by Amphitretus pelagicus, commonly known as the Telescope Octopus, is an octopus species of almost supernatural beauty.
It looks like a creature out of a fairytale and it is beyond doubt one of the strangest and most peculiar sights the sea has to offer.
The Telescope Octopus is a rare pelagic species.
Little is known about it.
It looks very much like the Glass Octopus, which is its close relative.
It has protruding and tubular eyes which look like telescopes.
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It looks like a creature out of a fairytale and it is beyond doubt one of the strangest and most peculiar sights the sea has to offer.
The Telescope Octopus is a rare pelagic species.
Little is known about it.
It looks very much like the Glass Octopus, which is its close relative.
It has protruding and tubular eyes which look like telescopes.
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