The Giant SquidBy Jira 7A
Teacher Ms. Cindy
The Giant Squid is from the deep dwelling squid family, AKA the Architeuthidae.
The Giant Squid is known to grow to a tremendous size.
About The Giant Squid
The average length of a female Giant Squid is 13 Meters long or 43 ft.
It weights about 276 kg and is about 610 lb
Without the Tentacles the female Giant Squids are normally about 5 meters long (16 ft)
Characteristics (Female)
The average length of a male is about 10 meters of about 30 ft.
It weights about 150 kg or 330 lb.
Characteristics (Male)
The Giant Squid feast on deep under water fish and other species of squids
They are believed to be solitary hunters because only individual Giant Squids get caught by net. They Capture there prey by grabbing it by its to long
tentacles and pulling it into its powerful beak
Diet
The Predator of a full grown Giant Squid is a Sperm Whale
Some times packs of Pilot Whales attack and feast on it to And off course we capture these squids to for food
There Predator
Pictures of the Predators
The Giant Squids live in the deep waters of the continental and island slopes.
They live around the North Atlantic ocean and others live in the pacific
Where does it Live?
Comparison between Giant Squid and the Colossal squid
Giant Squid Colossal Squid
Narrow Mantle Long Tentacles Longer but weights
less Average tentacles
Larger Mantle Tentacles slightly
shorter Weights heavier than
the Giant Squid Swiveling hooks
Giant Squid and the Colossal Squid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/0
8/130827-deep-sea-squid-prey-capture-ocean-animals-science/
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20
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Sources
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