It's Octosquid!
Last week, a creature unknown to science was discovered caught in a filter of the deep-sea water pipeline that runs off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island. The scientists who examined the animal noted that it possessed the head and legs of an octopus--but the mantle of a squid. (Unimpressed? Imagine coming across a lizard with a snake's body or a dog with a cat's head. This is just as weird.) No one knows how this strange hybrid came about. But I'm willing to devote my entire life to finding the answer! (OK, maybe not.)
Read more here.
posted by Kirsten Miller at 9:45 AM
5 Comments:
Ahh, but there is a lizard with a snake's body!
http://www.uga.edu/srel/legless_lizard.htm
Ha! That's great. Now we know who to contact if we have reptile-related questions. Your expertise may come in handy someday . . .
Wow! That is a little... UNIQUE...
that is a great picture
I think someday, more strange animals will come to be and I hope people find the facts behind these strange creatures of nature.
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