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The veined octopus, also known as the coconut-carrying octopus, is a medium sized cephalopod that got it’s nickname in 2009.

Researchers from Australia spent over 500 hours observing their behavior and published a paper titled “Defensive tool use in a coconut-carrying octopus” — once published -- the coconut octopus nickname took the world by storm!

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