Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Octopus marginatus.jpg

Coconut octopus edit

Original - Amphioctopus marginatus using a coconut and a bivalve shell for protection. This species, also known as the coconut octopus and veined octopus, is found in tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean.

Crop available at higher resolution.

Reason: High res, encyclopaedic, FP on Commons. This species got its fifteen minutes of fame at the end of last year, when it was made public that they use coconut shells to hide and/or shield themselves, and that they carry these with them for future occasions, which meets the definition of tool use - claimed as the first ever documented example in an invertebrate.
Articles in which this image appears: Amphioctopus marginatus
FP category for this image: Animals->Molluscs
Creator: Nhobgood

Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:57, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Not the best image to show what the species looks like, but a fine illustration showing the behaviour of the creature. J Milburn (talk) 19:41, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Because the tool-use behavior is so significant for this species, an image illustrating how the octopus uses the coconut shell is particularly valuable. The image itself has excellent color and clarity. Tim Pierce (talk) 20:54, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The nominated image is smaller version of this one I think; thought about nominating that one but it didn't seem great. --I'ḏ♥One 23:18, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Interesting, and they're both used, your one in octopus. We usually try to promote the largest version, even if quality declines a bit as you move towards higher res. Let's see what people think. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:51, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very cool. As for sizes, I would have been happy with the smaller one, but the larger one clearly holds more detail even if it is larger at full size. Therefore, I prefer the larger of the two. Cowtowner (talk) 12:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support crop. upstate NYer 01:25, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support any Great image!--Mbz1 (talk) 05:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments on the crop, please. Makeemlighter (talk) 01:26, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Both Cowtowner and upstateNYer were in favour of the crop. I'm happy with that. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:51, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Crop looks fine. J Milburn (talk) 16:03, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fine with either one. Tim Pierce (talk) 16:45, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Octopus_shell.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:08, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I figured, but it never hurts to check. Makeemlighter (talk) 23:08, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]