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The Animal From Another Planet that Appeared in the Argentine Sea: This Is the Amazing Octopus “Dumbo”

The scientific expedition of CONICET in the underwater canyon of Mar del Plata added a new historical milestone: the discovery, for the first time in Argentine waters, of a copy of the fascinating octopus "Dumbo", a species that inhabits the abyssal depths. According to News Argentinas, the discovery occurred during the successful live transmission of the mission "Talud Continental IV". The ROV Subbastian submarine robot managed to capture image…
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Half the world is freaking out at the amazing discoveries of a group of Argentine marine scientists from CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research) and the Schmidt Ocean Institute. They are exploring the abyssal depths of the ocean facing Mar del Plata, aboard the Falkor (too), a laboratory ship with more technology than an episode of Star Trek. From the ship they have descended to the abyssal depths a submarine robot calle…

The scientific expedition of CONICET in the underwater canyon of Mar del Plata added a new historical milestone: the discovery, for the first time in Argentine waters, of a copy of the fascinating octopus "Dumbo", a species that inhabits the abyssal depths. According to News Argentinas, the discovery occurred during the successful live transmission of the mission "Talud Continental IV". The ROV Subbastian submarine robot managed to capture image…

The mission that explores the Mar del Plata underwater canyon found 3,781 meters underwater, where darkness is total and pressure crushes any common way of life, a specimen that had never been documented before in this region. The finding occurred during the Continental Talud IV expedition, carried out by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, CONICET and INIDEP. As the images show, the Dumbo octopus (of the genus Grimpoteuthis) has an unmistakable unique…

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Diario Registrado broke the news in on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
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