Dear David,
Most Octopus species are able to drill holes in their prey.
Several articles are written on this subject (I believe by
Dixon). Some are also dealing with the differences between
holes drilled by predatory gastropods and Octopus.
If you are interested I can send you more info at a later
stage (early next week).
Best regards,
Henk K. Mienis
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From: David TOUITOU <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:22 PM
Subject: Caribbean Octopus & Shell Question


> Dear all Collectors,
>
> I am living since 5 months in The Caribbeans, at la
> MArtinique island.
> All the times i found any shell in from an octopus "home",
> the shell is drilled (small, rarely more than one).
> Does anybody know if the caribbean octopus drill holes ?
> I did not know that octopus could do that...
> I never found any undrilled shell ! Never !
>
> Thank you
> David
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