Kwabaningi bethu, bekukhona ifilimu yeWalt Disney ebimaka ubuntwana bethu, futhi lokho Dumbo, indaba yendlovu encane enezindlebe ezinkulu ezayivumela ukuba indize. Kodwa-ke, emvelweni kunesilwane esinelukuluku lokwazi nokungajwayelekile, futhi asikhulumi ncamashi ngendlovu, kepha sikhuluma nge-octopus, eyi-Dumbo octopus.
Lezi zilwane, ezisohlobo lwe-Grimpoteuthis octopus, zehlukile kwezinye izingwane, ngoba amabhangqa azo amaphiko ayafana nezindlebe. I- I-Dumbo Octopus, Bangaba nosayizi abehlukene, yize iningi lalawo atholakele olwandle, selifinyelele kumasentimitha angama-20 ubude, kuyaziwa futhi ukuthi angafinyelela kumamitha amabili.
Lezi zidalwa eziyinqaba ezihlala ku- Izilwandle zolwandle i-AtlanticZihlala ekujuleni okuphakathi kwamamitha ayi-3000 kanye nama-5000, okwenze kwaba budisi ukukuthola ngakho-ke ukufunda. Okuncane okwaziwayo ngalezi zingwane zeDumbos ukuthi zinezigaxa "zezindlebe" ezizisizayo ukuba zihambe emanzini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukungathembani ukuthi bathole lesi simo ngenxa yenqubo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo, okungukuthi, ekuqaleni babeyizintambo futhi kancane kancane baguqulwa baba yizindlebe.
Kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi, yize abaningi bengathanda ukuba nalezi zilwane emanzini amakhulu ekhaya, izingwane zeDumbo zihlala ekujuleni okukhulu, Izimo ezithile njengokukhanya, ngoba bahlala ebumnyameni ngokuphelele, ngengcindezi engakholeki engafika kuma-200 atmospheres, yingakho kungaba nzima kakhulu ukubagcina bephila e-aquarium yethu ekhaya.