Humboldt Squid Features
1. Can reach up to six feet and weigh as much as 100 pounds.
2. Their skin:
-varies from deep purplish-red to white.
3. Muscle-bound chromatophores on their skin:
-enables them to flash a range of colors.
4. Two diamond-shaped fins
-used to swim and glide.
5. Stabilizing Fin
- helps with locomotion
6. Beak
- connected by gelatinous tissue
7. 8 arms
- lined with teeth, used to drag in prey
8. 2 Tentacular Clubs
- no typical use
9. Funnel
- helps in motion and bodily functions
2. Their skin:
-varies from deep purplish-red to white.
3. Muscle-bound chromatophores on their skin:
-enables them to flash a range of colors.
4. Two diamond-shaped fins
-used to swim and glide.
5. Stabilizing Fin
- helps with locomotion
6. Beak
- connected by gelatinous tissue
7. 8 arms
- lined with teeth, used to drag in prey
8. 2 Tentacular Clubs
- no typical use
9. Funnel
- helps in motion and bodily functions