New (and squeeable!) Octo species found off Newfoundland coast

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This still-unnamed species of cutiepus -- whose photo also turned up on the Daily Squee site -- was recently discovered by a Spanish/Canadian scientific team using an ROV off the Newfoundland coast:

Purple Octopus

(It really does look like a Pokemon.... "OCTOSQUEE, I CHOOSE YOU!" :heart:)
 
hallucigenia;160331 said:
That is absurdly cute. I wonder if it's full-grown? It's got that chibi look, but then again so do adult bobtail squid, so who knows.

I was wondering the same thing myself.... wouldn't it be a hoot if it actually grew into a mutant Haliphron atlanticus with a 50-foot armspan and a beak like a pterodactyl? :sagrin:

PS: "Chibi" reference WIN! (Would you happen to be an anime fan too?)
 

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