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American zoologist G. H. Parker found that the largest suckers on a giant Pacific octopus are about 6.4 cm (2.5 in) and can support 16 kg (35 lb) each. [3] The only other possible contender for the largest species of octopus is the seven-arm octopus ( Haliphron atlanticus ), based on a 61-kilogram (134-pound), incomplete carcass estimated to ...
In a book dedicated to the giant Pacific octopus, Cosgrove & McDaniel (2009:72) summarised knowledge on the species's maximum size as follows: The specimen William Dall speared in 1885 at Iliuliuk had the largest radial span of any giant Pacific octopus ever measured. Jock MacLean's 1956 Port Hardy behemoth was the biggest ever weighed.
Three divers holding the largest catch of the 1963 World Octopus Wrestling Championships, a 57-pound giant Pacific octopus. Octopus wrestling involves a diver grappling with a large octopus in shallow water and dragging it to the surface. [1]
A Gig Harbor resident caught it on video. It’s been eight years since Harbor WildWatch remembers seeing one of the creatures in the creek. A Gig Harbor resident caught it on video.
A Giant Pacific Octopus spotted Warren Murray and David Malvestuto as they were swimming with a large (and very expensive) professional underwater camera 80 feet below the ocean's surface.
The creatures are known as dumbo octopuses because of their “large” fins.
While generally much smaller than the giant Architeuthis and Mesonychoteuthis, the largest of the octopuses, the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), can grow to be very large. The largest confirmed weight of a giant octopus is 74 kg (163 lb), [ 253 ] with a 7 m (23 ft) arm span (with the tentacles fully extended) and a head-to ...
The giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is often cited as the largest known octopus species. Adults usually weigh around 15 kg (33 lb), with an arm span of up to 4.3 m (14 ft). [ 19 ] The largest specimen of this species to be scientifically documented was an animal with a live mass of 71 kg (157 lb). [ 20 ]