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Half-Squid, Half-Octopus Discovered Off of Hawaii
Otter writes "A unique creature that's been dubbed an 'octosquid' with eight arms and a squid-like mantle, was discovered off Hawaii. The creature, of a previously unknown species, was trapped in the net covering a 3,000 foot-deep intake tube for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. From the article: 'The octosquid was pulled to the surface, along with three rattail fish and half a dozen satellite jellyfish, and stayed alive for three days. According to War, the lab usually checks its filters once a month, but this time, it put a plankton net in one of the filters and checked it two weeks later. The pitch-black conditions at 3,000 feet below sea level are unfamiliar to most but riveting to scientists who have had the opportunity to submerge. The sea floor is full of loose sediment, big boulders and rocks, and a lot of mucuslike things floating in the water, which are usually specimens that died at the surface and drifted to the bottom.'"
They have been calling it an OctoSquid. I have to say, I dislike that. I would prefer that they call it a Squidopus!
Also, it looks a lot like a weird Japanese sex toy.
I haven't RTFA, but they could be saying that it's one of those creatures from a lineage 'in between' squids and octopuses. Not that it's a descendant of a squid/octopus mating, but rather is a descendant from a common ancestor of squids and octopuses, one that happens to look like an octopus/squid mash-up.
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-- Pablo Picasso
They're already here--parrots have squid-like beaks.
This ain't rocket surgery.
Perhaps you should have read the fucking article, because the fucking article says it is a squid. Hence my comment.
I usually feel it best to read the fucking article before commenting on the fucking article, so I don't look like an ignorant retard.
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Huh. Apparently pointing out that one should read what the article says before making claims about what the authors mean is a "troll", while speaking through ignorance is not. Yay slashdot, website of people who don't bother to find out.
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