Due to its peculiar lifestyle and mating habits, the larger Pacific striped octopus has been largely ignored by scientists. It doesn't even have a Latin name.
In 1991, a biologist named Arcadio Rodaniche published a short abstract describing a new species of octopus he had discovered in Panama. This new octopus, Rodaniche claimed, had a lifestyle quite unlike any other species of its kind:
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World's sexiest octopus ostracized
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Started by Still Waters , Mar 04 2013 08:47 PM
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Started by Still Waters , Mar 04 2013 08:47 PM
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 08:47 PM
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:42 PM
Pfft. I've seen hotter
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 11:14 PM
Pretty fab looking creature!
Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 11:59 PM
Flirt
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Posted 05 March 2013 - 01:07 AM
third_eye, on 04 March 2013 - 11:59 PM, said:
Flirt
Glad to see i'm not the only octo-sexual on this site.
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Posted 05 March 2013 - 02:44 AM
Pretty cool alright, but you can't been the deadly beauty of the Blue Ringed Octopus or the bizarre camouflage of the rare Mimic Octopus.
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