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  2. Humboldt squid - Wikipedia

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    The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid (EN), and Pota in Peru or Jibia in Chile (ES), is a large, predatory squid living in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only known species of the genus Dosidicus of the subfamily Ommastrephinae , family Ommastrephidae .

  3. Cephalopod attack - Wikipedia

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    Sailors cleaning a ship near St. Ilona Island and Cape Nigra were attacked by a giant squid; two were pulled into the deep, and a third later died from injuries sustained during the attack. One of the squid's arms, severed during the attack, was 7.5 meters (25 ft) in length; the full arm was estimated to be 10 meters (33 ft).

  4. Ommastrephinae - Wikipedia

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    Ommastrephinae includes the largest species of squids belonging to the family Ommastrephidae, Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) which can grow to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in mantle length (ML). [3] It also contains the smallest squid species belonging to the family, the glass squid ( Hyaloteuthis pelagica ) which has a mantle length of only up to 9 ...

  5. Huge squids 'talk' to each other ... using colors

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    Huge squids 'talk' to each other ... using colors

  6. William Gilly - Wikipedia

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    Gilly's current research program on squid concentrates on the behavior and physiology of Dosidicus gigas, the jumbo or Humboldt squid.Fieldwork in the Gulf of California [2] [3] near Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur [4] and off Monterey Bay employs a variety of tagging methodologies in order to track short-term diel vertical migrations as well as long-distance migrations.

  7. Squid games on the high seas as U.S. Coast Guard monitors ...

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    The primary target of China’s fishing industry is the giant squid, also known as the Humboldt squid, which is among the species managed by SPRFMO. Global demand for giant squid, the most ...

  8. Category:Ommastrephinae - Wikipedia

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  9. Ommastrephidae - Wikipedia

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    Ommastrephidae is a family of squid containing three subfamilies, 11 genera, and over 20 species.They are widely distributed globally and are extensively fished for food. One species, Todarodes pacificus, comprised around half of the world's cephalopod catch annua