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  2. Giant squid in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In Childhood's End, one of the characters stows away on an alien spacecraft by hiding inside a model of a giant squid battling a whale. A giant squid is a key player in Michael Crichton's novel Sphere, as well as in the film version. James Bond fights a giant squid in Ian Fleming's book, Dr. No. The scene is absent from the film adaption. A ...

  3. List of giant squid specimens and sightings - Wikipedia

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    This list of giant squid specimens and sightings is a comprehensive timeline of recorded human encounters with members of the genus Architeuthis, popularly known as giant squid. It includes animals that were caught by fishermen, found washed ashore, recovered (in whole or in part) from sperm whales and other predatory species, as well as those ...

  4. Animal Face-Off - Wikipedia

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    Upon seeing the whale as a potential predator, the squid releases a burst of ink as a warning, but she is ignored by the whale, which launches a slow attack on the huge squid. Just before she reaches the mouth, the squid latches onto the whale and rakes him with her hooked suction cups, wounding him in the process. By rising close to the ...

  5. Woman Captures Rare Video of Sperm Whales ‘Cuddling’ and ...

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    Marine Patch says that they can dive 2,000 meters, or about 6,200 feet for up to two hours while hunting giant squid, sharks, skates, and fish. "Squid just so happens to be the sperm whales ...

  6. Kraken in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1987): Kraken is a boss monster: a blue giant squid that floats. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] Death In The Water 2 (2023): A Giant Mind-Controlling Kraken called Death is the main antagonist of the game.

  7. ‘Shy’ creatures rarely seen in Hawaii surprise whale watchers ...

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    A pod of six sea creatures surprised whale watchers in Kona, Hawaii, on April 17. That morning, a boat from Hawaiian Adventures Kona was about ten miles offshore when the crew spotted several tall ...

  8. List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2001–2014 ...

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    A frame from the first colour film of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, [nb 1] recorded from a manned submersible off Japan's Ogasawara Islands in July 2012. The animal (#549 on this list) is seen feeding on a 1-metre-long Thysanoteuthis rhombus (diamondback squid), which was used as bait in conjunction with a flashing squid jig. [2]

  9. The Beast (1996 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Squid attacks the boat before they make it to shore, devouring Scranton and knocking a cargo net on Mike Newstead, injuring him. It then attacks Lucas Coven in the helm who fires a couple of shots with his gun at its tentacles. The squid then bites a hole in the hull. With water pouring in, it pulls the entire boat underwater, drowning Lucas.