Fishermen in the sea seen some strange things. Very large, very fierce, can easily with the powerful arm broken vessels, the human body cut in half and eat healthy ... Terrible half-human, half-fish, giant sea monster. On narrow escape of sailors, is there any reason to require them to accurately describe the seen without adding horror imagination? what is seen very clearly. Thus, a medieval tale in Norway has been called the Kraken's sea giant monster, in some versions of the story, it even much like an island.
1854, Denmark's Japetus Steenstrup Professor (at the time of cephalopods authority), the legend, imagine and ancient picture together, raise a not so mysterious perspective: the sea monster is huge squid. He gave these things got name Architeuthis, meaning that the King of the squid. They live in the deep ocean, up to 20 meters. 1861, France Navy ships claimed that encountered the giant squid, inspired by this, Verne in the sea for two miles, let the Nautilus and large squid fought a battle.
At the end of the 19th century, beginning with scientists on the giant squid for scientific research, but until now no how much information is collected. Although it is said that the world has discovered multiple giant squid — 100 — are all died or will die – but they have not been saved. Squid once died on decaying so rapidly that the body will be spread in other animals, the belly is either empty, or the number of pieces is simply not true food debris, so people on their habits, food structure, still know very little.
United States National Museum of natural history of marine biologist Michael Vecchione and others on December 21, the United States, "Science" magazine reported that, in recent years, it has been in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific, and other different waters has 8 see activities of giant squid.
In recent years in different areas of the giant squid found. A: B: in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Gulf of C, D: E: Central Pacific Science picture sources:
Most recently Texas A & M University geographer William Sager in submersible in the observation of sea-bed encountered oil leakage, venue for the Gulf of Mexico underwater 2000 meters. This big boy body (no hands) about 1 meter long, suspended above the seabed nearly 3 meters, with more than 10 times the body about long arm of the swim and slender. Arm accidentally hit the submersible, very hard to earn, which indicates that the arm has a strong power of attraction or sticky, presumably hunting.
Gulf of giant squid. Very long enough! picture source: Science
The amazing discovery that our marine ecosystems are quite ignorant. These giant squid arm than hitherto known all squid are long arm, Vecchione guess they belong to him in the 1998 named varieties Magnapinnidae adult patterns. People used to catch only 3 only body length only 5 cm of the squid, and death. New discovery of giant squid on the biology, the classification is not clear. Scientists hope to be able to catch a adult live giant squid, to study in detail, but very good at escape from the nets squid, for deep sea research of small, mobile network, slow to deal with this kind of activity the enormous animals may not be an agile and effective.
Giant Squid can sometimes become a sperm whale food, as can be found in the stomach from the sperm whale's giant squid body fragments and kezhi mouth. Imagine this two fierce marine giant predators met, how a battle! whalers sometimes catch aroma whale was found massive injuries, many people think that this is a giant squid arm powerful cupule. Chuck on lining with a ring of hard edge of kezhi, a fine-tooth, able to deep into the enemy's body. It is said in the sperm whale was found about 20 cm of diameter, scars and accordingly inferred that there is 75 m long giant squid, which is a bit too far. There are scientists, the scars may be due to skin infection in the sperm whale's body was in the process of growing up. From fresh scars, giant squid's Chuck with a diameter of about 2 to 5 cm, credible reports no 5.2 cm larger number.
Squid arm sucker. Imagine 10 metres extending over a covered with this sucker's arm, wrapped unsuspecting you, it is a tasteless photo source: http://partners.si.edu/squid/default.html
Large mammals like elephants to a long time to mature, and very long life, great fish is usually the case. However, squid is a short-lived species, giant octopus General of relatives only live two to three years, it was felt that the giant squid is not more than five years. In such a short time from a few centimeters long to few meters or even a dozen, 20 m, growth must be very amazing, if you have the gene, I'm afraid to do an eat food machines. Grown so big, I ate so much, what are the benefits of adaptation to the environment?
Carnivore medical usually and its prey on the richness of the body, and its nutritional value. Body large animal metabolism slow, despite a giant squid to eat a lot of things, but the average is up, it needs as per kilogram of body weight and food consumption than small squid less. Some scientists speculate that perhaps beasts to enable it to predator other smaller breed animals eat things grow faster, but also enable them to quickly is medically for more than a child's natural enemies, the sperm whale can constitute a threat to survival. Of course, these are just guessing.
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