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The squid had been photographed alive by a tourist named Javier Ondicol shortly before its death, and examination of its corpse by the Coordinators for the Study and Protection of Marine Species (CEPESMA) indicates that the squid was attacked and mortally wounded by another giant squid, losing parts of its fins, and receiving damage to its ...
- Anatomy, Diversity & Evolution. Anatomy. A giant squid’s body may look pretty simple: Like other squids and octopuses, it has two eyes, a beak, eight arms, two feeding tentacles, and a funnel (also called a siphon).
- Ecology & Behavior. Distribution. Giant squid are thought to swim in the ocean worldwide, based on the beaches they've washed upon, as shown in the map (via Wikimedia Commons).
- Squids at the Smithsonian. Meet Clyde Roper. Dr. Clyde Roper grew up close to the ocean and was a lobster fisherman before going to graduate school, where he studied squid.
- Cultural Connections. Giant Squid of Myth. The giant squid has captured the human imagination for more than 2,000 years. For a long time, people who spotted them floating, dead, at sea or washed up on beaches couldn’t figure out what they were.
Sep 15, 2021 · Giant squid sightings are likely what inspired tales of the ship-destroying Kraken from Scandinavian mythology. Real giant squid live at depths of at least 2,950 feet (900 m) below the...
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Aug 31, 2021 · A human finally laid eyes on a giant squid in its natural habitat. “Undoubtedly the most-significant moment was when Dr Tsunemi Kubodera observed the live animal from within a submersible, in situ, for an extended period of time, in waters off the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, in 2012,” says Steve.
EW. EX. Least Concern Extinct. Current Population Trend: Unknown. The giant squid remains largely a mystery to scientists despite being the biggest invertebrate on Earth. The largest of these...
Jun 21, 2018 · The truth was, the museum already had a giant squid in possession, courtesy of the Smithsonian’s chief squid researcher, zoologist Clyde Roper, who has pioneered about 150 of the last five...
Jan 13, 2013 · Edie Widder/Discovery Channel. For thousands of years, sailors have told stories of giant squids. In myth and cinema, the kraken was the most terrible of sea monsters. Now, it's been captured —...