World first 6-legged octopus!

Wow! World first 6-legged octopus!! I had never saw it before and even imagine it before! The only octopus I know is 8 legged ones! Now they found a real 6-legged octopus!! Another new spesies had been discovered!

British scientists have found a six-legged octopus which has two limbs fewer than a normal octopus and they claim it the world first case, media reported Tuesday.

The unique sea creature, whom scientists have christened "Henry", is believed to be the result of a birth defect rather than an accident, said his keepers at the Blackpool Sea Life Centre in northwest England.


An octopus named 'Octi ' opens a bottle using its tentacles to get to the food inside at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in the town of Napier May 2, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Henry was discovered in a lobster pot off the north Wales coast two weeks ago, and was one of eight creatures that Sea Life staff picked up from a local marine zoo there -- where staff hadn't noticed his missing legs.

It was only when he attached himself to the inside of a glass tank that Sea Life staff noticed he was two limbs short of a full set. Octopuses are renowned for having three hearts and blue blood, but not usually six legs.

"We've scoured the Internet and talked to lots of other aquariums and no-one has ever heard of another case of a six-legged octopus," said supervisor Carey Duckhouse.

"He's a lovely little thing," said a spokeswoman, adding that he will go on display to the public later this month.