rare fossil octopuses found


	rare fossil octopuses found

doodleicious

3-21-2009 8:05 PM

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octopus

doodleicious says:

legs-suckers-ink and all- fell to the bottom of the oxygenless ocean floor due to the anoxy-decay was prevented- and thus this critter was preserved

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3-23-2009 10:00 AM

tanyamm

To bad they didn't include pictures.

3-23-2009 3:00 PM

doodleicious

i agree tanyamm! i salvaged some wood from a job site i was recently at- and i devoted them to doing tentacle art- so...lately it's been all about octopus tentacles in my household- lol

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