A ten year old Kaneohe boy who reeled in a rare octopus has donated the specimen to researchers.
Rocky Hawn caught this female blanket octopus Wednesday evening off Heeia Kea pier.
Researchers at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at Coconut island have accepted the octopus for research.
A graduate student has expressed interest in studying the creature, which is rarely seen in the wild.
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