Aww and Awe At Unknown Species Of Ghostly Octopus
Okeanos Explorer spotted this unidentified cutie

Researchers aren’t used to seeing ghosts on the seafloor.
But on the latest cruise of a submarine controlled on NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer they found an adorable octopod all ready for Halloween on the seafloor near Hawaii’s Necker Island.
The team working on the remote-controlled submersible has captured other amazing sea life before but none so spooky as this. The researchers were sending a live stream of their exploration back to shore, where land-based scientists were surprised by the apparition. The octopod is believed to belong to a completely unknown species, and may even be part of an unknown genus.

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See the spookily adorable ghost octopus in action here (and listen in to the excitement of the researchers seeing it for the first time).