It's like a cross between a Pacman, Dumbo and a Beluga whale, how can you not love it?
Okeanos Explorer’s Deep Discoverer's first dive in 2016 off the coast of Hawaii revealed "an undescribed species and may not belong to any yet-described genus" of octopod that the internet is rightfully falling in love with.
Can.not.stop.cooing.> Found: Tiny Ghost Octopus: @atlasobscura https://t.co/91cvDmiOty
— Kate (@Kitsy_Ford) March 4, 2016
ah! i should've been a marine biologist. or at least learned how to swim. https://t.co/u5FgidjlQ9 via @YouTube
— Will Hunt (@willmhunt) March 4, 2016
New itsy bitsy octopus 'discovered': https://t.co/vGUb4EaGio
— Sara Evans (@SaraTEvans) March 4, 2016
tiny ghost octopus, i love you. and i don't often say that about squishy things with beaks. https://t.co/Io5T8qwTIm
— Lex (@heyiamlex) March 4, 2016
Enamored with this newly-discovered tiny ghost octopus https://t.co/TTCKW8QIa0 via @atlasobscura
— Curtis M. Wong (@c_wong79) March 4, 2016
Via Twitter