san pedro
dr. dolittle | October 19, 2012
Image of female Argonaut. Photo from Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, taken by Gary Florin.
Photo by: Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer Daily Breeze
A rarely seen species of octopus was found this week by fisherman off the coast of San Pedro, California. The baseball-sized female Argonaut (aka: paper nautilus), pictured in the image above, normally lives in tropical and subtropical waters. She is now making a new home in the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro. Not much is known about this mysterious species since they are difficult to maintain in captivity.
They are unusual among…