[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:

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[tonmo]

More coverage, with photo:

BBC NEWS | Europe | Octopus twists for shrimps

 

[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