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The NROL-39 mission patch, depicting the National Reconnaissance Office as an octopus with a long reach. Cephalopods, usually specifically octopuses, squids, nautiluses and cuttlefishes, are most commonly represented in popular culture in the Western world as creatures that spray ink and use their tentacles to persistently grasp at and hold onto objects or living creatures.
Arms and buccal mass of the squid Taningia danae.As in other Octopoteuthidae, the tentacles are absent in adults. Oral view of the bobtail squid Semirossia tenera Head and limbs of the bobtail squid Rossia glaucopis Oral view of male Bathypolypus arcticus with hectocotylus on arm III (left) Cephalopod suckers and configuration of suckers on tentacular club Serrated suckers of a giant squid ...
The Beast is a 1996 television movie starring William Petersen, Karen Sillas and Charles Martin Smith. Aired in two parts as a miniseries, the movie is based on the 1991 novel Beast by Jaws author Peter Benchley. The film is about a giant squid that attacks and kills several people when its food supply becomes scarce and its offspring is killed.
Later, the squid attacks Gunner and his wife Jen on the pier, but Gunner cuts the tentacle off and brings it to the bar as proof of the squid. That night, Gunner, Jordy, and Spider start prepping the boat to hunt the squid, refusing the help of Dan, Kat, Will, and his crew, Jack and Ryan.
A team of scientists lowered their baited camera into the depths of the Pacific Ocean, hoping to catch a glimpse of the wildlife inhabiting the underwater mountain rising from the ocean’s depths.
The squid purportedly latched onto the ship and blocked the rudder with two tentacles. Olivier de Kersauson (captain of the yacht) then stopped the boat, causing the squid to lose interest. "We didn't have anything to scare off this beast, so I don't know what we would have done if it hadn't let go", Kersauson said.
A giant squid acts as a minor character in Charles Sheffield's novel The Web Between the Worlds. Many giant squids are mentioned in Tentacles, the sequel to Cryptid Hunters, by Roland Smith. The character of E-Wolf is hired to capture a giant squid for the Northwest Zoo and Aquarium.
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