[News]: Octopus opens jars with food in experiment

[tonmo]

I've posted news stories in the past about octopuses opening jars in one form or another. Here's a story from Feb. 8th about a recent experiment that observes an octopus discerning between jars with food and empty jars. The article is found on Ananova:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_748630.html

 

[tonmo]

More coverage, with photo:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2796607.stm

 

[WhiteKiboko]

while that certainly is a neat trick and shows off the intelligence of octos, my question is when is someone going to teach one to do something more useful, like maybe doing my taxes?

 

[tonmo]

More coverage of this story below. It includes an excellent video with a local news anchor's commentary:

Jar Opening Octopus Amazes Crowds