In nature, it is quite rare to encounter octopi with extra tentacles (or “arms,” for the purists), but a pair of aquariums in Japan’s Mie prefecture have some extraordinary specimens on hand.
The permanent display at the Shima Marineland Aquarium in the town of Shima includes a 96-tentacled Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) that weighed 3.3 kilograms (about 7 lbs) and measured 90 centimeters (3 ft) long when it was captured in nearby Matoya Bay in December 1998.
The spawn of Cthulhu!
ReplyDeleteWow - No Kidding. How do you find all these great pictures? You are a person of many talents.
ReplyDeleteSorry to correct you maru, but it would be the spawn of Cthulhi, as I'm quite certain that it takes two to cha-cha.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Flying Spagetti Monster to me.
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How close is Matoya Bay to Hiroshima or Nagasaki?
ReplyDeleteJust wondering.
It looks like something from a Guillermo de Torro film. Weird.
ReplyDeleteThat thing reminds me a bit of the Cloverfield monster.
ReplyDeleteGod, I hope it doesn't get pissed and start attacking New York City.