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February 2

What is a jumbo octopus?

I couldn't find a Wikipedia article that used the term. Here is where I saw the term.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:52, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

You misread the cartoon lettering. The term is "Dumbo octopus" and the article is Grimpoteuthis. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:58, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. There's something wrong and the letters are hard to read.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:22, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Finally had to resort to CTRL+. I don't know what the problem is today.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:21, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

(ec)Dumbo octopus. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

And Dumbo was inspired semi-indirectly by the famous elephant Jumbo. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:03, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Similarly, the dumbo rat is a fancy rat variety whose ears are larger and lower on its head than is usual, which to some people resembles Dumbo the elephant's ears. CodeTalker (talk) 19:46, 3 February 2020 (UTC)