Tiny octopus going on view at Maymont's Nature Center

The octopus is small and “very shy,” according to staff. The zoology department believes she is female. “You can tell by whether or not they have suction cups on their third arm,” said Joe Neel, Maymont’s senior manager of zoology. She is a juvenile, a little less than a year old. This type of octopus, octopus vulgaris, tends to live up to about two to five years in the wild. Maymont plans to name her by this Friday when she makes her debut in the Robins Nature Center. It will...