tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post5926686806901355652..comments2024-03-12T03:23:42.976-04:00Comments on NeuroDojo: I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts’ shellsZen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-24028829765027004612010-01-03T09:20:31.598-05:002010-01-03T09:20:31.598-05:00I'm visiting via Circus of the Spineless. As ...I'm visiting via Circus of the Spineless. As an anthropologist, trying to understand what humans are all about, I always love stories that show tool use in other species. Thanks for providing more information on this in octopus. Makes me eager to learn more.<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/12/blog-your-way-to-success-with-hairy-legs/" rel="nofollow">Blog Your Way to Success With Hairy Legs</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097289963025434403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-67286948462695475402010-01-02T04:10:33.426-05:002010-01-02T04:10:33.426-05:00Great to find your post via Circus o/t Spineless. ...Great to find your post via Circus o/t Spineless. The video (apparently independent of the research) I used in my related post seems to show the behavior you are looking for: transportation then bivouacing; though with two scallops and coconut fragment and not across a far distance.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/v/AqdH-lCziWcNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293693723899837239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-72555827513982072292009-12-16T19:15:39.257-05:002009-12-16T19:15:39.257-05:00Has anyone seen them with 3 half shells? I think t...Has anyone seen them with 3 half shells? I think they're using them for a shell game (which 1/2 is the snail under?).Gary Bastokyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547436494530499539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-30900016024169138812009-12-15T17:10:39.298-05:002009-12-15T17:10:39.298-05:00Nice picture. Thanks for the post. Keep it up.Nice picture. Thanks for the post. Keep it up.Rico Kurniawanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439184952061219490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-40756730214065446292009-12-15T15:18:45.648-05:002009-12-15T15:18:45.648-05:00The link (thanks!) is the same as the “Supplementa...The link (thanks!) is the same as the “Supplemental video 1” that is published online with the paper. It has five continuous video segments spliced together.<br /><br />1. Octopus excavating a shell from under sand.<br /><br />2. Octopus peeking out from underneath shell.<br /><br />3. Octopus excavating shell and walking away with it.<br /><br />4. Octopus walking with shell and stopping.<br /><br />5. Octopus pulling shells together.<br /><br />Because of the cuts in the video, there’s no way to tell if the octopus in the last sequence is the <b>same</b> one seen in the previous sequences. It’s possible that the shells the octopus is using in sequence 5 were already there, rather than the octopus having brought the pieces along.Zen Faulkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-8301862572401670832009-12-15T15:00:07.698-05:002009-12-15T15:00:07.698-05:00they not only observed the octopuses switch from c...they not only observed the octopuses switch from carrying the coconut to hiding in it, but they filmed it! <br /><br />http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/983859/octopuses-using-coconut-shells-as-tools<br /><br />it is very cute!<br /><br />love your blog. found it from blog of note (my site was featured there in october). been finding your posts on giving talks very handy, as i'm about to give my first talk at a conference in march.<br /><br />cheers!traumadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387315561167115253noreply@blogger.com