This unclassified, fist-sized, octopus is so cute, scientists may call it Opisthoteuthis adorabilis.Researchers in California are looking for an appropriate Latin species designation for the mysterious cephalopod and, while little is known about it, few would deny that the specimens found so far are adorable.Stephanie Bush of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute said after a year of study, she is preparing to submit a report to a scientific review that would confer a name on the species, which is a form of flapjack octopus."New species are discovered every year, not all of them get described, it can take a lot of time, years sometimes," she said.Some other species have been deemed adorable, such as Lophornis adorabilis, the white-crested coquette hummingbird."I don't see any obvious reason why it would be inappropriate ... it's easy to pronounce and popular with the public," Dr Bush said.
I never got a chance to embrace the cephalopod part of my username
It's SOOO cute!!
It's not inaccurate.
I want to urinate on it
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Quote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:52:24 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:19:18 AMIt's not inaccurate.What's your pirate story?Pirate story?It's like, how did you become a pirate.
Quote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:58:20 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:52:24 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:19:18 AMIt's not inaccurate.What's your pirate story?Pirate story?It's like, how did you become a pirate.I fell in the water.
Quote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:59:12 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:58:20 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:52:24 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:19:18 AMIt's not inaccurate.What's your pirate story?Pirate story?It's like, how did you become a pirate.I fell in the water.lol
Quote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 10:02:16 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:59:12 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:58:20 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:52:24 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:19:18 AMIt's not inaccurate.What's your pirate story?Pirate story?It's like, how did you become a pirate.I fell in the water.lolI fell in the water.
Quote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 10:05:44 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 10:02:16 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:59:12 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:58:20 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:52:24 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:19:18 AMIt's not inaccurate.What's your pirate story?Pirate story?It's like, how did you become a pirate.I fell in the water.lolI fell in the water.I knew you'd do that.
Quote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 10:09:41 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 10:05:44 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 10:02:16 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:59:12 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:58:20 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:52:24 AMQuote from: Elegiac on July 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AMQuote from: Ushan on July 03, 2015, 09:19:18 AMIt's not inaccurate.What's your pirate story?Pirate story?It's like, how did you become a pirate.I fell in the water.lolI fell in the water.I knew you'd do that.I knew I would, too.
I like it.
Tiny octopus so cute scientists want to name it 'adorabilis'
