“WE’D NEVER before seen such a strange specimen, we don’t know if it might be a giant octopus that is missing some of its parts or maybe it’s a new species,” said Elsa Cabrera, director of the Center for Cetacean Conservation in Santiago."
Maybe a new species....!?! :shocked:
This lady needs to get out more often. New species....no. New to us....maybe.

The rest of the scientist in the article made no mention of a "new species" nor did they seem to inclined to make such statements.