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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Mark Waghorn & Ryan Fahey

Squid named Joe Biden is weird prehistoric 'primitive vampire' with 10 arms

A weird prehistoric squid with ten arms has been named after US President Joe Biden.

The creature is the oldest ancestor of cephalopods - which also include octopae.

Syllipsimopodi bideni was armed with two more limbs than its descendants today. It roamed the oceans 328 million years ago.

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