THE SQUID

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THE SQUID

• Compiled by Angel Van Horn
• The Copernicus Project / RCOE

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Squid Facts

• Class Cephalopod
• Habitat Squid live throughout the world's
  oceans at all depths.
• Largest The giant squid can reach a length of
  18 m (60 ft) including tentacles, and weigh up to
  900 kg (1980 lbs).
• Smallest Some squid only reach a length of about
  1.8 cm (0.7 in), and weighs as little as 700 mg
  (0.02 oz).
• Feeding Habits Carnivores they eat fish,
  crustaceans, and smaller squid.
• Offspring Female squid lay thousands of eggs,
  which attach to plants or objects at the bottom
  of the ocean.
• Life Span The common squid lives about one to
  two years.

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Did you know.?

• Some squid have bioluminescent organs that make
  them glow in the dark.
• When being chased, many squid squirt a dark
  liquid to distract their attacker.
• Giant squid have eyes the size of basketballs
• Squid swim faster than any other invertebrate.
• The giant squid is the largest animal without a
  backbone.

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The Squid Body

• The body of the squid is enclosed in the mantle,
  which has two swimming fins along each side.
• These fins, unlike in other marine organisms, do
  not help the squid move through the water.

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What Squid Eat

• Eat small fish, crabs, shrimp, other squid, waste
  from cruise ships.
• Stalk their prey and shoot out their arms to grab
  the food and pulls it into their mouth!

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Squid Movement

• Squids move through the ocean using a jet of
  water forced out of the body by a siphon.

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SQUID INK
HELP!

• With angry eye and a cloud of ink, a jumbo
  squid flees from a diver.

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Squid Camouflage

• The skin of the squid is covered in
  chromatophores, which enable the squid to change
  color to hide in its surroundings.

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Squid Hearts

• Squid have 3 hearts because they need high
  amounts of oxygen in their blood stream to
  survive. They have blue blood.

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Dissected Squid
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Resources

• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/inverteb
  rates/squid/Squidprintout.shtml
• http//www.nhm.org/seamobile/PDF/clasacts/sqd20i.
  pdf
• http//biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/
  bioG101_104/tutorials/animals/squid.html