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Watch out for that squid! It's HUGE
 
Giant squid get up to 60 feet (20 m) in length and easily hold the record as the world's largest invertebrate. They also have the largest eyes of any animal in the world. Despite the size of these beasts no one has ever seen one alive in its natural environment. If we can't even find a giant squid, think of how many smaller but just as interesting creatures are living out their lives undiscovered in the worlds oceans! The giant squid is the also an incredible animal, because it is recorded that the largest squid is 666 feet! They are deep-ocean dwelling animals that can grow to a tremendous size: recent estimates put the maximum size at 13 m (43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (second only to the colossal squid at an estimated 14 m (46 ft), one of the largest living organisms). The mantleis only about 2 m (7 ft) in length (more for females, less for males), and the length of the squid excluding its tentacles is about 5 m (16 ft).

The giant squid is a deep-sea dweller that can grow to the size of a bus....

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The giant squid lives in most of the world's oceans and is among the biggest animals in the sea . .

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It hunts smaller sea creatures, but larger animals feed on it....

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The giant squid is in the class of cephalopods....

There are known to be about eight MAJOR species of Architeuthises all over the world...

the scientific name for the giant squid is the Architeuthis

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The giant squids genus species is the Architeuthis

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