Passed on without comment, because really. What more can you say? archiemcphee: It’s not all that uncommon to meet a cat with extra toes, but have you ever seen an octopus with extra tentacles?  “The preserved octopus actually has the normal number of 8 appendages attached to its body, but each one branches out to form the multitude of extra tentacles. Apparently there is no theory that fully explains the surplus tentacles, but they are believed to be the result of abnormal regeneration that occurred after the octopus suffered some sort of injury.” Learn more about such exceptional cephalopods at Pink Tentacle!

Passed on without comment, because really. What more can you say?

archiemcphee:

It’s not all that uncommon to meet a cat with extra toes, but have you ever seen an octopus with extra tentacles? 

“The preserved octopus actually has the normal number of 8 appendages attached to its body, but each one branches out to form the multitude of extra tentacles. Apparently there is no theory that fully explains the surplus tentacles, but they are believed to be the result of abnormal regeneration that occurred after the octopus suffered some sort of injury.”

Learn more about such exceptional cephalopods at Pink Tentacle!

Passed on without comment, because really. What more can you say? archiemcphee: It’s not all that uncommon to meet a cat with extra toes, but have you ever seen an octopus with extra tentacles?  “The preserved octopus actually has the normal number of 8 appendages attached to its body, but each one branches out to form the multitude of extra tentacles. Apparently there is no theory that fully explains the surplus tentacles, but they are believed to be the result of abnormal regeneration that occurred after the octopus suffered some sort of injury.” Learn more about such exceptional cephalopods at Pink Tentacle!

Passed on without comment, because really. What more can you say?

archiemcphee:

It’s not all that uncommon to meet a cat with extra toes, but have you ever seen an octopus with extra tentacles? 

“The preserved octopus actually has the normal number of 8 appendages attached to its body, but each one branches out to form the multitude of extra tentacles. Apparently there is no theory that fully explains the surplus tentacles, but they are believed to be the result of abnormal regeneration that occurred after the octopus suffered some sort of injury.”

Learn more about such exceptional cephalopods at Pink Tentacle!

Posted 9 months ago & Filed under Polydactyl, Animals, Cephalopod, Octopus, Tentacles, Photography, 307 notes

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    wow. it looks like a brain cell.
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