Dance of the Dumbo Octopus
![An all-white octopus perched on a rock protruding from the ocean floor. Caption: ["Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven playing]](https://dcmp.org/posterimages/11617_1.jpg )
In September 2005, members of an ocean exploration captured video footage of the white deep-sea octopod, Grimpoteuthis bathynectes. They nicknamed the octopod “Dumbo” because of its large ear-like fins. These fins and webbed arms help it swim through the water.
(Source: DCMP)
Metadata
- Subject:
- Animal Sciences - Science
- Keywords:
- marine life, oceanography
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Dance of the Dumbo Octopus
- Type:
- Video
- Format:
- Streaming
- Accommodations:
- English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory
- Languages:
- English
- License:
- OER
- Author:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Length:
- 4 minutes