Ghostly 'Dumbo' octopus is caught on camera more than 5,500ft underwater off the coast of Hawaii Rare 'Dumbo' Octopus spotted 5,518ft (1,682 metres) beneath the surface The creature has two large ...

On September 13, a team of marine explorers on a NOAA-funded expedition encountered a rare dumbo octopus in the depths of the North Pacific Ocean. It was found while exploring the ocean floor aboard ...

The deepest confirmed sighting of a Dumbo octopus was made in 2020, when a one was spotted and captured on film almost 7,000 metres down in the Java Trench. This sighting suggests Dumbo octopuses ...

However, these deep-sea cephalopods are uniquely adapted to life in incredibly deep waters. In fact, in 2020, one intrepid Dumbo octopus was filmed at an astonishing 22,825 feet below the surface!

The team was exploring at a depth of 1,682 metres when the Dumbo octopus drifted past their cameras. To give you a sense of how deep that is, it's like stacking about three CN Towers on top of ...

Rare footage shows a "Dumbo" octopus swimming near a submersible in the deep ocean. The animal was spotted more than 5,500 feet underwater by a research expedition.

The largest dumbo octopus ever found measured a whopping 5.9 feet (1.8 m) long, according to Oceana. But most individuals are between 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 centimeters) long.

Feitian’s Dumbo octopus is considered “small-sized,” measuring about 16 inches long in its natural habitat but shrinking after being brought to the surface, the study said.