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The Giant Squid

The Giant Squid. By Jira 7A Teacher Ms. Cindy. About The Giant Squid. The Giant Squid is from the deep dwelling squid family, AKA the Architeuthidae. The Giant Squid is known to grow to a tremendous size. Characteristics (Female).

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The Giant Squid

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  1. The Giant Squid By Jira 7A Teacher Ms. Cindy

  2. About The Giant Squid • The Giant Squid is from the deep dwelling squid family, AKA the Architeuthidae. • The Giant Squid is known to grow to a tremendous size.

  3. Characteristics (Female) • 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)

  4. Characteristics (Male) • The average length of a male is about 10 meters of about 30 ft. • It weights about 150 kg or 330 lb.

  5. Diet • 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

  6. There Predator • 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

  7. Pictures of the Predators

  8. Where does it Live? • 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

  9. Comparison between Giant Squid and the 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 Colossal Squid

  10. Giant Squid and the Colossal Squid

  11. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid • http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130827-deep-sea-squid-prey-capture-ocean-animals-science/ • http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html • http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080430194350AAdDmCw

  12. Thank You Hope you Enjoyed it!

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