Masters of Camouflage
May 25, 2012 by Michael Mountain
Check out this beautiful conch shell … … Well, actually it’s an octopus.
Octopus with His Mobile Home!
April 30, 2012 by Michael Mountain
Octopuses are well known for their smarts. They’re the most intelligent of the cephalopods, and are renowned for their Houdini-like ability to escape from humans. (One story is told of the octopus who escaped from a tank in the hull of a boat where he was being held captive … made his way up the stairs … and over the edge of the boat back into the ocean.)
Fish Mimics Octopus Mimic
January 5, 2012 by Michael Mountain
Look where the arrow is pointing. That’s not part of the octopus; that’s a black marble jawfish pretending to be part of the octopus since her coloring fits so well.
New Deep Sea Wonders
January 4, 2012 by Michael Mountain
A lone octopus wends her way across the floor near a hydrothermal vent 7,800 feet below the surface of the Antarctic Ocean. She’s just one of thousands of sea creatures seen by humans for the first time when a team from Oxford University sent a remote camera down to visit them.
Why the Octopus Walked
November 24, 2011 by Michael Mountain
The web is crawling with video of an octopus climbing out of the ocean for a painstaking walk over the rocks before sliding back into a ocean. Along the way, she drops a crab. Onlookers say she was leaving them a gift. (Why do we we humans assume everything is about us?)
Top Ten Tool Users
August 1, 2011 by MichaelMountain
Scientists once thought that tool use was the defining feature of humans. Animals using tools is a a sign of extraordinary intelligence that shows an ability to manipulate an object.