Octopuses have been observed carrying coconut shells in what researchers claim is the first recorded example of tool use in invertebrates. … Veined octopuses…have been filmed picking up coconut halves from the seabed to use as hiding places when they feel threatened.
Given what we knowabout them, I don’t think this is all that shocking–personally, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that an army of octopi dragged the killer iceberg into the side of the Titanic or formed like Voltron and shot JFK from the grassy knoll.
Pitchfork.tv is showing Daft Punk’s Electroma until 8PM tonight (Saturday). If you want to avoid watching a shitty shitty movie, I’d advise doing something else with your time. There are someĀ cool shots in this overlong, underedited Frankenstein tale, but that’s about it. Daft Punk’s Electroma, you necessitate my adding a new tag to this blog: shitty.
And now, to find and watch the Flaming Lips’ Christmas on Mars. Because I’m a masochist, you see.