The Six Legged Octopus

The Hexapus

six legged octopus

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 hexapus instead of octopus! The creature doesn’t seem to be of a new species, or been through an accident of any sort, therefore this was caused by some sort of genetic mutation.

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3 Responses to “The Six Legged Octopus”

  1. Sir, obviously there is no such thing as a 6-legged octopus. That is clearly a hexapus.

  2. Octopuses regularly lose legs in fights etc

  3. I always thought that all octopus had eight legs but now I know that
    their can be octopus that have more or less numbers of legs.Then now I am sure that not all octopus have to have a number of legs.

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