Six-legged 'hexapus' claimed as world first in Britain


	Six-legged 'hexapus' claimed as world first in Britain

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3-5-2008 4:54 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/952b69be-b6d4-4a55-8012-94c9fa4413a9/2E65A0A2-66CF-4E5E-8263-7BAC752A3203/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/1C494FAA-35E9-4C0D-829E-469695C08A9F" alt="A handout image from Blackpool Sealife Centre shows an octopus with six legs, or 'hexapus.' British marine experts have found what they claim is a world first -- a six-legged octopus, or "hexapus," who they have christened Henry.(AFP/HO/Blackpool Sealife Centre)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat"><P>LONDON (AFP) - <SPAN id="lw_1204570170_0">British marine experts</SPAN> have found what they claim is a world first -- a six-legged octopus, or "hexapus," whom they have christened Henry. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat">The unique sea creature, which has two limbs fewer than a normal octopus, is 
believed to be the result of a birth defect rather than an accident, say his 
keepers at the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204570170_1 
style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Blackpool</SPAN> 
<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204570170_2 
style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Sea Life Centre</SPAN> 
in northwest England</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat">
<P>"We've scoured the Internet and talked to lots of other aquariums and no-one 
has ever heard of another case of a six-legged octopus," said supervisor Carey 
Duckhouse.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat">Henry was discovered in a lobster pot off the <SPAN class=yshortcuts 
id=lw_1204570170_3 
style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">north 
Wales coast</SPAN> two weeks ago, and was one of eight creatures that Sea Life 
staff picked up from a local marine zoo there -- where </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat">staff hadn't noticed his missing legs.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/sc_afp/sciencebritainanimalhexapusoffbeat"><P>It was only when he attached himself to the inside of a glass tank that Sea Life staff noticed he was two limbs short of a full set. Octopuses are renowned for having three hearts and blue blood, but not usually six legs.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2E65A0A2-66CF-4E5E-8263-7BAC752A3203/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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