Entry #028: Titanic Squid

© Jesstin Jacobs

• Mostly resembles an octopus, but also has two longer, hooked, tentacles like a squid

• Hooks are most likely used to catch and hold prey

• Covered in barnacles and coral

• Head measured approximately 45 feet long

• Eight normal tentacles measured 25 feet long each

• Two long tentacles measured between 100 and 110 feet each

• At a total of 150-160 feet long, this is the largest ever recorded cephalopod, and one of the largest living creatures of all time

• Either a unique specimen with migrational tendencies, or it may be a species with habitats around the world

- Mia