Archive for the 'Weird Squids' Category

The Six Legged Octopus

The Hexapus

Caretakers at a British aquarium recently discovered that one of its newest residents, an octopus named Henry, had six legs instead of the usual eight. Apparently the caretakers have researched everywhere to see if there really is such thing, but so far, the only documented six-legged octopus is this one! Therefore, they dubbed him […]

An Unusual Squid

New Squid- Champion Chewer

 
This squid was found among 80,000 deep-sea organisms collected from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a chain of undersea mountains halfway between Europe and North America.This new, unusual type of squid was named Promachoteuthis sloan. The shape of its beak suggests the squid is a powerful chewer.