Editing Coconut (section)

===Other uses===
[[File:Srilanka coconut rug.jpg|thumb|Making a rug from coconut fiber|alt=Workman in coconut field]]

The leftover fiber from coconut oil and coconut milk production, coconut meal, is used as livestock feed. The dried [[calyx (botany)|calyx]] is used as fuel in wood-fired [[stove]]s. Coconut water is traditionally used as a growth supplement in [[plant tissue culture]] and [[micropropagation]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Yong | first1 = JW. Ge L. Ng YF. Tan SN. | year = 2009 | title = The chemical composition and biological properties of coconut (''Cocos nucifera'' L.) water | journal = Molecules | volume = 14 | issue = 12| pages = 5144–5164 | doi=10.3390/molecules14125144 | pmid=20032881| pmc = 6255029 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The smell of coconuts comes from the [[δ-Decalactone|6-pentyloxan-2-one]] molecule, known as δ-decalactone in the food and fragrance industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/rw1013411.html |title=Data sheet about delta-decalactone and its properties |publisher=Thegoodscentscompany.com |date=July 18, 2000 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219135724/http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/rw1013411.html |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

====Tool and shelter for animals====
Researchers from the [[Melbourne Museum]] in Australia observed the [[octopus]] species ''[[Amphioctopus marginatus]]'' [[tool use by animals|use tools]], specifically coconut shells, for defense and shelter. The discovery of this behavior was observed in [[Bali]] and [[North Sulawesi]] in Indonesia between 1998 and 2008.<ref>{{Cite journal | first1 = Julian K. | last1 = Finn | first2 = Tom | last2 = Tregenza | first3 = Mark D. | last3 = Norman | year = 2009 | title = Defensive tool use in a coconut-carrying octopus | journal = Curr. Biol. | volume = 19 | issue = 23 | pages = R1069–R1070 | doi = 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.052 | pmid = 20064403 | s2cid = 26835945 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2009CBio...19R1069F }}</ref><ref name="AP">{{cite news | title = Aussie scientists find coconut-carrying octopus | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfq6qUad8oMqjmm0UKjxvMrFGaaAD9CJIGO80 | first = Kristen | last = Gelineau | date = December 15, 2009 | access-date = December 15, 2009 | agency = Associated Press | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091218165759/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfq6qUad8oMqjmm0UKjxvMrFGaaAD9CJIGO80 | archive-date = December 18, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="scientificamerican">{{cite news | title = A tool-wielding octopus? This invertebrate builds armor from coconut halves | url = http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=a-tool-wielding-octopus-this-invert-2009-12-14 | date = December 14, 2009 | work = Scientific American | first = Katherine | last = Harmon | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091217043236/http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=a-tool-wielding-octopus-this-invert-2009-12-14 | archive-date = December 17, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> ''Amphioctopus marginatus'' is the first [[invertebrate]] known to be able to use tools.<ref name="AP" /><ref name=Times>{{cite news | title = Indonesia's veined octopus 'stilt walks' to collect coconut shells | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article6956352.ece | date = December 15, 2009 | work = Times Online | first = Mark | last = Henderson | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110815081829/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article6956352.ece | archive-date = August 15, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

A coconut can be hollowed out and used as a home for a rodent or a small bird. Halved, drained coconuts can also be hung up as bird feeders, and after the flesh has gone, can be filled with fat in winter to attract [[tit (bird)|tits]].