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Deep Sea ROV Encounters Unknown Octopus Species and More Science News of the Week

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Gizmodo Staff

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Meet the dorado octopus, a newly described deep sea cephalopod with some seriously alien features. A remotely operated vehicle took incredible images of this species and its habitat, including just-hatched babies and a field brooding females. Click through for our top science stories from this week. 

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