Is it an octopus? Is it an elephant? Is it an alien?
A dumbo octopus has been caught on tape. They are hardly ever
seen, so this is very exciting! It was spotted by a remotely
piloted camera off the west coast of America.
Why do you think it's called a dumbo octopus? Check out the way
it swims on this video:
Did you see its fins? They look like Dumbo's ears! The dumbo
octopus swims by moving its ear-like fins. It can also move its
eight arms or shoot water through its funnels to propel itself
along. This means it can swim pretty quickly if it wants to! Dumbo
lives so deep under the ocean - 2,000 metres below the surface -
that there is no light. As there is no light, dumbo doesn't need to
see very well, so it has poor eyesight.
What else is under the ocean? Try our quiz and find out...you'll
be surprised at what you can see!
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