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octobot
Apr 12th, 2007, 06:05am
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Octopus are one the most fascinating and intelligent of the invertebrates. Yet, little is known about their role in the deep sea, even less is known from ...


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Phil
Apr 12th, 2007, 08:05am
That's a very interesting short article as information on Vulcanoctopus is not easy to find. I didn't realise the animal was so small, mantle length 52mm maximum recorded so far.

Now there's a challenge for all you ceph-keepers out there. It looks like you'll have to home-grow some Riftia vent worms first.

sorseress
Apr 12th, 2007, 10:08am
Rather tough environment to match! :wink: