Giant Squid

The giant squid (genus: Architeuthis) is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae, represented by as many as eight species. Giant squid can grow to a tremendous size: recent estimates put the maximum size at 13 meters (43 ft) for females and 10 meters (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (second only to the colossal squid at an estimated 14 meters (46 ft),  one of the largest living organisms). Like all squid, a giant squid has a mantle (torso), eight arms, and two longer tentacles (the longest known tentacles of any cephalopod). Their diet likely consists of fish, shrimp, and other squid, and some suggest they might even attack and eat small whales. Giant squid, along with their cousin, the colossal squid, have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom, measuring some 10 inches (25 centimeters) in diameter. These massive organs allow them to detect objects in the lightless depths where most other animals would see nothing. In 2004 researchers in Japan took the first images ever of a live giant squid. And in late 2006, scientists with Japan's National Science Museum caught and brought to the surface a live 24-foot (7-meter) female giant squid. 

beak of giant squid

 two long tentacles

In this photo released by Tsunemi Kubodera, a researcher with Japan's National Science Museum, a giant squid attacking a bait squid is pulled up by his research team off the Ogasawara Islands, south of Tokyo, on December 4, 2006.

 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid

7 Bunga Menakjubkan

1. Rafflesia

Boleh membesar sehingga 3 kaki diameter.. hanya boleh dijumpai di Benkulu, Pulau Sumatra, Indonesia dan Malaysia sahaja..bunga terbesar di dunia dan ianya parasit..

 

2. Welwitschia Mirabilis

Bunga ini hanya ade kat Gurun Namib..ni lah bunga kebangsaan dorang..diconsidered sbg living fossil..nampak mcm ade byk daun..sbenanye ade dua helai je..tp bila dh kena angin,daun dia b'pecah n nampk cm byk..daun dia boleh m'capai panjang 12 kaki.

3. Hydnora Africana

Ada kt Afrika Selatan..dia ni parasit..pokok asal bunga ni hidup kat akar-akar pokok host yg family Euphorbiacea..jd..bunga je la yg nampak keluar dr tanah..berbau najis..dia attract dung beetles dengan carrion beetles untuk jalankan proses pollination.

4.  Wolffia Angusta

Bunga ni bunga t'kecil di dunia..xde daun, batang dan akar..bunga ni hidup di kawasan air tawar..highly nutritious..di makan sebagai sayur di Burma, Laos dan Thailand..tapi bunga ni bukan alga..

5. Black Bat Flower

Boleh didapati di Afrika, Madagascar dan Amerika Selatan..misai bunga ni boleh m'capai panjang satu kaki..dikenali sbg Devil's Flower disebabkan warna dan bentuknya yg pelik tuh..kadang2 bat flower ni ada warna hijau keunguan..

 

6. Belladona, Atropa Belladona

Bunga ni b'asal dr Eropah, Afrika Utara dan Western Asia..di guna dlm perubatan,kosmetic dan posoning..buah bunga ni sgt b'toksik..nama saintifik 'Atropa' tu diambil dari dewa Greek, Atropos..yg b'tanggungjawab menetukan kematian manusia..' Belladona' pula ayat Itali yg b'maksud perempuan cantik..kalau t'makan boleh menyebabkan halusinasi dan kematian..in Ancient Rome,bunga ni diguna sbg murder weapon.

7. Amorphophallus Titanum

Hidup di Sumatra..b'bau bangkai untuk menarik perhatian pollinators..bunga ni pernah di-cultivate di zoological garden Wilhelmina di Stuttgart, German..sebesar 9 kaki 6 inchi.

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