Why do octopuses haul coconut shells like portable armor? The surprising science behind their unusual tool use

Marine biologists discovered veined octopuses in Indonesia using coconut shells for shelter. These intelligent creatures collect shells and carry them across the seabed. They arrange the shells to ...
Business Insider

Octopus rolls up in coconut for protection

An curved arrow pointing right. In recent years a number of videos have emerging showing octopi carrying coconuts around the ocean floor. Scientists believe there's a very simple, entirely logical ...
UPI

Octopus uses coconut shell to roll along ocean floor

NGINAMANU, Indonesia, April 28 (UPI) --A clever octopus in Indonesian waters was caught on video showing off its ability to roll along the ocean floor using two coconut halves. The video, filmed near ...
The New York Times

It Looks Like a Shell, but an Octopus and 40,000 Eggs Live Inside

Scientists are studying how the argonaut octopus evolved the ability to produce a floating shell-like structure to care for its offspring. By Sofia Quaglia Argonauta Argo is not a typical octopus.