Dumbo Octopus in Action

You’re about to meet a Cirrate (or finned) octopus. This purple guy is also known as a “Dumbo” octopus because the fins on the sides of his body make him look like the flying elephant in the classic Disney cartoon. He spends a lot of time sitting on the bottom of the ocean floor, but he sometimes gets up and swims by a combination of fin flapping and jellyfish-like pulses of the arms and web.

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