Humboldt+Squid

 **Common Name**: Jumbo squid, Jumbo Flying Squid, diablo rojo (Red Devil), Humboldt Squid
 * Scientific Name**: Dosidicus gigas
 * Class**: Cephalopoda
 * Location**: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico, South America
 * Size**: 6 ft, 100 pounds
 * Habitat**: Depths of 660-2,300 ft,
 * Living Requirements**: For the Humboldt squid to live they need to eat lanternfish, mackerels, sardines, shrimp, and mollusks. They use their arms, and their barbed suckers to pull preys up to their sharp beaks.
 * Life Cycle**: 1 year
 * Male/Female Differences**:
 * Interesting Facts**: They hunt in schools containing 1,200. They also reporduce only once in their lifetime. They have been known to eject themselves out of the water to avoid predators.
 * Human Impact**: This species is commerically fished to use as bait, and it's constumed and canned.

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References: @http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Invertebrates/Facts/cephalopods/FactSheets/Humboldtsquid.cfm  @http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humboldt-squid-expansion  []