Famous octopuses

URSULA - Ursula is a fictional character who appears as the villainess in Walt Disney Pictures’ The Little Mermaid. She was voiced by American actress Pat Carroll

DOCTOR Octopus (Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius), also known as Doc Ock for short, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel

SQUIDDLY Diddly is an anthropomorphic animated octopus created by Hanna-Barbera, who was featured in his own cartoon segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show beginning in 1965.

PAUL the Octopus was a common octopus used to predict the

results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle.

ONE of the most exciting and memorable parts of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by French writer Jules Verne is when the submarine and its crew encounter a pack of giant sea squid. In fact, many promotional posters and ads for the film version feature this monster.