#blob octopus

[cryptidwithacopiccollection]

May I request Dick Gumshoe for Mermay?

one gumtopus comin' right up

[respect-the-locals]

🐙 Daily Cephalopod Fact: 🐙

Seven Arm Octopus: also known as the blob octopus or sometimes called septopus, is one of the two largest known species of octopus. The seven-arm octopus is so named because in males, a specially modified arm used in egg fertilization is coiled in a sac beneath the right eye. Due to this species' thick, gelatinous tissue, the arm is easily overlooked, giving the appearance of just seven arms.

[seainthestars]

apparently a rare deep sea octopus (haliphron atlanticus, aka the seven armed/blob octopus) got caught by shrimp fishermen in Skagerrak and it's all over the news here, but the swedish name for it is taking me out. Apparently it's Spökkrake. Now, "spök" is easy, it just means ghost which yeah, apparently it's sort of jellyfish like, but then "krake". Now, technically krake is apparently an old/rare way to say kraken (as in the giant squid), however it also has a second meaning that's actually used in modern speech. So behold:

the ghostly miserable creature

also a pic of the one that was fished up, under a read more since people might find it upsetting since it's all deflated and a bit gross