Giant squid

name of vampire squid which are in fact not true squid and are generally more related to octopuses (Yokobori et al., 2007). There is a current interest in squids because of their large geographical range and the increase in biomass of the Humboldt and Jumbo in the Pacific Ocean (Young et al., 2013). Squids appear to be on their way to becoming much more significant in their respective ecosystems and would be well worth studying. Squid also come in sizes as large as the Colossal Squid, which may…

The Colossal squid or its scientific name, Mesoychoteuthis Hamiltoni, is the largest of the squid species so far known to man. The colossal squid gets its name because of how large it is. In ancient times, scientists believe fishermen saw them or their cousins, the giant squid. In fact, scientists also believed that the ancient myths like the Scylla in the Ancient Greece myths and the Kraken in Norwegian legends were actually colossal or giant squids that the sailors saw. They appeared to be…

Squids and Octopi may be two of the most fascinating and unique creatures to live on the planet. With each animal having close to over two hundred different species, two that distinguish themselves from all the other species are the giant octopus and the giant squid. A misconception often made is that these two animals are the same and just have different names. While they both belong to the same class of Cephalopoda, they are in fact two completely different species both belonging to a…

Vampire Squid Very Strange Squid Species Of all the different varieties of squid, the Vampire Squid is a very strange squid species that makes its travel far below the waters nearly a half-mile down near the bottom of the ocean. Even though by its name you would think it sucks blood, the vampire squid actually just eats zooplankton, and is actually part of the animals in the Cephalopoda Class (animaldiversity.org/accounts/Cephalopoda), which means it has a lot in common with some of the oldest…

A kind of splendidly hued ocean slug has a preference for infinitesimal marine animals called zooplankton, and it feeds on them utilizing a technique that has never been seen: It catches them in a swallow by utilizing an agent. The ocean slug's clueless partners are hydroid polyps — tiny, coral-like creatures that live in colonies and feed on zooplankton. The ocean slug, known as a nudibranch (pronounced nooda-brank), regards the polyps as living fishing nets, energetically scooping them up and…

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between an octopus and a squid? While they are similar in many ways, they are also different in others. I will talk about both the similarities and the differences between their physical characteristics, their habitat, and their behavior. The octopus and the squid are both similar and different in the way they look. They’re closely related to mollusks. Squids have a backbone-like structure that is flexible which is similar to the shell of a snail.…

Giants, human creatures that are above 10ft tall, have been believed to exist for centuries. Despite knowledge of science, evolutionary discoveries, and the growing inquisitiveness and curiosity of people in our day compared to other centuries, there are those who believe that Giants existed once in the past. There is increasing advancement in archaeological and more discoveries have been made now than ever before. However, there has been no affirmed evidence that show that extremely tall and…

the dawn of time there were no gods or humans, only the land and sea. It goes on to say that at one point the land and sea me and when they did a white mare was born, made of sea-foam. Her name was Eiocha. Not far from where the horse was born, a giant oak tree was…

the complete opposite. It had a glare from my warm yellow tank light and the colors were all wrong. As for the house Jeff had given me, I’d say it’s okay. It was this little house positioned on a fake tree stump with fake leaves on the top. To the giants outside of my tank it looked perfect and real, but from my point of view it was wretched and fake. I snap out of my little day dream and slowly tiptoe towards the shiny coin. I see no one in sight. Perfect. Reaching my hand out I slowly curl…

America as a Filipino immigrant in his memoir Big Little Man--In Search of My Asian Self. In this excerpt entitled “Land of the Giants,” he admits that everything he and his family changed about themselves was for the sole purpose of fitting in. Their immigration led to the abandonment of their native culture and the assimilation of a new one. In “Land of the Giants,” Tizon combines a multitude of literary devices, such as anecdotes, symbolism, and juxtaposition, with…