Top 7 Giant Squid Facts

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Here are 7 facts about one of the most illusive creatures in our oceans, the Giant Squid! (genus Architeuthis).

These animals have been the stuff of legend since ancient times and now in recent years many discoveries have given us a new knowledge about this magnificente creatures!

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Top 7 Facts about Giant Squid

In 2004 Japanese researchers took the first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, and in July 2012 a live adult was first filmed in its natural habitat off Chichi-jima

The circumference of their suckers is lined with sharp, finely serrated rings of chitin.

Analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of giant squid individuals from all over the world has found that there is little variation between individuals across the globe. This suggests that there is but a single species of giant squid in the world. Squid larvae may be dispersed by ocean currents across vast distances.

The only known predators of adult giant squid are sperm whales, but pilot whales may also feed on them.

Giant squid are widespread, occurring in all of the world's oceans

Tales of giant squid have been common among mariners since ancient times, and may have led to the Norse legend of the kraken, a tentacled sea monster as large as an island capable of engulfing and sinking any ship

Recent estimates put the maximum size at 13 m (43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males from the posterior fins to the tip of the two long tentacles

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