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I find it interesting that the Giant Squid is known for having the largest eyes in all of the animal kingdom (tied with their cousin, the Colossal Squid) considering it is pitch black where they live. If you just said to yourself that perhaps their eyes are so big because there is no light down there….you deserve a pat on the back. This is exactly the reason the Giant Squid has eyes the size of a beach ball (by the way, that is not an exaggeration). It almost seems like this gives the Giant Squid an unfair advantage considering their prey items with smaller eyes, aren’t able to see anything at these depths. Although, maybe this is for the best since I don’t think I would want to see a 10 m (33 foot) long, 200 kg (440 lbs) squid coming straight for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are all in for a treat today as we are heading to the dark depths of the ocean to learn about one of the largest living invertebrates on earth. The Giant Squid is a mysterious marvel of the underwater world and has caused their fair share of “Sea Monster” stories throughout their distribution range. So where is this range? In the ocean of course! Believe it or not, this generalized statement is pretty accurate as this widespread species can be found throughout all of the our oceans. A few of the hotter spots include the continental and island slopes <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136,4024],"tags":[348,2756,4025,1038],"yoast_head":"\n
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