You ever seen an octopus fly?
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Named after the eponymous flying elephant from the 1941 Disney movie, dumbo octopuses aren't a single species, but a genus (Grimpoteuthis) with 15 members. They're an abyssal group, being found at depths from 1000 to 7000 metres. As such, they don't produce ink.
But are as big as elephants? Not really. The largest can grow up to 1.8 m (about 5 ft 10 in) but most are around 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 in).
(Apparently, if they get drunk, they start seeing pink octopuses which either go on parades, or are friends with clownfish. And some purple species sport halos and like to watch a certain priestess of the Ancient Ones.)
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Named after the eponymous flying elephant from the 1941 Disney movie, dumbo octopuses aren't a single species, but a genus (Grimpoteuthis) with 15 members. They're an abyssal group, being found at depths from 1000 to 7000 metres. As such, they don't produce ink.
But are as big as elephants? Not really. The largest can grow up to 1.8 m (about 5 ft 10 in) but most are around 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 in).
(Apparently, if they get drunk, they start seeing pink octopuses which either go on parades, or are friends with clownfish. And some purple species sport halos and like to watch a certain priestess of the Ancient Ones.)