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A glass octopus sighting

Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute

A glass octopus (V. richardi) was spotted on the recent expidition, which surprised the researchers: the shot appears to include two octopuses. According to the Schmidt Ocean Institute, the team isn’t sure whether one individual was feeding on another or the two cephalopods were copulating. The translucent octopus is not one of the newly discovered species.