The world's deepest living octopus was spotted in the Indian Ocean.

Scientists recorded the sighting of octopus 'Dumbo' in the Indian Ocean and this has been the deepest sighting of the cephalopod.

Scientists recorded the sighting of octopus 'Dumbo' in the Indian Ocean and this has been the deepest sighting of the cephalopod.Named after Disney's Dumbo for its big lateral ear-like fins, the Grimpoteuthis is not typically found beyond hadal depths. The hadal depths exceed 19,700ft. The octopus was found swimming in the Java Trench at around 23,000 ft almost 6,500 ft deeper than the last recorded dumbo cephalopod. Researchers reported their findings in journal Marine Biology.

The average size of dumbos is 8in to 12in long, while the largest known dumbo octopus grew to 5'10, weighing at 13lb. As large foraging predators, their diet consists of fish and water mammals including sharks, dolphins, and tuna. Dumbos are rarely entangled in fishnets nor disturbed by human activities since they live in the benthic zone, or the lowest level of oceans.