Octopus with 96 tentacles
by friver ~ July 26th, 2008. Filed under: Strange Animals.
In Japan’s Shinma Marine Aquarium is a preserved specimen of a Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) with 96 tentacles. yes, 96 tentacles. How did that many arms fit onto its body? Think of it as a really bad case of split ends, only with tentacles.
The monster octopus lived in the aquarium for five months and gave birth to normal young. Scientists think the extra graspers were due to an aberration in the mollusc’s self-regeneration abilities.
August 16th, 2008 at 1:08 am
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