Octopus snatches coconut and runs
unfortunately the video cant be embedded, but its pretty awesome…basically, “Underwater footage reveals that the creatures scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later use them as shelters.”: Octopus snatches coconut and runs EDIT: [...]
gender controlled by a gene?
this is pretty interesting: Scientists find single ‘on-off’ gene that can change gender traits The gene appears to have a “see-saw” relationship with another gene, SOX9, which is normally active only in males. When one is on, the other is [...]