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- Little is known of the life history
of squids. Some attach their eggs to floating weeds and others
to the ocean bottom. In some species the young resemble the adults
at hatching; in others there is a planktonic larval stage.
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- The giant squid has the largest eyes
in the animal kingdom: they can be up to 40cm in diameter!
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- The luminescent squids bear numerous
light organs, which may be for recognition and for attracting
prey.
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Squids are any of numerous 10-armed
cephalopods (order Teuthoidea) found in both coastal and oceanic
waters.
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- Squids are numerous in the sea and
serve as food for many animals, including the sperm whale, bony
fishes, and man.
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