Prehistoric Octopus Picture Is Painted from Its Own 95-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Ink
Dutch artist Esther van Hulsen's lifelike painting of a prehistoric octopus is exquisite on its own, but the source of its pigment makes the work even more remarkable. The illustration's ink was directly extracted from the 95-million-year-old octopus fossil on which the depiction is based. Paleontologist Jrn Hurum provided the relic, which was first found in Lebanon in 2009 and then resided at the PalVenn Museum in Oslo, Norway.