If you give an octopus a coconut shell...

I turned in my updated proposal to my advisor today, finished up my Christmas shopping in downtown Laramie, and will head out soon for a lab dinner at my advisor's house.  Bob (my advisor) is a fantastic cook and a master brewer, and the extended lab family (labmates + our better halves) is a great group, so I really look forward to these occasional get-togethers.

Another cool story came across my science news today: "Octopus carries around coconut shells as suits of armour" (video of the coconut-shell-armour-in-action is embedded below).



Don't let anyone tell you that inverts aren't amazing!

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READING: Rinella (2008) American buffalo: In search of a lost icon.
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