Marine Cephalopod

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Half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale fossil may be first ancestor of squid http://bit.ly/bdh29Z

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Giant Squid netted in Gulf of Mexico http://tiny.cc/IWaCP

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The common squid is a carnivorous mollusk belonging to the same class as the nautilus, cuttlefish, and octopus.

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Some squid naturally lose the tentacles in post-larval stages, so that the adult possesses 8 arms only; some squid can have more than 2 fins

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A basic squid has:
Two fins
A mantle
A head
8 arms and two tentacles, each endowed with hooks and/or suckers and sucker rings.

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The Humboldt Squid, also known as Jumbo Squid, is a large, aggressive predatory squid found in the waters of the Humboldt Current.

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Guest animal: the Moose. The animal bearing the scientific name Alces alces is known in Europe as elk and in North America as moose.

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2007 – Largest ever Colossal Squid captured by a New Zealand fishing boat off Antarctica. Length: 10 m Weight: 450 kg

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2003 – A complete specimen of a subadult female colossal squid was found near the surface with a total length of 6 meters.

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1925 – Colossal Squid first discovered in the form of two tentacles found in the stomach of a sperm whale.

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Like other cephalopods, giant squid are propelled by pushing water through its mantle cavity through the funnel, in gentle, rhythmic pulses.

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Giant squid have a sophisticated nervous system and complex brain, attracting great interest from scientists.

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The Colossal Squid, sometimes called the Antarctic or Giant Cranch Squid, is believed to be the largest squid species.

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Squid are a diverse group of invertebrates, and range in size from barely two and a half centimetres to a total length approaching 18 m.

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New research shows that squid are the missing evolutionary link between man and Octopus.

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Squid are one of the southern water's favourite angling targets. On any given
day hundreds of keen anglers are chasing these cephalopods.

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The head end of the squid bears 8 arms and 2 tentacles, each a form of muscular hydrostat containing many suckers along the edge.

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Squid have differentiated from their ancestral molluscs, their body plan has been condensed antero-posteriorly and extended dorso-ventrally.

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In female squid, the ink sac is hidden from view by a pair of white nidamental glands, which lie anterior to the gills.