giant squid
noun
: any of a genus (Architeuthis) of extremely large squids that may attain a length of 60 feet (18 meters) and include the largest mollusks known
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While giant squid were first photographed and filmed in their natural habitat in 2004 and 2012, respectively, the only sightings of colossal squid have come from corpses or animals dragged up to the surface.
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Evert Lindquist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
Sperm whales are highly social creatures that roam the world’s oceans together, diving deep in search of giant squid, their favorite food.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
While sperm whales dive deep into the oceans to make meals out of giant squid, orcas occasionally punch above their weight, taking on blue whales (the largest animals to ever exist).
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
Pacific sleeper sharks are covert creatures, hefty as great whites and the only predators besides sperm whales that are known to hunt giant squid.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
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Evert Lindquist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
Sperm whales are highly social creatures that roam the world’s oceans together, diving deep in search of giant squid, their favorite food.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
While sperm whales dive deep into the oceans to make meals out of giant squid, orcas occasionally punch above their weight, taking on blue whales (the largest animals to ever exist).
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
Pacific sleeper sharks are covert creatures, hefty as great whites and the only predators besides sperm whales that are known to hunt giant squid.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
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