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Another Octopus in the News

Another never-before-seen kind of octopus has just been discovered.

Deep on the ocean floor near Hawaii, at a depth of about 4,000 meters, a remote controlled vehicle with a camera onboard caught this ghost-like octopus creeping along.

The scientists at NOAA now consider this to be the deepest-dwelling octopus on record. Its ghost-like appearance is because the body has no pigment.

Source: NOAA’s Office of Exploration and Research