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12 April 2005

Don't mind me. I'm a coconut

Coconutocto_1From nature.com:

"Two tiny species of tropical octopus have demonstrated a remarkable disappearing trick. They adopt a two-armed 'walk' that frees up their remaining six limbs to camouflage them as they slink away from trouble...

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Huffard's team filmed the apple-sized Octopus marginatus in the tropical waters of Indonesia. Instead of its usual sprawling crawl, O. marginatus fled from divers by striding on two arms, with the rest of its arms wrapped around its body, giving it the appearance of a walking coconut."

Click here to see a video clip of the crafty cephalopod acting like a coconut.  Who says a spinal cord and brain are prerequisites for street smarts?

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