Cephalopod lovers, have you ever heard of the Dumbo octopus? 🐙 Members of the genus Grimpoteuthis, these critters are the deepest-living octopus known to science and can be found near the seafloor at depths of up to 13,000 ft (4,000 m). These adorable cephalopods flap their ear-like fins as they move through the water—a behavior that inspired scientists to name the genus Grimpoteuthis after Disney’s flying elephant. Unlike many other octopuses, Dumbo octopuses do not have ink sacs. Some scientists think it’s because they rarely encounter predators in their extremely remote, deep-sea habitats.
Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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got home from a long day of work and my bitch wife didn’t have dinner on the table im MAD
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do u like to watch boys kiss
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my girlfriend is reading sylvia path and keeps going “she’s so me!!”
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Veined or Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus), family Octopodidae, Philippines
photograph by Enrico Somogyi
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