The world's largest giant squid
The life span of giant squid is very long, and their bodies can grow all their lives. According to the research report of marine biologists, the body of the giant squid can grow to a length of about 10 meter in its infancy, and it will generally exceed 20 meters in adulthood. With their continuous growth, they can finally grow to a very amazing size. * * * At present, the largest known giant squid has a body size of 80 meters and a weight of more than 50 tons.
However, it should be noted here that if the average data is concerned, the average size of giant squid is not as large as that of another giant squid. However, the largest single squid known at present is the king squid, which was discovered by a Japanese marine biologist two years ago.
What is the concept of a creature 80 meters long? As a reference, the well-known blue whale has a maximum size of only 33 meters, which means that if the blue whale meets the king squid, the king squid can almost wrap the blue whale in all directions with its tentacles. The length of the earliest human aircraft carrier is only 69.5 meters *** 19 17, and the initial version of the aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy * * *.
It is worth mentioning that a popular theory is that the sperm whale in the ocean is the natural enemy of the king squid, because someone once found the undigested remains of the king squid in the stomach of the sperm whale. This statement is actually very ridiculous. If you really want to speculate like this, you can go to Africa to find some wild dogs. Maybe they also have lion meat in their bellies. So are wild dogs the natural enemies of lions? Sperm whales have good strength, but at most they bully the king squid in their infancy. If you meet an adult king squid, sperm whales can only cook lunch.
Myth and legend of giant squid
Myths and legends are part of many national cultures, and they can't be trusted, but the second brother thinks that myths and legends are not all fiction, maybe it's just an exaggerated fact. For example, Kraken Tentacles Of The Deep in European myths and legends is150m long. In fact, according to relevant descriptions, the so-called Kraken Tentacles Of The Deep may be the giant squid in the ocean today.
The giant squid is actually not a real squid, but a huge squid. There is an essential difference between squid and squid. The squid body is relatively flat and the body is long and narrow and tubular. Squid grows with hard bones, while squid is cartilage. Therefore, the so-called giant squid is actually called-King Soup Squid. It is the largest existing squid suborder found by people at present.
How big is the giant squid? In fact, human beings have no clear understanding at all. Because this giant squid lives in a world that is beyond the reach of human science and technology today. Most of them are active in the deep sea below 2,000 meters in Antarctic waters. The largest giant squid that humans have ever seen is about 20 meters long.
Then let's take a look at the description of Kraken Tentacles Of The Deep in Nordic mythology: this huge Kraken Tentacles Of The Deep has ten wrists and its body is like a long and narrow island. They spend most of their time sleeping at the bottom of the sea, and once they surface, they will turn over the river and destroy everything.
This description is actually similar to the giant squid * * * King Soup Squid * * *. The giant squid with ten wrists * * * has ten tentacles and belongs to a kind of decapod * *, and its body is like a long and narrow island * * * The giant squid is long and narrow and huge enough * * *, sleeping at the bottom of the sea and active in the deep sea of more than 2,000 meters. To sum up, the so-called Kraken Tentacles Of The Deep in European mythology is actually a giant squid.
Habitat environment of giant squid
Scientists speculate that this is because they may live at a depth of 200- 1000 meters from the sea, which is difficult for people to reach. The reason for this speculation is that some fishing boats occasionally catch giant squid when trawling in the deep sea, and the hard beaks of giant squid have been found in the belly of sperm whales. Sperm whales usually catch food at the depth of 10- 1000 meters below the sea surface, and occasionally they catch food at the bottom of the sea.
Dissecting the body of giant squid also provides some evidence. It can be inferred that they must be well adapted to the deep-sea environment-there is no inflatable tissue structure in their bodies, so they don't have to worry about being crushed when diving to a certain depth, so they can definitely dive very deep. We human alveoli and fish swim bladder, these inflatable tissues will expand or contract with the change of pressure, so people can't dive too deep in the water.
Generally, when a giant squid is found on the sea, it is likely to be dead. This is because for the giant squid, its hemocyanin * * * the compound that transports oxygen * * * will become inefficient in warm seawater. When it floats on the sea surface bit by bit, the water temperature will also rise bit by bit, and its muscles will slowly become flabby. It is conceivable that its fate is doomed bit by bit. In addition, the giant squid's big eyes with a diameter of 25 cm have evolved in the dark deep sea, and it is impossible to adapt to the strong light on the sea. Therefore, when it emerges from the sea, it will be blinded by a lot of light and become fragile. This is why people can't catch or see live giant squid.
The world's largest giant squid