As long as a semi-truck and weighing as much as a ton — the colossal squid lives up to its name. But what else do we know about this elusive creature?
in all its glory. Another sighting in the Gulf of Mexico in 2019 showed aWhere Do Colossal Squids Live?
This member of the cephalopod family is famously hard to spot. And part of the reason why is that they live at such deep depths, betweenAnd considering how few sightings there have been, it’s also likely that they’re a rare species.The colossal squid also has some of the largest eyes in the animal kingdom due to its need to hunt in the deep, dark ocean where sunlight can’t reach. Its enormous eyeballs are capable of picking up even the tiniest amounts of light.
There’s a lot we don’t know about the creature because it’s so hard to spot and because its habitat in the waters off of Antarctica is less visited by humans. However, it comes farther north to feed.What Do Colossal Squids Eat? And What Eats Them? While these giant creatures are fearsome to humans, we’re not their prey. They’d prefer to nosh on fish, large and small, including theWe also know that it’s an ambush predator, which means it sits and waits for a good opportunity to attack its prey and catch them by surprise.
As a result, many sperm whales are covered in pockmarks from death battles with this giant suctioned beast. Still, in the end, the massive sperm whale — the largest living member of the toothed whale genus — usually wins.
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