The Only Octopus With a Shell

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The octopus is a pretty odd animal under even the most ordinary circumstances – or ordinary by octopus standards, at least. So when folks start calling out one type of octopus as the strangest, there’s probably something special about it. And the argonaut, also known as the paper nautilus, lives up to the hype.

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Correction:
1:21 Argonauts are not the only pelagic octopuses! There are others, including Japetella diaphana and the blanket octopus.

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