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A Cosmopolitan species in fact that can be found from Naples to Florida, Alaska to Santiago de Chile, Sidney to Madagascar and from Norway to South-Africa. Conquered every single ocean except the poles and the Eastern part of the Mediterranean.

And yes, is a truly spectacular big predator. A little like the invertebrate version of a big cat, specially with that claws.

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If pacific squid are humboldt squid, they are limited to the eastern pacific ocean.

They are talking about the cool spaceship disguised as cephalopod: Tanigia danae (2 meter long).

https://schmidtocean.org/wp-content/uploads/Taningia-danae.j...

All that their preys see is two big oblique glowing cat-eyes before to be snared by lines of sharp hooks and killed by a bite. "Night at the African Savannah" style, but without all the roaring.

A favoured snack for sperm whales! However the sharp squid beaks sometimes get lodged in the whale's intestines, which is suspected to lead to the production of ambergris.

I had found it in several species of pelagic dolphins and beaked whales. Is not uncommon in some cetaceans but the beaks are very plain, square. Lacking distinctive features aren't really easy to identify, except after discarding all the other species.

A curious fact of the species is that the lights are enclosed into skin folders shaped as eyelids, so the animal can hide it, show it partially, or blink at will. Those are among the biggest light producing organs evolved by a life-being (if not the biggest known).

I see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taningia_danae even though the title says "Pacific Squid".

I’m getting real strong Pennywise vibes here.

It’s Sydney mate.

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