Facts about Giant Squid Anatomy and Habitat

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   Locomotion in giant squids is achieved through jet propulsion, as water is forcefully expelled through a muscular siphon to propel the animal.

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   A giant squid's body is composed largely of a muscular mantle, which houses its organs and can reach several meters in length alone.

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   Each of a giant squid's two tentacles is considerably longer than its eight arms, used to snatch prey and draw it toward the shorter grasping limbs.

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   Architeuthis dux, the giant squid, uses a sharp beak made of chitin to tear prey into pieces small enough to pass through its narrow esophagus.

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   Giant squids are mesopelagic to bathypelagic creatures, inhabiting deep ocean depths typically between 300 and 1000 meters below the surface.

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   The giant squid possesses the largest eyes in the animal kingdom, which can reach up to 30 centimeters in diameter.

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