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A tongue-like organ called the radula rams food down the giant squid's throat.

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Giant Squid Beak and Radula

Inside the giant squid's sharp beak is a tongue-like organ called the radula (shown...

Powerful suckers stud the club at the end of the giant squid’s long feeding tentacle.

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Giant Squid Feeding Tentacle

Hundreds of powerful suckers stud the flattened club at the end of the giant...

Giant squid have eight arms but use their two long feeding tentacles to seize prey.

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Giant Squid Anatomy

Like octopods and cuttlefishes, giant squid have eight arms. But they use their two...