Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. This fictitious endangered species of cephalopod was purportedly able to live both on land and in water, and was said to live in the olympic national forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water. The pacific northwest tree octopus is an internet hoax created in 1998 by lyle zapato.
The pacific northwest tree octopus can be found in the temperate rainforests of besides the problems with their natural habitats being destroyed, many tree octopi lost their lives when tree octopus hats became fashionable, such. Information about the endangered pacific northwest tree octopus and what you can do to save it. Pacific northwest tree octopus book. It was purported to be able to live both on land and in water.
Internet plea calls for saving the pacific northwest tree octopus, which can live on both land and water.
There are no octopi that are amphibians.the pacific tree octopus was a 1998 internet hoax that was intended as a parody of actual ecological awareness groups. The pacific northwest tree octopus (octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the olympic peninsula on the west coast of north america. Occasionally individuals will mistake the site as one promoting. The tree octopus that researchers fabricated to test the evaluation skills of students.