Monster octopi with scores of extra tentacles


	Monster octopi with scores of extra tentacles

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7-18-2008 11:41 AM

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7-18-2008 12:32 PM

tabsey

Says more about what's in the water to cause this sort of mutation. Nature is wonderful the way it stopped the passing on of the mutation.

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