Giant squid is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae.
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15 Facts About Giant squid
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Giant squid is widespread, occurring in all of the world's oceans.
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Giant squid have small fins at the rear of their mantles used for locomotion.
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Giant squid breathe using two large gills inside the mantle cavity.
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Giant squid has a sophisticated nervous system and complex brain, attracting great interest from scientists.
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The age of a giant squid can be determined by "growth rings" in the statocyst's statolith, similar to determining the age of a tree by counting its rings.
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Much of what is known about giant squid age is based on estimates of the growth rings and from undigested beaks found in the stomachs of sperm whales.
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Giant squid is the second-largest mollusc and one of the largest of all extant invertebrates.
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Young giant squid specimens were found off the coast of southern Japan in 2013 and confirmed through genetic analysis.
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The squid had been photographed alive shortly before its death by a tourist named Javier Ondicol, and examination of its corpse by the Coordinators for the Study and Protection of Marine Species indicates that the squid was attacked and mortally wounded by another giant squid, losing parts of its fins, and receiving damage to its mantle, one of its gills and losing an eye.
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Giant squid first used the term "Architeuthus" in a paper in 1857.
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In 1873, a Giant squid "attacked" a minister and a young boy in a dory near Bell Island, Newfoundland.
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The photographs showed an aggressive hunting pattern by the baited Giant squid, leading to it impaling a tentacle on the bait ball's hooks.
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The camera-bearing squid caught on film what was claimed to be a giant squid, with an estimated length of 40 feet, engaging in predatory behavior.
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In particular, the image of a giant squid locked in battle with a sperm whale is a common one, although the squid is the whale's prey and not an equal combatant.
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