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squid

a 10-armed CEPHALOPOD (cuttlefish) with an internal shell, that moves by means of jet propulsion through a muscular siphon.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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After considering the light environment where squid swim, the researchers realized that the overall effect of the leaking tubes creates a plausible approximation for the twilightlike haze in which the squid live.
Can you see the silhouette of the squid? Write down your observations.
Squid samples were randomly collected from Chinese commercial jigging vessels FV Jinhai 827 and FV Ningtai 21 in fishing grounds (between 154[degrees]E-174[degrees]W and 39[degrees]N-45[degrees]N) of the North Pacific Ocean from July through November in 2011 (Fig.
Araimi said, 'Squid is a valuable national resource that belongs to cephalopod family which lives in a variety of environments.'
They added that, despite legends of man-eating monsters and tentacles that can destroy ships, the giant squid is not the fearsome kraken we may imagine.
According to a recent study, squids will survive and may even flourish under even the worst-case ocean acidification scenarios.
Without the yellow card warning, Vietnam achieved a growth rate of over 50 per cent year-on-year for squid and octopus exports to the EU market in 2017, according to the association.
Taonius megalops, a squid that rolls up into a ball.
The visualization of complete movement sequences of squid, intercepted by the camera field of view during the trawl operation, was only considered sufficiently clear in 68 encounters along the entire video.
As all the ingredients cook, add the prawns and the squid rings and tentacles as desired.
Summary: Giant squids are so rare that a live one wasn't captured on video until 2004.
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