Posted on 11/09/2008 1:36:21 PM PST by JoeProBono
Many octopuses evolved from a common ancestor that lived off Antarctica more than 30 million years ago, according to a "Census of Marine Life" that is seeking to map the oceans from microbes to whales.
Researchers in 82 nations, whose 10-year study aims to help protect life in the seas, found a mysterious meeting place for white sharks in the eastern Pacific Ocean...Among the findings, genetic evidence showed that the tentacles of the octopus family pointed to an Antarctic ancestor for many deep sea species. A modern octopus called adelieledone in Antarctica seemed the closest relative of the original.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
I hate it when that happens..
Now I know they like it like that.
All those tentacles must've helped them with the counting...
Wonder why they stopped taking it?
Well, I would have lost that bet.
Go Octopus!
And has Rahm Emmanuel already tried to enlist them as the newest democrat voting block?
What do you think?
Researchers in 82 nations, whose 10-year study aims to help protect life in the seas, found a mysterious meeting place for white sharks in the eastern Pacific Ocean...Among the findings, genetic evidence showed that the tentacles of the octopus family pointed to an Antarctic ancestor for many deep sea species. A modern octopus called adelieledone in Antarctica seemed the closest relative of the original.Nonsequitur. Guess I'd better read the original.
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