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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!

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Dumbo octopuses live at extreme depths, according to National Geographic, and are the deepest-living octopuses known. They can live in depths up to 13,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

Recently, a NOAA-funded expedition encountered a rare undersea “alien” when they stumbled into a Dumbo octopus a mile underwater off the coast of Hawaii.

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Deepest known octopus Dumbo octopuses live at extreme depths in oceans around the world—up to 13,000 feet below the surface—and are the deepest-living octopuses known.

The deep-sea Dumbo octopus was spotted a mile below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, close by an unnamed seamount in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.