Coconut Octopus — Interesting Facts | 水產百科網

ThecoconutoctopusisfoundinthewesternPacificandIndianoceans.Itisclassifiedasatropicalwaterspecies.ItcanbefoundoffthecoastofsouthernJapanas ...

We, as humans, are bipedal. We walk on two legs. That is our primary means of locomotion. In nature, this characteristic is not that common. Most creatures will walk on four legs if they walk at all.

Well, the coconut octopus was up for the challenge. It engages in a form of bipedalism.

You may wonder how a creature that lacks a skeleton, whose body is basically a large head and eight arms, can walk? Especially when this creature lives the entirety of its life underwater.

It is important to understand that the coconut octopus, like all octopuses, is a highly cognitive and intelligent creature. Over the course of millions of years of evolution, octopuses have evolved a standard set of locomotion. Most animals stick with what nature has provided for them. Octopuses, like humans, however, constantly try to improve on nature.

The coconut octopus can funnel water throug...