Let’s Meet Dumbo; the Big-Eared Octopus who Lives in Extreme Depths! [Amazing Creatures of the Deep]
After the (bit) intimidating Wolf Eels I thought I should introduce you to one of the sweetest creatures I have seen.
Meet the Dumbo Octopuses
As you might have guessed. Dumbo octopuses are named after the Disney Elephant Character. Their Scientific Name is Grimpoteuthis and they were first described back in 1990.
How does Dumbo Octopus look like?
Dumbo is usually orange with a soft body and has 8 arms. Two fins that look like ears are located on his bell-like head. The males & females are different in terns of their suckers’ length.
They have big eyes that do not see very well in the dark ocean.
Where can I find a Dumbo Octopus?
Apparently these interesting critters are found in every ocean in the world. However as they are living in great depths of around 3000 to 4000 meters, it not possible to spot them in the shallow waters.
What do the Dumbo Octopuses feed on?
These Octopuses do not have the ‘tooth-covered’ tongue as most of its relative species, so they swallow their prey whole. They are pretty much eating anything they can find in the deep ocean, like copepods, isopods, worms and other species that usually crawl the bottom of the ocean.
How & when do Dumbo Octopuses reproduce?
There is no known mating season. The mating occurs when the male gives the female a sperm packet, which the female keeps and uses fertilizing the eggs, when the environmental conditions are optimal.
Eggs are stored inside her body and when they reach maturity, they are released and left to develop on their own.
How long do they live?
The lifespan of the Dumbo Octopus is between 3 and 5 years.
Anything else we should know about Dumbo Octopuses?
They do not have many predators in the depths that they live, and they produce no ink (it wouldn’t help any way in the dark)
They have been spotted having a variety of colours, white, red, orange or pink. Apparently they can camouflage themselves, changing the color of their ‘skin’.
How big are the Dumbo Octopuses?
Most of them are small, usually at around 20 cm (8 inches) but the largest caught was 180 centimeters (5.9 feet) long!
I really hope you enjoyed this post and these cute videos! I wish you all a smooth, easy going new week!
If you enjoy science topics, you might want to read about ... the moon by @NetM or about .. fire spinning around by @ruth-girl or perhaps about hapiness.. by @shimster or about World's first minister of loniness by @unshakeable
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Source: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Source: Amazing Beautiful World
Source: Softschools
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Youtube by EVNautilus
Source: Youtube by EVNautilus
Source: OceanExplorer Noaa.gov
I always wondered how they tasted :/
And it seems you will continue wondering ... :P
Cool! I didn't know this creature existed, great post!
Thanks, it was great researching about it :)
So, you mean their sex life is something like:
- Here, have my seeds.
- All right.
- Call me when you have them hatched.
- Ok.
WTF?????
Almost but at an even better version of it :)
Ahahahahahahahaha!
Probably that :P
Thank you so much : )
The lifespan of the Dumbo Octopus is between 3 and 5 years.I really hope you enjoyed this post and these cute videos! I wish you all a smooth, easy going new week!
You are using my own words for commenting?!?!?! That's a first...
You're so nice for commenting on this post. For that, I gave you a vote! I just ask for a Follow in return!
Hi, thanks for commenting,
I don't see a vote though. What did you vote?
@trumpman you are right :x Omg... How can I taste it too?
@katerinaramm Again you made a beautiful post... Keep posting about food :P (just kidding)!
I think I have to stop posting about cuties and start posting about scaring creatures... Stay tuned :P
i have seen a documentary about dumbo so i was quite familiar with it! the ''fun'' part with it is that i have seen it somewhere in a cartoon my little cousins watching and i thought for a moment, what an imagination, octopus with ears pfff
turns out it's reality :P
Yes and maybe Pearl from Nemo was also inspired by it :)
Image source
not maybe :P
wow lovely animals, thanks for sharing my friends, 😊😃
Κατερίνα, σε βλέπω να γίνεσαι ο νέος Κουστό μετά απο όλα αυτά τα άρθρα για τα πλάσματα του ωκεανού, είναι εκπληκτικά, συνέχισε έτσι!!!
χαχα, δεν είναι φοβερά;
Και να σκεφτείς ότι φοβάμαι τη θάλασσα!
9/5
Φοβάσαι την θάλασσα??? Σε λίγο καιρό σε βλέπω να κάνεις scuba diving μαζί με τα πλάσματάκια του βυθού χαχα
μπααααα 😱 😂
Κατερίνα πάρα πολύ ωραία ανάρτηση...
Ευχαριστώ πολύ Νίκο