Deep-sea explorers have captured rare footage of a “Dumbo octopus” swimming nearly 10,000 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Named for its ear-like fins, this elusive creature lives in one of the most extreme environments on Earth—total darkness, crushing pressure, and near-freezing temperatures. Dumbo octopuses use their fins to gracefully “fly” through the water rather than jet propulsion. Because of their extreme depth range, sightings are uncommon and rely on advanced submersible
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Deep-sea explorers have captured rare footage of a “Dumbo octopus” swimming nearly 10,000 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Named for its ear-like fins, this elusive creature lives in one of the most extreme environments on Earth—total darkness, crushing pressure, and near-freezing temperatures. Dumbo octopuses use their fins to gracefully “fly” through the water rather than jet propulsion. Because of their extreme depth range, sightings are uncommon and rely on advanced submersible
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“Don’t just swim, hover!” #Dumbo #Octopus 🐙 This deep-sea animal is a dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) and it moves by slowly flapping its ear-like fins. This #octopus grows to be around 8 inches tall and is most often observed hovering above the seafloor at extreme depths in search of snails, worms, and other food. | Science Channel
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“Don’t just swim, hover!” #Dumbo #Octopus 🐙 This deep-sea animal is a dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) and it moves by slowly flapping its ear-like fins. This #octopus grows to be around 8 inches tall and is most often observed hovering above the seafloor at extreme depths in search of snails, worms, and other food. | Science Channel
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Dumbo octopus are famous for their striking resemblance to the beloved flying elephant. These creatures have large fins (not ears) on their mantle, which they use to gracefully “flap” through the water. Unlike many other types of octopus, Dumbo do not move by expelling water forcefully from a siphon - a process called (seriously) “jet propulsion.” They are also known to exhibit a fascinating behavior seen here: expanding their eight webbed arms like an open umbrella before swiftly contracting th
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Explaining The Ocean on Instagram: "Meet the Dumbo octopus 🐙✨ — named after Disney’s elephant because of its ear-like fins that help it “fly” through the deep sea. They live thousands of meters below the surface, in the cold, dark parts of the ocean where sunlight never reaches. Unlike most octopuses, they don’t have an ink sac (it would be useless in the pitch black) and instead rely on stealth, soft bodies, and silent gliding to survive. Their diet is simple—small crustaceans, worms, and cope
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A deep-sea submersible run by Ocean Exploration Trust caught rare footage of a “Dumbo” octopus swimming more than 5,500 feet underwater in the Pacific Ocean. The species is believed to live up to 13,000 feet under the surface, deeper than all the known octopuses. Their ear-shaped fins, which earned them the name “Dumbo” after the Disney character, allows them to waft around to great depths. | Yahoo News
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