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.
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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
VAMPYROTEUTHIS
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.