Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Welcome back to Bizarre Beasts: Season Zero, where we are remastering episodes of Bizarre Beasts that were originally created for Vlogbrothers. This episode, the dumbo octopus, the cephalopod that uses "ears" for efficient swimming and steering.

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Sources:
tolweb.org/Grimpoteuthis
earthtouchnews.com/oceans/invertebrates/dumbo-octopus-displays-a-peculiar-posture
Biology of the citrate octopod Grimpoteuthis glacial (Cephalopoda; Opisthoteuthididae) in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, by M. Vecchione, U. Piatkowski & A. L. Allcock: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2989/025776198784126467?needAccess=true
Taxonomy, Ecology and Behavior of the Cirrate Octopods, by Martina A. Collins & Roger Villaneuva (2006): http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.890.8533&rep=rep1&type=pdf
nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release/2009/MediaAdv/MA0908/index.html
tolweb.org/Cirrata
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