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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 creatures are known as dumbo octopuses because of their “large” fins.
The octopus’s body was too heavy to pull itself toward the water, researchers said. Family spots ‘massive’ octopus struggling in muddy shoreline of WA bay, video shows Skip to main content
This also makes it the longest-living octopus – most octopuses only live for 1 or 2 years – which this octopus beats with its brooding period alone. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Female Graneledone boreopacifica tend to brood their eggs between the depths of 1,200 and 2,000 metres (3,900 and 6,600 ft); the eggs were never unattended.