The Polyp

In the mid-to-late first-century A.D., Pliny wrote of a 700-lb. Polyp that used to come on shore off the coast of Spain.  He described it as having twelve arms, a head the size of a cask, and quite a disgruntled temperament.  It was long-dismissed as fanciful by many marine biologists, because it was assumed that octopi and squid could not survive outside of the water.  This little guy has demonstrated that they were mistaken.