Dumbo Octopus, Grimpoteuthis sp.
With a ghostly white body, red arms and fin tips, this Grimpoteuthis octopus appears to be dancing in the light from the ROV, like a ballroom dancer with a flowing red dress.
At 3,600 meters depth, this deep-sea octopus uses the movement of its large fins and arms to propel itself through the water. They are affectionately called the “dumbo” octopus because of those flapping fins.
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- he’s such a cobweb, a pinch would annihilate him
- cockatrice
- I’d rather be hugged by a snake
- by chance, you’ve managed tolerably
- pitiful changeling
- it is not poisoned, though I prepared it
- don’t degrade yourself into an abject reptile
- thou saucy witch
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