Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
What would you call an octopus with fins as big as an elephant's ears?! š
If you said "Dumbo," you think like a scientist! Found as deep as 13,000 feet, this deep sea octopus flaps, pulses, and drifts like a parachute to sneak up on prey. And when itās time to eat? No beak-first hunting hereādumbo octopuses swallow their food whole!
š¹ courtesy of the National Deep Submergence Facility's Alvin Group with funding support from the US National Science Foundation Ā© WHOI
What would you call an octopus with fins as big as an elephant's ears?! š
If you said "Dumbo," you think like a scientist! Found as deep as 13,000 feet, this deep sea octopus flaps, pulses, and drifts like a parachute to sneak up on prey. And when itās time to eat? No beak-first hunting hereādumbo octopuses swallow their food whole!
š¹ courtesy of the National Deep Submergence Facility's Alvin Group with funding support from the US National Science Foundation Ā© WHOI
