VAMPIRE SQUID BY JONATHAN TRAN Animal Facts Description

VAMPIRE SQUID BY JONATHAN TRAN

Animal Facts Description THE VAMPIRE SQUID IS ONLY FOUND IN RED THE SIZE IS ONE FOOT LONG SMALL FOR A SQUID! THE WEIGHT IS STILL UNKNOWN. Diet THE SQUID IS A CARNIVORE BECAUSE IT EATS OTHER SEA CREATURES. A pic showing your animal. Movement IT SWIMS BECAUSE THINGS IN WATER DON’T WALK OR HAVE LOTS OF MOVEMENT BUT SWIMMING.

Habitat THIS ANIMAL LIVES IN THE TROPICAL WATERS VERY FAR BELOW THE SEA LEVEL NEAR ISLANDS. THE HABITAT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WET. THE ADAPTION OF THIS ANIMAL IS TO LIVE IN THE SEA.

Life Cycle THE VAMPIRE SQUID IS BORN BY HIS OR HER MOM. IT TAKES 13 MONTHS TO BE BORN. THE MOM GIVES BIRTH TO 1 TO 3 AT A TIME. THE NEWBORN LOOKS LIKE A REALLY CHUBBY GLOB. TH ADULT LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR SQUID BUT SHRUNKEN AND WITH A PURPLISH BLUISH BLACKISH EYE AND A BIG MOUTH. THE SQUID GROWS VERY SLOWLY NEARLY TWICE A YEAR THEY GET BIGGER.

Animal Interactions THE VAMPIRE SQUID PROTECTS ITSELF BY TURNING INSIDE OUT TO AVOID THEIR ONE PREDATOR. THE SQUID TALKS AND COMMUNICATES BY SPRAYING A LINE OF MUCUS TO COMMUNICATE TO OTHERS. The only predator of a vampire squid is a great white shark fully grown to attack. ppredat The thorns of this particular squid protects itself, also by turning inside out. THE PREDATOR OF THE VAMPIRE SQUID IS STLL UNKNOWN BUT THERE IS POSSIBLY ONE. THE PREY ARE ANY SEA CREATURE THAT THREATENS IT.

Interesting Facts THE SCENENTIFC NAME FOR THE VAMPIRE SQUID IS VAMPYROTEU T-HIS INFERNALIS. THE VAMPIRE SQUID DOES NOT INK HOWEVER , IT HAS MUCUS. THE MUCUS LASTS FOR 10 MINUTES PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE ESCAPE. THE VAMPIRE SQUID WAS DICOVERED IN 1903 BUT WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN OCTOPUS.