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This Octopus Is So Adorable That Scientists Might Name It ‘Adorabilis’
This flapjack octopus is so cute that it might officially be named “adorabilis.” Specimens of this unnamed octopus have been collected since 1990; now Stephanie Bush, a postdoctoral researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, said that she is considering the scientific name Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis.
Opisthoteuthis is the same genus as Pearl, the pink flapjack octopus in “Finding Nemo.” The octopus is 7 inches (17.8cm) in diameter, lives in the deep sea, and has a web between its legs, allowing it to “parachute” through the water. It uses the fins on its mantle to steer.
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This cute little fella was found at depths reaching 1,476ft (450m)
It has a web between its legs that allows it to “parachute” through the water
Scientists in California are considering naming it “Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis”
It is the same genus as “Pearl,” the octopus from Finding Nemo
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PamelaVenuti 10 years ago
To me, it seems that red thing from Pacman XD But it's really so cuuuute <3
MarionBirnie 10 years ago
With the little fins that look like ears he kind of looks like a rino's head.
KirstinMaltby 10 years ago
NOPE! All octopus are scary intelligent creatures! The fact they are trying to be cute now is just their way of scheming!
CrystalKaulbars 10 years ago
Octopi are neat Earthlings and this one is definitely adorable :-)
KiaAlfeche 10 years ago
I think it is the base model for finding nemo's float? the pink octopus
VirginiaFilip 10 years ago
Ya he's cute alright. But was he plucked out of his natural environment & put into an artificial one only to have various test done to him nearly killing him or post mortem? Cuz that ain't so cute. Not so happy anymore to see that scientists have "discovered" a new animal/insect/plant because we are toddlers when it comes to exploration - no thought or care in the world of the trail of destruction we leave behind *sigh*
PamelaVenuti 10 years ago
To me, it seems that red thing from Pacman XD But it's really so cuuuute <3
MarionBirnie 10 years ago
With the little fins that look like ears he kind of looks like a rino's head.
KirstinMaltby 10 years ago
NOPE! All octopus are scary intelligent creatures! The fact they are trying to be cute now is just their way of scheming!
CrystalKaulbars 10 years ago
Octopi are neat Earthlings and this one is definitely adorable :-)
KiaAlfeche 10 years ago
I think it is the base model for finding nemo's float? the pink octopus
VirginiaFilip 10 years ago
Ya he's cute alright. But was he plucked out of his natural environment & put into an artificial one only to have various test done to him nearly killing him or post mortem? Cuz that ain't so cute. Not so happy anymore to see that scientists have "discovered" a new animal/insect/plant because we are toddlers when it comes to exploration - no thought or care in the world of the trail of destruction we leave behind *sigh*
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