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Complex​

Student Discovers New Species of Giant Octopus
Complex
There's a type of octopus called the Giant Pacific. It's pretty big, arguably the biggest on our planet. They can be found in the coastal North Pacific—places like Japan, Korea, Russia, California, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. But it's ...


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Gizmodo UK​

A New Species of Giant Octopus Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
Gizmodo UK
You wouldn't think a giant octopus could hide in plain sight for decades. But researchers have now learned that the giant Pacific octopus (GPO)—the largest known octopus on Earth, ranging from California to Alaska to Japan—is actually two species ...


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Cthulhu Awakens: Scientists Just Discovered a New Breed of Giant Octopus
Outer Places
Last year, scientists discovered about 18,000 new species. Now, that's a lot of animals to catalogue, track, and understand, but you just know most of them are weird, obscure insects that only live in one spot, like a cliff face in Nicaragua. It's fine ...


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ScienceAlert​

Scientists have discovered a brand new species of giant octopus ...
ScienceAlert
Octopuses are masters of camouflage, but have you ever heard of an octopus that is so good at disguising itself as another octopus that marine biologists didn't even know it was a separate species?
The frilled giant Pacific octopus is a new species of cephalopod ...Quartz
Scientists Discover New Breed of Giant Octopus - Outer PlacesOuter Places
New Species of Giant Octopus Found - DivePhotoGuide.comDivePhotoGuide.com
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[Danna]

I just wanted to point out that ALL the news coverage of this story exists thanks to TONMO and DWhatley in particular! Back in November she posted a link to the research article, and I decided the world must know. It took several weeks to raise an editor's interest, but eventually Earther published my story on Christmas--and the senior author on the paper was flooded with media inquiries the following day. So, THANK YOU!

 

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Love it!! Way to go @DWhatley !!

 

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I4U News​

Giant Pacific Octopus Is Actually Two Separate Species
I4U News
It grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. In 2012, researchers from Alaska Pacific University and the US Geological Survey found a genetically distinct group of giant Pacific octopus in Prince William Sound. They returned those ...

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I4U News​

Giant Pacific Octopus is Actually Two Separate Species - I4U News
I4U News
Researchers have determined that giant Pacific octopus – the largest known octopus on Earth – is actually two distinct species. The discovery was made possible by several years of research. Get the Free Tracker App to find a SNES Classic in Stock ...
The Giant Pacific Octopus Is Actually 2 Different Species, And ...Brinkwire (press release)

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The fact that someone sees the new article links I post makes all the time I take to read and choose the abstracts Google sends me daily worth the effort! It also looks like the new format for featuring content help bring audience attention.

 

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Mother Nature Network​

This octopus has been right under our noses
Mother Nature Network
Additionally, the frilly octopus also has two white spots on its head. The giant Pacific octopus only has one such spot on its head, but it doesn't have all the frills. Visual confirmation is only one step of the process, however. Genetic samples had ...

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