Shell shock!

Saw a report on this yesterday, first thought was, as we watch the asinine actions of humans, as we are Evolving Backwards the rest of the Animal Kingdom on earth is Evolving Forward to Replace a Species, Us, that can't get it straight. There are plenty of examples.

Octopus spotted using coconuts as shelter in first sign of tool use among invertebrates

Researchers 'gobsmacked' after watching species off Indonesia collecting and adapting shells for use as hiding place

Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter, unusually sophisticated behaviour that researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal.

The scientists filmed the veined octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, selecting halved coconut shells from the sea floor, emptying them, carrying them under their bodies up to 65ft (about 20 metres), and assembling two shells together to make a spherical hiding spot...>>>>>