What is a giant squid?
Giant squid are strange looking animals. They are a long tube with a head and arms sticking out the front.
They are also big. A giant squid can be 60 feet (18.3 metres) long from its tail to the tip of its longest arms. It can weigh more than 1,000 pounds (454 kg). That is a HUGE animal!
Some people have said giant squid are even bigger. But scientists think that they were pulling on the squid's arms to make them longer when they were measuring.
Find out more about this amazing animal and learn the answers to these questions:
What is the body of a giant squid called?
What shape is a squid's brain?
How big are a giant squid's eyes?
What color is a giant squid's blood?
And more.

Learn what a giant squid looks like, where it lives, what it eats, who are its enemies, how babies are born, and other fun facts.

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