A 36-armed octopus has made a public performance in an aquarium in southwestern Japan city.
Visitors that came to Saikai National Park Kujukushima Aquarium Umi Kirara in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Sasebo were amazed as the animal skillfully made use of its 36 limbs of different sizes to catch meals.
(Photo : Serena Repice Lentini)
The 36-armed Octopus
As per the aquarium, a fisher who captured the octopus in waters off the Shikamachi neighborhood in the city at the beginning of June donated it. The sex of this octopus is still unknown.
The original eight arms of the octopus have bifurcated out, and the separate limbs also possess suction cups. After being chopped off by fish and other predators, the arms of an octopus can regenerate and in unusual cases, they can develop multiple limbs.