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Mollusks (et al)
Architeuthis dux vs Aeolidia papillosa
Common Name: Giant Squid | Common Gray Sea Slug Conservation Status: Least Concern | N/A Fun Fact: Architeuthis dux has a brain shaped like a donut! | Aeolidia papillosa steals the nematocysts from sea anemones to defend itself.
Which of these animals is your favorite?
Architeuthis dux
Aeolidia papillosa
a little giant squid doodle ive had for a while
decapodiformes are rlly hard to work with in squares. they were definitely made for the rectangle. nautiluses are for squares. octopuses can be whatever shape u want
Jacob Geller - Fear of Big Things Underwater
Sneak peek of my nightmare (Architeuthis Dux/Dusk) from my verse thats meant to be the sanses except they've got the traits and stuff of mythical creatures.
Yes, he walks around barefoot
Finding Dory (2016, Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane)
13/10/2024
it must've been really embarrassing when the colossal squid was discovered. like we found the giant squid, and its like holy shit this is the monster thats been referenced since aristotle!!! its fucking huge!!!! lets call it The Giant Squid. because surely this is the biggest squid ever.
and then a hundred years later we find a bigger squid.
On October 26, 1873, fisherman Theophilus Picot brought back a 19-foot tentacle after an encounter with a giant squid
Happy first official evidence of the giant squid day!!
Diver captures stunning photos of rare 8-foot giant squid
Diver Yosuke Tanaka swam with a giant squid in the Sea of Japan near Toyooka City in Hyogo Prefecture.
A diver in Japan swam alongside an unusual companion earlier this month: An 8.2-foot-long (2.5 meter) giant squid. Yosuke Tanaka, who co-runs Dive Resort T-Style with his wife in Toyooka City, Japan, got the opportunity on Jan. 6 when a local ferryman called him to say that there was a large squid swimming near the surface off the coast in the Sea of Japan. Tanaka hurried over, he wrote on his blog, and was rewarded with a close-up encounter with one of the ocean's most mysterious creatures.
It was the first time he'd ever swum with a giant squid (Architeuthis dux), Tanaka told Live Science in an email.
Giant squid typically live in the deep ocean, so they're often only seen as corpses washed ashore or as accidental bycatch in fishing nets. They can grow to 40 to 45 feet (12 to 14 meters) long, a size even more incredible considering that the animals likely only live about five years in the wild, according to the Smithsonian Institution. Their elusive nature means little is known about their daily lives or mating habits, though investigations of their guts reveal that they eat fish and other squid. They're also often found in the stomachs of sperm whales, indicating that they aren't just hunters but are also hunted.
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