Friday, March 21, 2014

The Humboldt Squid Tentacles

Photo: Close-up of squid tentacles

Humboldt Squid Tentacles


Squid on the hunt can whip out their feeding tentacles in about 20 milliseconds, almost faster than the human eye can see. Humboldt squid like this one have an added threat: tiny hooks embedded in their suckers to latch onto prey.














(source:google/http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/)

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