Further remains of rare seven-arm octopus washes up on Aberdeenshire beach

Further remains of the world's most elusive sea creatures has washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach.

The septopus - the seven legged octopus - is a species with eight arms like others but in males one of them is also a reproductive organ. They are very rarely seen but one has now washed up at Forvie National Nature Reserve at Collieston, near Ellon .

Arms with rows of suckers were initially discovered by a member of the public in November. Now two months on further remains of the unusual deep-sea animal have been discovered on the beach.

After some detective work by conservationists, experts were able to determine the identification of the animal as a septopus.

Dr Lauren Smith, marine biologist at Saltwater Life, said: "I went out looking every day for the missing arms and beak t