definitely a KD board story: OCTOSQUID!

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http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/13630402/detail.html?rss=hon&psp=news

HONOLULU -- Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will soon have a chance to investigate a creature that appears to be half squid, half octopus that was found in waters off the Big Island.It appears that the creature was sucked up in a deep seawater pipeline at the Natural Energy Laboratory Hawaii Authority at Keahole on the Big Island.The pipeline pumps cold water up from 3,000 feet below sea level. Occasionally deep-sea marine life will get caught in a filter in the line, officials said.Workers call the latest find an "octosquid." It has the body of a squid and the tentacles of an octopus.It is being shipped to University of Hawaii Manoa campus for closer evaluation.

 

[Post_Scriptum]

An octopus and a squid fucking... my dream tonight.

 

[PeeWee1473]

This is pretty much awesome. This could be a significant find due to its "transitional phase" nature. A lot of proponents of creationism tout the lack of creatures that are halfway between what they used to be and what they evolved into as one of the reasons not to believe in evolution. Of course this story will more than likely not get enough attention to matter anyway.

 

[FuSoYa]

If you want some ammo against that argument, I think this is a better article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6896753.stm