Defensive tool use in a coconut-carrying octopus

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Finn, Julian K ^a,b   Tregenza, Tom ^c   Norman, Mark D ^a  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COCONUT; LETTER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; COCOS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCTOPODIFORMES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; OCTOPUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 71949118432     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.052     Document Type: Letter

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