At the Shima Marineland Aquarium is housed the preserved body of one of the most terrifying creatures the world has ever known. This Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) weighed seven pounds and measured three feet long when it was captured in 1998 in Matoya Bay. It also had ninety six arms.
Instances of octopuses with extra arms have been noted but few, if any, reach anything approaching this number. The octopus had eight main arms that branched off into separate bundles of multiple arms. It has been suggested that the extra arms may be the result of abnormal regeneration from suffering multiple injuries.
Also rare among octopuses is that this one laid eggs in captivity in the five months before it died. The octopuses that hatched from the eggs all had the normal number of arms, but all died in captivity.
Ectoplasmosis!
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