New footage reveals a coconut octopus throwing stones to protect its hideout, marking the first time this behavior has been ...

He captured a small coconut octopus taking shelter in a plastic cup as a replacement for natural alternatives. Sigurdsson anticipated how this minuscule change would impact a bigger aquatic food ...

First-of-its-kind footage captures the moment an octopus fires projectiles at predatory fish while hiding in a clam shell, like a mini sharpshooter. The clip, filmed for Netflix's new series "Our ...

This avid collector of discarded coconut husks is a widespread inhabitant of seas across the world. It is usually tiny, sometimes even smaller than the blue-ringed octopus. It likes to make its ...

In areas without natural defenses, the octopus basically uses the shell as a makeshift shield. With no readily available hiding places, the creatures bring their own. Story by Tony Manfred and ...

A row of suckers. A pair of eyes. An octopus. In particular, Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus. Its common name comes from its habit of hiding in discarded coconut shells ...

Octopuses are highly intelligent animals, and several species have been known to use tools in the wild, such as the coconut octopus, which carries around clams and coconut shells to use as shelter.

They will be judged on their quality, style and originality. Samuel Sloss (Italy/USA) is spotted by a coconut octopus, peeking out from a clam shell. Samuel was muck diving along the volcanic sands of ...

Octopuses are the only invertebrate known to use tools. This coconut octopus uses empty shells and even coconuts as a mobile fortress. Image credit: Yury Ivanov/@diveivanov “Meet the most intelligent ...

The episode also shows remarkable behaviour from around the world - from the day octopus, which can change colour and texture in a split second, to the coconut octopus, which carries around its ...

Technique / 'She turns her siphon into a gun watch coconut octopus firing stones at fish in world 1st footage' Techniques From lens focal lengths and fill-flash to portraits, macro or stunning ...