This is TaakoTopus being a grumpy girl hiding in the corner of the display tank. She’s a giant Pacific octopus, probably between 3 and 4 years old. She lives at the marine lab I work at, and her tank is right behind the counter I sit at. I’d like to think we are pals. She’s an aggressive cuddler.
2016
A defecting Russian scientist has surfaced with a mind-bending account of what REALLY occurred when he and his colleagues went missing for five days in a mysterious lake 12,366 feet beneath the Antarctic ice. Dr. Anton Padalka told authorities in Switzerland that the researchers discovered a bizarre and deadly life form dubbed Organism 46-B – a highly intelligent octopus-like creature that claimed the lives of three of the team members.
