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Published: 27.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'Full Classification of the Giant Squid ', 1.
  • Essays 'Full Classification of the Giant Squid ', 2.
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Size: Architeuthidae can grow up to 60 feet in total length, and weigh between 1000 lbs and a tone. The Genus Architeuthidae are the largest known cephalopods, the largest known mollusks and the largest invertebrates ever known to exist in the ocean.
Habitat: A giant squid lives between 200 and 1000 meters in depth, close to the bottom of the sea, around large underground canyons. They must live in deep water because the blood of squids does not carry oxygen very well at higher temperatures. If a squid swims too close to the surface, it will actually suffocate in the warmer water. …

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