Science Wednesday

Too bad about the tentacle, however. I hope it grows back, twice as stout, if you know what I mean.

"'This has been a mystery for a thousand years,' said Richard Ellis, author of 'Monsters of the Sea' (Knopf, 1994). 'Nobody knew what they looked like in the wild. We only saw them dead. These images will open the door to more detailed study of their life.'"