Why Is the New Deep-Sea Antarctic Octopus So Pale? - Scientific American (blog)

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Why Is the New Deep-Sea Antarctic Octopus So Pale? [SIZE=-1]Scientific American (blog)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]By Katherine Harmon | January 5, 2012 | Recent expeditions to Antarctic seafloor vents have yielded haunting new images of hairy-bellied yeti crabs, a seven-armed starfish and an eerily pale octopus—its curling arms encased in almost translucent skin. ...[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Pale octopus, hairy-chested yeti crab and other new species found[SIZE=-1]The Guardian[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Amazing new sea creatures the pale octopus and yeti crab discovered deep in ...[SIZE=-1]Mirror.co.uk[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Pale octopus and yeti crabs found surrounding hydrothermal vents near Antarctica[SIZE=-1]MercoPress[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]National Geographic -The Australian -Toronto Sun[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]all 241 news articles »[/SIZE]

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