Octopus carries coconut shell for protection
Just in case you thought that invertebrates weren't that clever!
Full story at National Geographic: "Bizarre" Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters
Ed Baker FLS ARCS
Interdisciplinary researcher using sensor networks and acoustics to monitor biodiversity and environments.
Latest publications
- A Gateway to Nature: The Urban Research Station at London's Natural History Museum
- Catalysts for change: Museum gardens in a planetary emergency
- Bioacoustic and Ecoacoustic Data in Audiovisual Core
- Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK
Latest blog posts
- Architecture of ws-camerad
- Rotating a Pi Camera Feed 90° with ws-camerad
- Why Environmental Monitoring on Edge Devices Needs a Better Software Architecture
- Switching Pi NoIR Camera Profiles at Runtime — Without Restarting Anything
- Support for the DS1821 Thermometer on Raspberry Pi
Talks
- 10/10/2025 - TDWG 2025
- 15/05/2025 - Urban Nature Network: Bioacoustics and Ecoacoustics
- 22/04/2025 - Urban Research Station launch
- 03/03/2025 - Impacts of Urban Noise
- 22/01/2025 - Acoustics research at the Natural History Museum
Notes
- Prophalangopsis obscura (Walker, 1869)
- Acoustics figures
- Annotations
- Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff