Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Dance with a Dumbo octopus in the deep! @WHOI | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 26 minutes ago.
With their large eyes and round, elephant-like ears, these cirrate octopuses have been lovingly named after the Disney character Dumbo. They live in the deep-sea twilight and hadal zones, where scientists have observed them with the submersible #HOVAlvin and other vehicles. Dumbo octopuses have been found as deep as 22,000 feet (7,000 meters)!

Video courtesy of the National Deep Submergence Facility © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution