Talk:Pacific Northwest tree octopus

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Contents 1 Cryptozoology 2 Amphibian / amphibious 3 Semi-protected 4 More potential sources...

[edit] Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is the study of hypothesized organisms which may or may not exist and animals which are extinct. This does not include completely made-up animals, rather only animals for which there is some evidence. I removed the stuff about cryptozoology here (stub and category) because there is no actual hypothesis that this exists, and there were never any actual reported sightings. All "sightings" were part of a single hoax and only "documented" on the internet page used for that hoax. If Cryptozoology is actually about imaginary animals that everybody agrees can not possibly exist, say so here before adding the stub and category back. Althepal 23:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amphibian / amphibious

The article as it stands confuses 'amphibian' and 'amphibious'. If the hoax calls the creature an amphibian then it is clearly wrong; as the article says amphibians and cephalapods are not closely related. However if the hoax claims that the creatures are amphibious then this is plausible and likely; it simply means that they live both in water and on land. Klippa 15:49, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, we all know that it is impossible for this creature to exist in trees and doesn't exist. I agree, however, that "amphibious" can refer to amphibians and other things which work in and out of water. Althepal 04:26, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Semi-protected

Considering how much vandalism this page is getting, do you think we should request to have it semi-protected? Vsst 15:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I added a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Paul Studier (talk) 03:57, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] More potential sources...

• Inkling Magazine
• Google News has several hits. — Scientizzle 16:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)