Dumbo Octopus Habitat: A Deep Sea Creature
A Dumbo Octopus is a strange aquatic animal. It lives nearly in every ocean in the world at extreme depths of from 300 - 400 meters to up to 7000 meters. It is also considered the deepest diving octopus ever. There are about 37 species of Dumbo Octopuses, but more are probably going to be discovered. It grows up to eight inches. The class of a Dumbo Octopus is Cephalopoda, its family is Opisthoteuthidae, and the genus is Grimpoteuthis. The Dumbo Octopus is named after the Walt Disney’s flying elephant character. This is because of its two ears look like fins on the octopus’ sides.
Dumbo Octopuses live just above the sea bed, and don’t move very much to conserve energy. They swim by flapping two fins on its sides, and can extend and contract its legs. When needed, a Dumbo Octopus forces water out of a funnel in order to make a quick escape. Nevertheless, they have very few predators at all