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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Secrets of the squid from Hell revealed

Secrets of the squid from Hell revealed | COSMOS magazine: "PARIS: The secret life of a mysterious creature that feeds on the decaying dead in the unlit depths of the ocean has been revealed.

Vampire squid

The squid is so weird that it is known as a ‘phylogenetic relic’. It has the honour of occupying a taxonomic category all of its own, combining features of octopuses and squids in a unique evolutionary formula that has survived for millions of years."

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