We have to start with two kinds? Squid? According to the sea monster, the king squid is a species of Cetaceae-King Squid-King Squid. It mainly lives in the deep sea of the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and is mainly distributed in the waters with a depth of 300 meters to 3100 meters. (The picture below shows the place where the red dot was found, and the place where the king squid was found is marked).
Scientists estimate that the total length of adult male squid including tentacles can reach14m ~ 20m, and only tentacles can exceed10m. It is called one of the largest invertebrates known in the world together with the squid. (It should be added here that both the living sea area and the body shape are actually based on the current findings, and the number of King Squid and King Physalis is extremely limited, mainly because they live in the deep sea. )
According to the current findings, there is still a gap between the weight of the squid and the king's sour pulp. King Physalis is a species of Cetaceae-Ophiopogonidae-Peacock Physalis-King Physalis-King Physalis.
The scientific name of King Sauerkraut is actually Giant Squid with Middle Claw. According to the current findings, King Sauerkraut mainly lives in the waters near the South Pole. They also like to haunt the deep sea, mainly living in the water with water depth1000 ~ 2000m.
Although its weight is heavier, the maximum weight can reach 750 kilograms, but in fact its length is not longer than that of the king squid, about 6- 18 meters. Compared with humans, king squid and king squid are much bigger. (The squid in the green frame in the picture below is the king squid, and the squid in the red frame is the king squid. )
Both king squid and king squid can be said to be the top predators in the deep sea, mainly relying on hunting large deep-sea fish and other cephalopods for a living. Through the discovery of fishermen's fishing at present, we know that the king squid is a very cruel predatory animal. They will catch the target prey with long tentacles, then use serrated suction cups to clamp the sides of the prey and send them to their mouths, and then their beaks will cut the prey into pieces.
As for the predation mode of the king squid, we still don't know. Scientists guess that their predation mode should be similar to that of the king squid, and their prey is similar, mainly deep-sea fish.
In principle, King Squid and King Soup Squid are big enough, and they are top predators in the deep sea. They should have no natural enemies, but in fact they have the same natural enemies, that is, sperm whales.
Squid? Natural enemies of sea monsters: sperm whales
Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, and they have obvious hermaphroditism, and the males are bigger. The average length of adult male sperm whales is 14~ 16 meters, and the weight is about 40~45 tons, while the average length of adult female sperm whales is10 ~/kloc.
Sperm whales are widely distributed, and they can be seen in the three oceans of the world. They are widely distributed in the ice-free waters of the world, and scientists have found them in the equator and the South Pole.
More crucially, sperm whales are often found in waters with a water depth of 1000 meters. That is to say, the deep sea frequented by sperm whales is also the waters frequented by King Squid and King Soup Squid. Sperm whales also like to feed in the deep sea area. They like to eat squid very much, mainly feeding on a variety of squid and deep-sea fish. Female sperm whales like to catch squid weighing between 0. 1~ 10 kg, and occasionally prey on large squid; Males also like to catch squid, but they prefer large squid. Therefore, King Squid and King Soup Squid are naturally included in the sperm whale's diet.
Although King Squid and King Sour Squid are both very big and long in length, a large proportion of their body length is tentacles, and their weight is not more than 1 ton, which is still a little smaller than that of sperm whales, so they are naturally no match for sperm whales. Scientists found an intact king squid in the stomach carrying the sperm whale. The body length of this king squid reached 12 meters and the weight reached 200 kilograms. Scratches similar to those of the king squid were also found on the mouth and body of the sperm whale. Based on this, we can infer that the king squid was eaten after fighting with the sperm whale. Some people speculate that sperm whales like to eat king squid and king squid mainly because they are invertebrates, have no bones, are delicious, and even have evolved excellent diving ability. You know, in the sperm whale's diet, bony fish only accounts for a very small proportion.