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Adorable tiny blue octopus found nearly 6,000 feet beneath the Galápagos
A new species of tiny blue octopus, about the size of a golf ball, was discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the Galápagos Islands during a deep-sea expedition. The creature was observed crawling across the ocean floor near an underwater mountain.
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