An octopus with nine tentacles was spotted at the Marusan Seafood Shop in Marugame, Japan (Kagawa prefecture) on October 26, one day after it was caught in the Seto Inland Sea. Masa Koita, the 60-year-old shop manager, noticed the abnormal Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) after he had boiled it in preparation for market. "In 40 years of handling seafood, I've never seen an octopus like this," he said.
A spokesperson for the Akashi Seafood Council in nearby Hyogo prefecture confirmed the unusual nature of the extra-tentacled creature: "In Akashi, we might see one every 20 years or so. They are extremely rare."
Koita says he will show off the octopus for a few days before selling it to a lucky customer.
[Source: Asahi]
Tim
There can never be too many pink tentacles!
[]suparboy
queer
[]Nate
I've got a pink tentacle for you... right here. :: gestures ::
[]Johnn
hhahahaha
[]Ady
Nice One. lol
[]florian
octopuses don't have 'tentacles', they have 'arms'. squid have two tentacles (the long ones) and 8 arms.
no really
[]david
I never knew this. I am looking it up... wow, it seems you are correct. I have proven it with the aid of the internets.
[]cephalove
Heh, I agree with you about the octopodes, they do only have "arms" It makes me grimace to see "tentacles" in articles about Octopi. The other cephalopod with eight arms and two tentacles is the cuttlefish, who happen to be my favorite of all animals. I believe the only tentacle-exclusive cephalopod would be the nautilus. I really wish people would catch on!
[]jennifer
It makes ME grimace when people say "Octopi" and not the correct term "Octopuses."
[]Dragoz
The term octopus, is from Greek ὀκτάπους (oktapous), "eight-footed", with plural forms: octopuses, octopi, or octopodes.
Just saying
[]~L.K.
Exactly. Octopodes is the correct Greek plural, and because people generally misunderstand the difference between Greek and Latin endings, we come up with the form Octopi. Octopi and octopuses (which is a pluralization using English endings) were once incorrect, but due to constant use, they became just as acceptable. If any disagrees, there's always the OED.
kelly
i didnt know that about octopus.you have enlightened me.lol cuttlefish are awesome.I almost called it a cuddlefish.glad i checked first
[]you
YOU are a douchebag know-it-all. go cry in your corner nerd
[]Jon
Squid actually have 6 arms and 2 tentacles...
[]Sara
If its so rare, shouldn't it be spared and thrown back to see?
[]seb
didnt you read....it says he noticed after he boiled it... soooo..... i dont think it would be any good throwing it into the sea... if thats what you mean....
[]sebastian
thats my name tooo.
[]And obviously that octopuss is well endowed.
guy who read teh post
if you read the post it says he "noticed the abnormal Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) after he had boiled it in preparation for market."
[]Daniel
noticed the abnormal Common Octopus after he had boiled it
Throwing it back to sea wouldn't achieve much.
[]COCCONUT HEAD
OCTOPUSES ARE AWESOME!!!!!!
TOTTALY DUDEARONI
[]no you twit.
OCTOPI ! (although its fairly objectionable..)
[]Ian
actually octopuses is correct, as is octopi and octopods.
[]luckily you were there to make an ass of yourself though.
Prevert
Octopussies is not correct. However, that would be the coolest thing ever
[]jennifer
hahahahaha
Steve
How's about food is that correct assumption my friend.
Perv2
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lls38sEAcg1qb9pa3o1_500.gif
Jon
Reminds me of the two headed frogs that I have seen in the news periodically.
[]Pretentious Jerk
Actually, frogs don't have heads they have "Noggin." It makes me grimace to see "heads" in articles about Frogs. The other amphibian with a noggin is the toad, who happen to be my favorite of all animals. I believe the only head-exclusive amphibian would be the horny toad. I really wish people would catch on!
[]Shawnabcdefg
Ahahaha you make me giggle.
[]Lol
Hahahahaha. Best comment ever! People really need to chill.
[]Z3
The winner for best comment goes to Pretentious Jerk. That was awesome! Haha.
[]Anne Noise
Win at comment.
[]Dan
Lucky customer. I am sure it will be a deliciously AGED 9 armed NONAPUS. God, that has a strange sound to it.
[]editec
I truly admire the Japanese culture in so many ways, but they apparently have the all culinary descretion of cockroaches.
Is there nothing they won't eat?
[]~L.K.
Have you never heard of Mediterranean cuisine?
[]Nick
Er, that's part of the world food shortage problem, people aren't creative enough in what they consider food. The Japanese have the right idea imo.
[]Steve
yes cat and dog and rat..all my favs....NOT
[]Jeff
I for one will welcome our new dog/cat/rat eating masters.
[]crazybjörn
There are far worse things to eat than octopus. Far worse.
[]Whore Wrangler at the Swanky Skank Whorehouse and Grocery
Red-headed (octo)pussy is far far worse...
[]matt
dude this is the coolest thing I saw all day!!! I love to eat octopuses or in japanese tako.
[]Chihuahua
I love tacos too!
[]Justsomechick
Yo quiero taco bell?
[]contactus
9-legged octopi are nice people but they're really difficult to nail to the table for sex. Come on, admit it - we've all forgotten to bring that extra nail on at least one occasion right?
[]Principal
Mr. Contactus, what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
[]Yodaddy Nine
a simple no would have been fine
[]Moonlight
haha, Billy Madison ftw.
[]LOLOLOL
..... Principal is a silly little man. That was fantastic humor. since.. well.. kinky azns FUCK those things.. im sure someone was very upset to hear that one with an extra arm had been boiled.
[]Nick
Mr Contactus, you a clearly either British, or chanelling the lost soul of a Brit. Good on yer mate. Keep up the good work...
[]Say What Now?
You clearly don't know many Brits....
[]jon
dude, that is sick. dude, ya. like, really kool.
[]Shawnabcdefg
Eat shit.
[]pfchang
that is so cool a pink 9 armed nonopus. that just made my day doing all this summer school work. dude this octopus or whatever it is should be spared.
[]LOLOLOL
....... then what will i eat with my rice? :/
[]Some guy
Monop(us/i/odes)?
[]Doaj
Octopodes are badass. Apparently pink Nonopodes are right up there at the top of the list too, because that is atrociously awesome.
[]Octopi is actually incorrect
I love that you used octopodes.
[]Carry on being awesome.
Octopice
I love that you're so excited there's another nerd here.
[]Carry on being a pretentious narcissist.
Some guy
I love pretentious asshats that rag on others for being pretentious narcissists...
[]Fred
Just like that hexapus! except its got 9 instead of 6
[]alex
ewwwww thats nastyyyy!
[]Octopusfan!
Awesome! People who say it should be spared, its already boiled. Its dead -___-;
And, the owner spotted it AFTER he boiled it. And this is very kewl! Lucky customer
[]Haydn
I cannot understand why people are asking for it to be spared. They clearly havent read the article and want to go on about how barbaric it is that people eat octopuses.
Anyway. Were it alive the mutation would most likely kust be lost back into the gene pool so nothing gained nothing lost.
MMMM calamari.
[]Jack
Cephalopods are some of the world's most intelligent non human species. Throwing them into boiling water is savagery, plain and simple.
[]Hey there Jack
Cephalopods are nowhere near the intelligence levels of pigs, and yet people eat those significantly more than they do octopuses or squids. Also, considering the fact that the synapses connecting the octopus's brain to its nerves are slow, it probably felt little pain until it was actually about to die. Also, savagery is defined as the property of being untamed and ferocious. Any species that is able to set up a market economy around something that looks as nasty as the octopus is anything but savage. Are you a vegetarian? Or are you just holier than me?
[]Tanzen
Sick burn.
[]But the nonapode is cool, I wonder if they had to pay extra for it...
HigherPriority
Millions of HUMANS die every year from starvation, murder, disease... Don't you think your efforts could be better served, not on "some of the world's most intelligent non human species" but on actual humans?
[]Jeff
Of course not...that would require rational thinking, not knee-jerk emotional outbursts.
[]Yodaddy Nine
ive thrown lots of people into vats of boiling water and i didnt see anything wrong with that (they were stupid and i think one of them owed me money or he was a mexican or something). Savage and AWESOME!
[]Jeff
Actually, per the reply above, that's not savage. But it might be considered uncivilized, unless you held out your pinky whilst slurping the broth from the bowl.
[]Major
so wouldn't be a nonapus
[]Matt
If he had noticed the octopus had nine legs before he boiled it, he could have harvested its reproductive material and created a super race of nine legged octopussies.
[]Harhar
off to gurochan!
[]Math Hole
Octopi? is that like 8 * 3.14159... or something?
[]sarcastic
too funny. Also, I thought your name was Math Hoe. lol
[]rojo
I think octopede is the correct term when referring to the amount of appendages it has. also, i think they are 9 tails, not arms or tenticles.
that is all.
[]LOLOLOL
tails........ ..........really.. Tails? Have you ever seen anything open a jar with its "TAIL" ? You sound kind of stupid..
[]Lily
Wouldn't that make it a nonapus?
[]Lily
Damn I really should read all the comments before making one of my own. Sorry Major.
[]erm...
...yes
[]George
This comment thread is epic! I was laughing all the way to the bottom of the page. Good job on the find in the original article as well.
[]Hugh G. Rection
I have nine testicles.
[]Jeff
You have that backwards...it's nine PLAYERS on a baseball team, not nine balls.
[]jill
Would it be considered a novempus, novapus or a nonapus? c:
[]John Smith
NONAPUS
[]bigman
this is not an octopus you morons, it is a nonopus
[]Eric
There is far too much debate about octop(uses)(odes)(pi) for one thread... It's a 9 armed octopus, yet you dumbasses feel the need to check up with your good friend the Internet on any fact someone says to boost your self-esteem just THAT much more. I'm proud of you that you convinced total strangers how witty and intelligent you are, and you may have even convinced yourself, which I just find merely pathetic
[]Jeff
...thus spake Pathetic Cat.
[]Cat's Everywhere
What did we do to deserve that insult?
[]Cats not cat's
So what do your cats own everywhere, or do you mean cat is everywhere? Is your cat omnipresent?
[]tara
well im really glad this amazing discovery is dead and now rotting in someones belly. good job world.
[]cameron
you're an ass
[]Jeff
The correct term is "Being Digested" not "Rotting"...duh.
[]Not a Trololo
this is too funny! Eric, you. are. a. genius! but this is all too weird for me, i found it via stumbleupon, the post is kinda lacking, but you people made it all ok! thank you for making my day! LOL
[]jayjay
"Koita says he will show off the octopus for a few days before selling it to a lucky customer" nothing lucky about the person that buys it after a few days....
[]funny facebook
Maybe this octopus come from Nagasaki or Hiroshima.
[]Jeff
More likely Fukushima...
[]Also not a trololo
I also came from stumbleuopn and found this post lacking but the people made it hilarious. Some people just never realize when they are being trolled.
[]Jeff
Trolls troll trolling trolls trolling trolling trolls trolling tolls.
[]Richard Perry
It's a noctopus!
[]Guy
Uhm... Fukushima anyone?
[]emily_weirdnez
rarely seen.. 1 in 20, and you BOILED IT! YOU IDIOT! :|
[]Reading Comprehension Fail!!!!
The extra limb was noticed after it was boiled, and since the cook didn't have access to time travel it remained boiled.
[]Debontheweb
I'm still laughing at all of the comments here! Thumbs up Stumbleupon!
[]alpoopla
After seeing the picture and reading a good number of posts, and then going back to study the picture again, I couldn't help but notice the sphincter like mouth, and then wondered how they poop.
[]Boss,co.
Its like the 4 leaf clover of the Asian world!
[]don
so its not an octopus! its a novempus!
[]isabella
i think it is wonderful that he noticed that it had nine tentacles and i think it is sad that it got boiled but it takes a careful observer to notice things like that
[]Shane
Its good to see that humans once again intervine in nature to destroy a unique and beautiful life form. Some so unique should have been released back into the wild. (Each time it's caught). Guess we can't help but destroy everthing we touch. Saddens me deeply,
[]mosh
Isn't the phrase "nine-tentacled octopus" an oxymoron?
[]Justin
You're all wrong. It's a Nonapus.
[]Fucking Hilarious
good job guys for making this a fun read, and i just have to say that i'm sure the nonapus made an excellent meal, it got my belly a rumblin'.
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