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'She turns her siphon into a gun': Watch coconut octopus firing stones at fish in world-1st footage

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Netflix 's new series "Our Oceans " captures the moment an octopus fires projectiles at predatory fish.

The clip shows a coconut octopus firing stones from its siphon, a tube-like structure octopuses use to swim and steer.

The team filmed the clip around 30 feet ( 9 meters ) below the ocean surface in Southeast Asia .