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The deep sea is full of amazing life—like this dumbo octopus!

Check out our colleagues at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)​ for more deep sea discoveries as well as a look at the groundbreaking technologies they develop to explore this mysterious habitat.

I definitely read this as “like this dumb octopus” at first and I was like wow, MBA is getting kind of mean, is this the second-string social media intern?, but then I reread it

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Sorry for the confusion! The common name of “dumbo octopus” comes from the ear-like fins on their mantle, which are reminiscent of a certain flying elephant.