Hexapus

[img width=461 height=415]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/images/080304-hexapus-picture.jpg[/img]

We have Octopus, and now we have Hexapus. Mutation or Evolution?

Read about it here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080304-hexapus-picture.html

 

I saw that yesterday on Yahoo. I vote for evolution. Seriously, there's really no need for 8.. although it looks more intimidating like that

 

Could less arms mean less brain activity is needed to co-ordinate them, allowing their brains to develope in new ways.

 

Im sure this is just some genetic mishappen.

 

I'm with mutation. Let's hope the legs he does have work properly.

 

I say its another sea creature we have discovered...the Hexapus

 

Maybe its a baby Overlord.

 

There are no baby Overlords. They are fully grown when out of the egg.

 

They've grown large enough to fend for themselves, but what's to say they don't grow further once out of the egg? I think this is a good example of what I'm trying to get across.

 

Until we see more, it is a mishap.

"The cephalopod's deficient limbs appear to be the result of a genetic mutation rather than an accident, and the animal doesn't represent a new species, experts said."

 

i second this

 

its a mutation. but it could become a evoltution. if this guy breeds and their kids become 6 legs. then we can found ourself with a new species. the Hexapus.

remember how Darwin discovered land iguanas and marine iguanas in those islands? those marine iguanas dont mate with the land ones anymore.