Friday, July 10, 2009

Porpispus


Radioactive pollution in the Amazon river has produced this bizarre combination of Amazon river dolphin and freshwater octopus. Like the dolphin they are highly intelligent, social creatures, but they retain the bottom dwelling habits and color changing abilities of the octopus. The limited (and shrinking) habitat makes this an extremely rare creature, already several conservation efforts are underway.

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