02 November 2015

Gimme shelter

"As it turns out, some octopuses, like this one, possess the foresight to actually pack along coconut shells to use as protective shelters when exploring areas without adequate places to hide."

6 comments:

  1. Octopuses, or octopoides. Octo-pie is incorrect.

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    1. There's always someone like you, isn't there? *Sigh* Everyone knows it's octopepipeda.

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    2. I reckon it's octopodes, not octopoides ;-)

      good article here:
      http://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/
      The comments are well worth a read .

      cheers
      another phil

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  2. YOU MADE ME REMEMBER....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJtq6OmD-_Y

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  3. I've several videos of these creatures (how's that for avoiding the plural controversy?), and am quite impressed by their apparent intelligence.

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