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New Species Discovered on Galapagos: Meet the Tiny Blue Octopus Microeledone galapagensis

Imagine you’re piloting a remotely operated underwater robot nearly 6,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The seafloor stretches out in every direction — sandy, cold, and pitch dark. Then, out of nowhere, a pale blue blob the size of a golf ball catches your camera’s light. It splays its webbed arms flat …

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