Is the 80 meter giant king squid reported on the Internet real?

The king squid is a relatively large sea creature, which has been mentioned in many sea legends, and even describes them as having many heads and very strange shapes. With the continuous development of science, we have gradually recognized the true face of the king squid, generally speaking, the body length of the king squid in adulthood can reach about 10 14 meters, and the 80-meter giant king squid is actually not enough scientific proof, and it is exaggerated by people.

The king squid is the largest of all squid creatures. Many people think that the king squid must be very heavy because it is so big. In fact, this is not the case, the weight of the king squid is not as heavy as we think, in fact, it is still relatively light.

The female king squid weighs only 275 kilograms at its maximum, and the male king squid weighs less than the female, only 150 kilograms. The eyes of the king squid are almost 27 centimeters, which is larger than the basketball we see in our daily life, and such large eyes can help the king squid see more clearly in the dark seabed.

The king squid lives mainly in the North Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic, and they are also a deep-sea creature, generally living below 200 meters of sea depth. They are also invertebrates, and king squid tend to come out at night to feed, and during the day they rest in the deep sea. Not only do they like to hunt some fish, but even the large king squid will also hunt sperm whales.

Although the king squid and the sperm whale are about the same length, they are very different in weight. The sperm whale weighs much more than the king squid. King squid has the courage to challenge sperm whales, and it can be seen that they are also very fierce.

When the king squid preys on the sperm whale, they will first wrap their tentacles tightly around the sperm whale so that the sperm whale cannot move in the sea, or use their tentacles to block the nostrils of the sperm whale's breathing, so that the sperm whale will suffocate, and then they will start a fierce fight with the sperm whale.

The 80-meter king squid does not exist. At present, the largest squid should belong to the giant spear squid (body length of more than 20 meters), and the king squid can only be counted as the second. But its size is also very large, the average adult king squid body length is between 10-20 meters, the largest king squid ever found is up to a meter, weighing 997 kilograms, in the ocean its size is second only to whales, whale sharks and giant spear squid.

This king squid is not real, because no one has actually seen this giant king squid yet.

In the process of network dissemination, the evidence is not very sufficient, but there is a certain scientific basis and judgment.

The king squid is up to 80 meters long.

King squid, not a squid, is a cephalopod mollusk of the family King Squid, King Squid. It is the second largest member of the subclass Squid, second only to the squid (Squid squid), with a total length of 13 meters and a maximum weight of 275 kilograms. body conical, posterior abruptly thin, fleshy fins short, located at the back of the coat, slightly peach-shaped; The musculament of the oral membrane is connected to the dorsal edge of the 4th carpal; The funnel lock is oblong and straight.

On both sides of the carpal suckers, the marginal membrane is more developed, and the males have 4 pairs of carpal stems; The tentacles are very slender, the size of the tentacle spike suckers is unequal, and the palm suckers are in 4 rows; There are 6-7 rows of suction cups in the carpal bone, in between, with bulbar processes in between.

The inhabiting water layer is wide, not a typical deep-sea species, the main living water layer is 200-400 meters, and there is a certain range of vertical movement in the continental shelf waters within 200 meters. King squid feeds on other cephalopods such as sail squid and soft fish, as well as small fish. It is found all over the world, and its area of distribution is associated with the continental shelf and islands.

King squid is a real one.

King squid, which mainly lives in the deep sea areas of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Generally speaking, the body length of an adult king squid can be doubled to 10-13 meters. The 18-20 meter king squid that is rumored on the Internet is basically exaggerated and there is not enough scientific proof.

And the weight of the king squid is far lighter than everyone thinks, the largest female is only 275 kilograms, and the male is even only 150 kilograms, so it is simply not slimmer. Their eyes alone are 27 centimeters in diameter, larger than a basketball, which helps them see better in the dark depths of the ocean. The sucker of the king squid is also 8 centimeters in diameter, which is about the size of an apple.

Distribution

It is found all over the world, and its area of distribution is associated with the continental shelf and islands. It is rarely found in tropical and polar high latitudes.

1. Where it was found.

Southeast Newfoundland, East Florida, Hawaiian Islands.

2. Stranding.

Sea of Japan, southern part of the Japanese archipelago, southeastern Australia, around New Zealand, western Greenland, Iceland, Norwegian Sea, North Sea, Great Britain Island, Ireland Island, Bay of Biscay, Newfoundland (eastern, northwestern and southwest), Florida (eastern, southern tip and western), northern waters of the California Peninsula.

3. Capture place.

Southwest Norway, southeast of Newfoundland, Canary Islands, Madeira, northern California, southwest of South Africa.

The current record for the largest king squid is feet (meters) from the tail to the tip of its two longest tentacles, and its weight is: 2,200 pounds (997 kg).

About the size of a lower-to-medium great white shark. The squid was the carcass of a large fishing tug in New Zealand. In addition, the size of the indigestible hard "beak" of the largest king squid found in the stomach of the sperm whale is estimated to be close to this size (and the size of the king squid calculated according to the "beak" that cannot be digested in the stomach of the sperm whale is basically 20-30 feet and weighs 300-600 kilograms).

And a sperm whale weighing more than 30 tons is fully capable of killing and eating more than 5 tons of king squid (not to mention that many sperm whales that dive into the deep sea to prey on king squid are giant individuals of 40-50 tons). It is not easy for them to dive into deep water once, and they will definitely try to pick a large king squid to eat, in order to fill their stomachs as quickly as possible with the least number of dives, so they will never only pick some king squid with only 3-500 kilograms to eat several times. There can only be one explanation for this, and that is that the vast majority of the king squid in the deep sea are 100 kilograms.

Even quantities of more than 1 ton are rare. In addition, because sperm whales generally dive around 2,500-4,000 feet (the largest record is shallow to 2,200 meters deep), it is estimated that there are no larger king squid in waters above 2,000 meters, and there may be larger king squid living in extremely deep waters below 2,500 meters. But all of this is speculation.

How big is the biggest king squid? It's a difficult question to answer. A squid with a length of rice was measured with a centimeter diameter of a sucker on its horn hand. However, from the captured sperm whales, sucker scars with a diameter of more than 40 centimeters have been found.

It is speculated that the king squid that has fought with this whale may have been more than 60 meters long. If there really is such a big king squid, it is not far from the legendary Norwegian sea monster.