tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post4156433163668548005..comments2023-10-04T02:24:08.790-07:00Comments on Institute of Jurassic Technology: Octopi officially deemed 'tool using' animalBpaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009087847894914228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post-62786684437863488682010-01-19T20:45:37.387-08:002010-01-19T20:45:37.387-08:00African swallows!African swallows!Bpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009087847894914228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post-2665704325906478662010-01-19T17:56:35.854-08:002010-01-19T17:56:35.854-08:00Well, I consider myself a "scientific type&qu...Well, I consider myself a "scientific type" even if I don't have any fancy paperwork to go along with my belief. But that also means I am not burdened with bullshit parameters,hehe. Chimps using twigs to get to termites? Tool use. Otters cracking open mollusks with stones? Tool use. An octopus picking up coconuts to hide in? well.... I wonder if those coconuts were dropped there by swallows? hmmmm...Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908526221340308274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post-7990418557984645902010-01-19T07:50:18.400-08:002010-01-19T07:50:18.400-08:00Well they're not forging allen wrenches, but i...Well they're not forging allen wrenches, but it does qualify to us scientific types LOL.Bpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009087847894914228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post-6917838276569238412010-01-19T03:02:31.658-08:002010-01-19T03:02:31.658-08:00I saw this on the web and thought "wow, I hav...I saw this on the web and thought "wow, I have always heard octopi were smart, never guessed they used tools"....watches vid...."oh, for Christ's sake, it's two halves of a coconut, where the hell is the tool?"Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908526221340308274noreply@blogger.com