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Scientists stunned to discover new species of tiny, blue octopus living 6,000 ft underwater #shorts
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1:01Now PlayingIt’s a deep blue creature in the deep blue sea.
Scientists were delighted after discovering a new species of tiny, blue octopus nearly 6,000 feet down off the Galapagos Islands, per a study published in the journal Zootaxia.
“Right away, I knew it was something really special,” said the study’s head author, Jane Voight, curator emerita of invertebrates at the Field Museum in Chicago in a statement. “I’d never seen anything like it.”
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