An Oct That Lives Out Of The Water?

[jimichonga]

I was just searching around on the net and came across this site

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html

I've never heard of one before, I might be falling for a hoax but how weird is this.:hmm4:

 

[OctoMonkey]

hehehe yeah that old chestnut! yeah its a hoax!

A bit like the one my wee sister started here........

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63286

 

[jimichonga]

I figured as much, just wanted everyone else to take a peek.
LOL:lmao:

 

[cephalopoder]

Actually this tells the fate of this very rare creature!
http://zapatopi.net/bsa/octopus.html

 

[OctoMonkey]

Why don't they just focus their attention on the Grass Squid or Mountain Cuttlefish as an alternative food source? Surely these scientists would be able to aclimatise these cephs into the same environment and ease the pressure on the wild populations???

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