Labros Hydras of Washington, D.C. was vacationing in Greece when he caught an octopus. It only had six legs -not because of injury, but because it was a "hexapus," which only grew six legs. Such an octopus is so rare that only one other specimen has ever been documented. Hydras did not know that when he killed the octopus and took it to a taverna to have it cooked.
The chef refused to cook it for him because it was so rare and told Labros he should have let the octopus live.
But the hungry father-of-two went and fried it for his supper anyway and served it up with a slice of tomato, lemon and a solitary salad leaf.
After finishing it off he decided to check out what the chef had said – and felt sick when he realised what he had done.
No-one had ever heard of a six-legged hexapus until five years ago when one nicknamed Henry was found off the North Wales coast.
Hydras then took photographs to Greek scientists to help document the hexapus. Scientists say it is not a new species, but a rare yet natural anomaly. Link -via Arbroath
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