NEW Octopus Species: February 27, 2016

He's probably thinking, who the hell are you guys.
You've all probably heard by now about the recently discovered octopus species some are dubbing 'Casper the Friendly Ghost', found in the deep ocean floors off Hawaii. Well, here's a great video by oceanexplorergov, giving you a clear and crisp view of the now famous little creature...

During the first dive of the Okeanos Explorer 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaii expedition to explore on the northeast side of Necker Island, the Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle encountered this octopus, which confused several of our shore based scientists who have never seen anything like it. Upon further review, this ghostlike octopod is almost certainly an undescribed species and may not belong to any yet-described genus.

Dumbo Octopus in Action | Nautilus Live

Wow. Even the skin of this octopus looks kind of like an elephant's.  The Dumbo Octopus is named after Disney's famous elephant because of his unusually large fins looking like Dumbo's trademark ears. This cute, little octopus reminded us of the recent discovery of another cute, little (pink) octopus we posted about back in June, Opisthoteuthis adorabilis...

This Cirrate, or finned, octopods, can be divided based on their behavior. Some, like this one, spend a lot of time sitting on the bottom but sometimes gets up and swim by a combination of fin flapping and jellyfish-like pulses of the arms and web.

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Cute, Tiny Octopus Discovered. Now They Want to Call it 'Adorabilis'

If you haven't heard by now, in the scientific world, a cute little octopus was discovered. Actually, he was discovered a while back but now they want to name it something adorable... say, for instance, Opisthoteuthis adorabilis  Everyone's saying this pink, fist-sized octopus is a cross between the ghost from the Pac-Man video game and a Pokemon creature. What do you think?

Would you believe scientists have been collecting samples of this type of a flapjack octopus since 1990, yet little is still known about them - probably because they live between 200 and 600 metres down deep into the waters where temps are only a mere 6 degrees Celsius. Watch the video below to learn more...

SciFri

Source(s): abc.net | huffingtonpost

Octopus gets crabby in Yallingup

An octopus snatching a crab? On shore? Now that's one smart octopus! This amazing footage was captured in Yallingup, Western Australia, a popular tourist destination by Porsche Indrisie who was just as excited to see it like the rest of us 6M viewers were!... 

Octopus Intelligence

The wife pun aside, this octopus escaping off a boat through a tiny hole was quite entertaining to watch. The vid was shot in Chiswell Islands, Alaska...

Michelle Priddy

Octopus Escapes Jar

Smarty pants eh? Check out this octopus unscrewing his way out of a closed jar and exactly the reason why we won't be keeping them as pets...

Beata Svengt