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i love coral . reefs.

Posted by Elizabeth
Dec 27 2012 - 9:55am

i love coral . reefs.

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Presentation

Posted by Anonymous
May 15 2013 - 9:43am

hi, im doing a presentation on the evolution for biology, can anyone provides me with some more links or articles like this one.
Cheers!

giant squid

Posted by Anonymous
May 13 2013 - 4:31pm

I love these animals. I think they are awesome. This website really helped me on them. Thanks

giant squid

Posted by Anonymous
May 13 2013 - 4:28pm

i think these creatures are amazing. The thing is no one can catch one. So i bet that is frustrating. I really hope some one finds one of these huge giants. but since they live way deep down we cant get to them. I just think these are amazing creatures.

Reproduction of a squid and more

Posted by Mario@BDKliljojo
May 9 2013 - 12:28pm

this really tells me a lot about squids and how they reproduce thanks.

They look so real!!!!!!!!! I

Posted by Anna
May 7 2013 - 5:31pm

They look so real!!!!!!!!! I can not believe it! It makes me want to believe!

Giant Squid

Posted by Anonymous
Apr 25 2013 - 12:16pm

Sounds believeable

squid

Posted by Anonymous reader
Apr 23 2013 - 9:14am

the eye is almost bigger than her head

Giant Squid!

Posted by Anonymous
Mar 19 2013 - 1:41pm

Giant squid are awesome. We read about them in my Marine Biology class this week and the fact that people used to think they were mermen was funny, but it makes complete sense.
#TeamGiantSquid

cool

Posted by ginny
Mar 11 2013 - 12:22pm

wow this is crazy
I mean just awesome

Maximum length of Giant Squid

Posted by orcinus
Mar 7 2013 - 1:59am

Please explain the different references made above to the size of largest giant squid recorded ... opening paragraph ...Giant "Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by scientists was almost 50 feet (16 meters)"

And then in the Size and Strength section just under Clyde Roper's descriptive video ... there is this reference ...
"The longest mantle length on record is 7.4 feet (2.25 meters); the length from the tip of the top fin to the end of the arms rarely exceeds 16 feet (5 meters), and the longest total length (including tentacles) of a squid on record is 43 feet (13 meters)."

Does this second reference refer to the Colossal ... without stating it ?

great resource

Posted by Anonymous
Mar 6 2013 - 4:33pm

this was a huge help in my research about giant squids

thanks

Posted by Anonymous
Feb 27 2013 - 12:13am

This was a big help

squids

Posted by Apple
Feb 20 2013 - 11:09pm

this was helpful for the paper i have to write

CORALS

Posted by Anonymous
Feb 19 2013 - 10:33am

THANKS SSSOOOOO MUCH
helped me with my project ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Animals

Posted by Valerie Castillo
Feb 1 2013 - 4:33pm

I Really Do Like How Yall Come Up With All These Ways Of Helping Sea Animals ; I To Really Do Love Sea Animals IThink It Is Cool How They Live And The Diffrent Kinds Of Animals Well Thats All

- Valerie

cool,is . amazing . and.

Posted by Elizabeth
Dec 27 2012 - 10:03am

cool,is . amazing . and. scary . at the . same . time

i love coral . reefs.

Posted by Elizabeth
Dec 27 2012 - 9:55am

i love coral . reefs.

same

Posted by Anonymous
Dec 19 2012 - 12:43pm

working on a project for science and this was great help!

school project

Posted by Anonymous
Dec 11 2012 - 11:43pm

Im am working on a school project and this is the only site that provided info for what i need andd the pictures are greattt

giant squid

Posted by jim davies
Oct 29 2012 - 1:26pm

the giant squid is the greatest thing on earth ,love the site.

Great

Posted by Anthony
Sep 19 2012 - 10:47pm

I love this blog so many interesting posts and pictures.

this is awesome

Posted by Anonymous
Sep 17 2012 - 8:35am

this is awesome

you did a great job i love it

Posted by Anonymous
Jun 22 2012 - 9:47am

you did a great job i love it soooooooo much.

WHAT A WONDER, I'M SO

Posted by Anonymous
Jun 11 2012 - 8:13am

WHAT A WONDER, I'M SO INTERESTED ON THIS SPECIES, THAT MADE US VENTURE TO GO ON DEEPER RESEARCH AND STUDY ITS LIFE CYCLE AND ITS NICHE N NATURAL ENVIRONMENT- G. CRUZ

Hello, Thanks for stopping by

Posted by Hannah Waters
May 21 2012 - 12:57pm

Hello,

Thanks for stopping by the Ocean Portal and for your comment!

I'm sure there are tons of scientists that would be interested in tagging or tracking giant squid. The problem is that, in order to tag them, a scientist would have to catch one in the first place, which has proven quite difficult.

I'll check in with our giant squid expert-in-residence to see if he has more information about attempts to tag or track squid.

Thanks again!