Monday, July 16, 2012

Giant Squid Uses Huge Eye to Spot Predators

"The enormous eyes of giant and colossal squid may help them spot predatory sperm whales in their dim undersea habitat, a new study finds," goes the post on Discovery News. "These mysterious squid are tough to spot and even tougher to study in their natural habitat. But squid that have been caught or observed have huge, basketball-size peepers — three times the diameter of another other animal, including behemoths of similar size, such as swordfish." Read more.

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