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First Sightings of Giant Squid
o Shut mantle as the locking method
Movement
The colossal squid has grappling hooks on its tentacles. It has two rows of hook-like swiveling suckers. The colossal squid also has a larger mantle, making it stouter and heavier than the giant squid. It has shorter tentacles than giant squid. It has larger eyes than giant squid.
There are two squid species: Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (colossal squid) and Architeutis dux (giant squid). As of date,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, both species are approximately of the same length; however it was last reported that the colossal squid was heavier.
Where Can They Be
o largest cephalopod and mollusk among octopus, cuttlefish, squid
These fast facts about squids can be helpful in learning more about this sea-creature.
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• In 2005, another colossal squid was captured in South Georgia Island.
• In September 30,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 2004, a Japanese team took pictures of giant squids in their habitat and was released a year after
• In March 2004, another giant squid named Archie was captured in Falkland Islands. It was later on placed in an acrylic tank at Natural history Museum
• In 2003 another female colossal squid was found on the surface of Ross Sea
• In 1981, a female colossal squid was caught by a Russian trawler in the Ross Sea
• Soviet whaler witnessed a battle of giant squid and 40 ton sperm whale. Both were found floating in water.
• Two lighthouse keepers watched a giant squid attack a baby whale. It was in Danger Point, South Africa on October 1966
• In 1925, the first colossal squid tentacle was found in the stomach of sperm whale
• An 18.5 meter giant squid was caught in New Zealand in 1880
• Three fishermen caught giant squid in Thimble Tickle Bay, Newfoundland on November 2,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 1878
• French dispatch Steamer Alecton cruising Canary Islands in November 1861. A portion of tail is brought to French Academy of Sciences
o Jet out water thru funnel/siphon.
It ejects a dash of dark ink from the ink sac through the funnel
Sucker-marks left on the bodies of their chief predator
Proof: Its tentacles can wrap around the prey pulling them into their mouth.
o muscular
o elusive
o intelligent
o active
o aggressive hunters
o 5 pieces of arms
Personality
o large eyes about 18 inches across
o suckers with dangerous looking teeth
o thick tentacles
o powerful beak
o long torpedo shaped body
o Southern Ocean
The giant squid have small fins at the rear of the mantle. It has serrated and sharp suckers.
Physical Appearance
o California
o Hawaii
o southern Japan
o northern Pacific from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Japan
o northern Norway to the Azores
o northern Atlantic, from Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico
o bathyal zone which can be 13,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login,300 feet deep
o Deep in the ocean, 700 to 3,300 feet “epipelagic" and "mesopelagic" zones
o largest known invertebrate
Description of the Specie
Giant Squid Fast Facts By Jayesh Bagde At You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Ezine Articles
o Suck in water when mantle opens
o anything they want to since they’re carnivorous
o squids, deep-sea squids, other kinds of squid
o Deep-sea fishes like orange ruffie, and hokie
What They Eat
The ink congeals into a squid-like shape that seizes the enemy's attention while the squid turns pale and jets away.
• December 4, 2006, a Japanese team filmed giant squid
• The first footage of live giant squid was in 2001. It was seen in Chasing Giants: On the Trail of the Giant Squid on the Discovery Channel.
• In 2007, the largest colossal squid was caught by a crew of San Aspiring vessel. It was captured near Ross Sea and Antarctica. It can now be seen in New Zealand Museum. At first it was thought to be male but research revealed it was a female. Ovaries contained thousands of eggs after dissection.