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Dumbo Octopus Movement & Diet<br />

• Swimming – ear-like fin flaps propel body upwards with arm<br />

movement moving directionally<br />

• Arms permit crawling along seafloor<br />

• Diet - polychaete worms, pelagic copepods, isopods,<br />

amphipods, and other crustaceans for food<br />

• Prey capture - pounce on target, then swallow it whole<br />

Grimpo Megaptera 1885<br />

a public domain image.<br />

Grimpo hippocrepium<br />

by Hoyle 1904. Image<br />

in the public domain.

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