Scary creatures September 25, 2019-Vampire Squid
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Started by metmike - Sept. 25, 2019, 8:14 p.m.

Vampire Squid

  • Latin name: Vampyroteuthis infernalis
  • Scary feature: Red eyes and “cloak”
  • Range: Oceans around the world
  • Size: Overall length: Up to 1 foot; Body Length: 6 inches
  • Diet: Organic debris and dead animal bodies that fall from the surface

This vampire squid looks like it’s related to Count Dracula because of its red eyes and eight webbed arms that resemble a dark cloak. But this deep-sea squid is really just a cool illusionist.

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If threatened, it turns its “cloak” inside out to display spiny protrusions. If that doesn’t work, it ejects a glowing, blue substance (bioluminescent mucus) to confuse its predator and escapes.

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Vampire Squid

  • Latin name: Vampyroteuthis infernalis
  • Scary feature: Red eyes and “cloak”
  • Range: Oceans around the world
  • Size: Overall length: Up to 1 foot; Body Length: 6 inches
  • Diet: Organic debris and dead animal bodies that fall from the surface

This vampire squid looks like it’s related to Count Dracula because of its red eyes and eight webbed arms that resemble a dark cloak. But this deep-sea squid is really just a cool illusionist.

If threatened, it turns its “cloak” inside out to display spiny protrusions. If that doesn’t work, it ejects a glowing, blue substance (bioluminescent mucus) to confuse its predator and escapes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_squid

The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. "vampire squid from Hell") is a small cephalopod found throughout temperate and tropical oceans in extreme deep sea conditions.[1] Unique retractile sensory filaments justify the vampire squid's placement in its own order, Vampyromorphida, as it shares similarities with both octopuses and squid. As a phylogenetic relict, it is the only known surviving member of its order. The first specimens were collected on the Valdivia Expedition and they were originally described as an octopus in 1903 by German teuthologist Carl Chun, but later assigned to a new order together with several extinct taxa.