New Purple Octopus?

[weedguru_waffles]

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An unidentified purple octopus (pictured) is one of 11 potentially new species found this month during a deep-sea expedition off Canada's Atlantic coast, scientists say.

(Related pictures: "Surprising Creatures Found Deep off Australia.")

Still at sea, a team of Canadian and Spanish researchers is using a remotely operated vehicle called ROPOS for dives off Newfoundland with a maximum depth of about 9,800 feet (3,000 meters).

The 20-day expedition aims to uncover relationships between cold-water coral and other bottom-dwelling creatures in a pristine yet "alien" environment, according to the researchers' blog.

"It's been really spectacular," Ellen Kenchington, research scientist with the Fisheries Department of Canada—one of the organizations involved in the project—told Canada's CTV News website.

"It's really changing our perception of the diversity that's out there. ... We're seeing new species in deeper waters."

[Mate]

See ???? no trouble if koalas and pandas disapear - we got fuckin new octopuses !!!!

to be serious made me think about this
there's organisms that lives into the earth's crust to keep it doing what it's doing correctly- imagine !!!
Try and make me believe the planet isnt alive.

[Weedguru Higher]

It's probably just a red octopus that has turned purple from the oil in the oceans...

[Bubbles]

cool canada has octopus.

[Grrrl]

hes not purple but he isn't your usual octopus either

[(weedguru)scarf]

both of them are pretty cool