When they were introduced, D-subs were among the smaller connectors used on computer systems.
Since most devices use only a few signals, smaller connectors can often be used.
The USB port lets you just plug a camera into a small connector on the computer.
The tentacle was tipped by a small rectangular connector with three flexible digits.
They use smaller connectors due to the reduced number of signals required.
The smaller connector may therefore permanently bend pins 1,8 or 2,7 of the larger connector.
Assuming these are small "electrical connectors," they should be no problem.
It is a small, thick, rectangular in-line female connector with two polarizing tabs on the outer-most edge of one long side.
If the agent had said yes, he would have seen the small female connector protruding from the back.
There was also meant to be a small connector roughly one mile in length connecting I-95 with I-287 from the north and designated I-695.