Six Instead of Eight

Henry (above) isn't an octopus. He is a hexapus, a new species. That's what staff at Anglesey Sea Zoo have said, anyway.

They originally thought that he'd lost two legs in an accident, but now they're having second thoughts. Once they saw him cling onto the side of his tank, they realised that he couldn't have lost his legs in an accident, but he was born like this.

Displays supervisor Carey Duckhouse said, "We've scoured the internet and talked to lots of other aquariums and no-one has ever heard of another case of a six-legged octopus."

Henry is one-of-a-kind. He is now being moved to Blackpool Sea Life Centre to be star in the "Suckers" exhibition.

I personally think it's excellent news that there are hexapi. Who knows if there could be others such as pentapi or heptapi?

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