

[gas4544]

Is this the story?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_sc/as_australia_coconut_octopus

 

[ashton]

yea that looks like the same one. The link i posted was just the video. Thanks for posting the article Gary.

 

[Reefreak]

Interesting...However, for those of us who have spent anytime keeping octopus this type of behavior is not uncommon. They are very intelligent. The scientist could have just asked a reefer about it. Hehe

 

[darklcd]

Indeed its amazing to see them do this stuff and yes they are very intelligent that's for sure. I would love to see the day when a scientist that makes 6 figures a year comes to a reefer for advice that would be a great day indeed

 

[iroll253]

I would never stop staring at my tank if i had an octopus.