Talk:Seven-arm Octopus

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[edit] How big?

The article says this octopus is the largest of all octopodes - but fails to say exactly how big it is.

The main reason I ask is that the notes at the back of Arthur C. Clarke's Ghost of the Grand Banks claim that a reference to 70+ metre octopus is based on fact.

CephBase says a mantle length of 40 cm and a total length of 200 cm. Reasonably large, and possibly largest, but certainly not 70 meters. - UtherSRG (talk) 04:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biggest?

This appears to contradict North Pacific Giant Octopus which states that 'is considered to be the largest octopus'. Edd 12:56, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I was always taught the North Pacific Octopus was the biggest, revert time. This seems to correlate with evidence provided both on and off wikipedia, hence I reverted it, apparently giant Pacific Octopus can reach 16-23 feet which is (much) larger then 200cm. I also found a claim to finding a 600 lb giant pacific the royal British Columbian Museum claimed this. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjewwcts/invertebrates/octopus/Octopuscoloring.shtml http://www.octopus.com/species/ http://bjo.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/87/7/812 http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/programs/expert/octopus/ http://marine.alaskapacific.edu/octopus/factsheet.html http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ANIMAL_DATABASE/animaldb.asp?id=34&chr=O

[edit] Better photo

It would be really great to have a photo of a male, since this creature is named for the odd appearance of the male. Also great would be any photos of live animals. The Storm Surfer 08:04, 21 December 2006 (UTC)