Giant squid: carnivore, which is feared by sailors

Fishermen always loved to tell stories about sea monsters. A separate role is given to the bikes giant tentacles grabbing ships from the dark depths and dragging them to the bottom. In spite of seeming exaggeration, the truth of the old stories are not so far away. Notorious Kraken might well be the ancient ancestor of the giant squid, which today is one of the most neglected species on Earth.

Scientists have already documented species, whose length exceeds 7 metres and according to them, somewhere in the darkness can dwell large instances. The giant squid remains one of the most mysterious creatures of our planet.

Ashore, from time to time, throws a really monstrous creatures: in 1639 on the sand English of Dover threw out the squid with a length of 37 metres.

In their natural habitat the giant squid managed to photograph only in 2004.

The species Architeuthis dux, Atlantic giant squid, could be the terrible Kraken that destroyed so many lives. Since of this, people were wondering about its maximum size.

Our recent studies have shown truly frightening results: underwater real live monsters. — Dr. Chris Paxton, University of St Andrews Analysis of Architeuthis dux, conducted by a team of scientists from Scotland, and included not only research, but also a variety of medieval stories about the attack of a squid on ships. In addition, were investigated the remains found in the stomachs of sperm whales — the natural enemies of this species.

At the moment the big spotted squid was found a military trawler in Maldives. This monster reached a length of as much as 53 meters. Fortunately, the ship did not interested in the Kraken, proceed about their business.

According to the work of Dr. Paxton, the average size of a giant squid — about twenty metres. Sufficient length to scare anybody. It is unclear how the sperm whale manage to attack such a huge enemy. But found in their stomachs the remains eloquent evidence of constant inter-species war.

Fortunately, in the last few hundred years a giant squid attacked ships. One can only imagine the horror experienced medieval sailors, having met such a monster in the open ocean.

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