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We were so surprised. Nobody had ever recorded veined octopuses using their siphons as weapons before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The team filmed the clip around 30 feet (9 meters) below the ocean surface in Southeast Asia. The filmmakers were initially looking at the impact of plastic pollution on the ocean, filming a lone octopus living in a trash-filled seabed. But when they reviewed the footage, they realized they&#8217;d captured a completely new behavior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/octopuses\/octopuses-burn-more-calories-changing-color-than-you-use-on-a-25-minute-run\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/octopuses\/octopuses-burn-more-calories-changing-color-than-you-use-on-a-25-minute-run\"><u><strong>Octopuses burn more calories changing color than you use on a 25-minute run<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team returned to the octopus to find out if this was a one-off event, or if the octopus had worked out how to use its siphon as a pea-shooter to deter predators. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roger-munns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.roger-munns.com\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Roger Munns<\/u><\/a>, the director of photography, spent 110 hours with the octopus over three weeks, eventually capturing the behavior in detail \u2014 showing how she gathered rocks and debris, loaded it, then fired the projectiles out. &#8220;She turns her siphon into a gun,&#8221; former President Barack Obama, who narrates the series, said in the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1600px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image of an octopus eye within a shell.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BgFieuxSx3Jw4RBqDzjN5X.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The coconut octopus shot stones out of her siphon at passing fish \u2014 a behavior that had never been seen before. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Netflix\/Our Oceans)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The stones were fired out so fast it could only be seen on the footage in slow motion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-XjUfx5JsVAZu3ExRKbQvMa\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-XjUfx5JsVAZu3ExRKbQvMa slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the world\u2019s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Faced with a large fish who was giving away the location of her clam hideout, the octopus fired a stone out of its breathing siphon, and hit the fish square on the face,&#8221; executive producer James Honeyborne told Live Science in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Coconut octopuses tend to live in sandy, muddy habitats in shallow waters. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/australian.museum\/learn\/animals\/molluscs\/veined-octopus-octopus-marginatus\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/australian.museum\/learn\/animals\/molluscs\/veined-octopus-octopus-marginatus\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>They&#8217;re found throughout the Indian Ocean<\/u><\/a> and emerge from their hiding places at dawn and dusk to forage. They&#8217;re known for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960982209019149\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960982209019149\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>building armor from clam and coconut shells<\/u><\/a>, pulling the halves together to create shields. 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