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#EcoTrends: Scientists Capture Rare Footage of ‘See-Through’ #GlassOctopus with Transparent Body
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(📸: The Schmidt Ocean Institute)
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Now, in a stunning capture, ocean scientists have recorded video footage of a creature that would put even the most deceitful of creatures to shame: an almost-invisible, eight-legged glass octopus!
This elusive organism, similar to glass frogs or comb jellies, is completely transparent. The only features that can be seen are its cylindrical eyes, optic nerve, and digestive tract.
Our recent footage of this #GlassOctopus raised lots of Q's, so let's get a thread going:
This was seen 651m deep at a seamount in Winslow reef complex on Tokelau Ridge in Phoenix Islands Archipelago (US EEZ). #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition Dive 433
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This was seen 651m deep at a seamount in Winslow reef complex on Tokelau Ridge in Phoenix Islands Archipelago (US EEZ). #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition Dive 433
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Glass Octopus reach 11 cm (4.3 in) in mantle length; 45 cm (18 in) including tentacles. This species is very rarely encountered+is considered 1 of the least studied cephalopods. Most info scientists have managed to get is from specimens found in stomachs of predators. 2/6
It gets its name from ability to be almost completely transparent. At end of this clip, its chromatophores (cells that produce color for camouflage, seen here as yellow dots) can be seen. The only aspects of that are not clear are optic nerve, eyeballs, and digestive tract. 3/6
