Super-rare seven-limbed octopus found on shore

Researchers were flabbergasted after the remains of an ultra-rare seven-armed octopus washed ashore in Collieston, Scotland, as seen in photos making waves online. Dr Lauren Smith / SWNS

It’s a Sep-olopod.

Researchers were flabbergasted after the remains of an ultra-rare seven-armed octopus washed ashore in Collieston, Scotland, as seen in photos making waves online.

“These were something we clearly hadn’t seen before,” Catriona Reid, manager of the Forvie National Nature Reserve where the odd-legged critter was found, told the BBC.

A beachcomber had reportedly stumbled upon the tentacles of the anomalously appendaged critter on Aberdeenshire beach on November 30.

The cartoonishly big tentacle was found at Forvie National Nature Reserve in Collieston, Scotland. Catriona Reid/Nature