An unidentified species of octopus in Antarctica?

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By NewEnglandBob (not verified) on 30 Jan 2010 #permalink

OK, folks, there's a couple of comments over there but I would have thought that by now the Science Blogs Reader Community would have solved this mystery.

Digital Rabbit is a ... shall I say a close associate of mine, I hope you can help out.

..greg