This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In most octopus species it’s customary after sex for the female to make a meal—of her partner. To avoid being eaten ...

After being brought to Atlantis, Triton refused to allow Ursula to be around the citizens of Atlantis in her octopus form ... hardcore Little Mermaid fans now know that Ursula is one of Disney's ...

Curious, you flip it over. A row of suckers. A pair of eyes. An octopus. In particular, Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus. Its common name comes from its habit of hiding ...

While visual nods abound, the most stirring callback to other Disney properties is the instrumental rendition of The Little Mermaid s Part of Your World which plays as the shorts titular octopus ...