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Scientists attached this Crittercam to a sperm whale in an effort to film a giant squid in its natural habitat.
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Crittercam

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Dr. Clyde Roper lies next to a giant squid specimen.
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Giant Squid and Squid Expert

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Like snails, clams, and even slugs, giant squids are all mollusks, with soft, fleshy bodies.
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Squid Relatives

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An image of a squid radula from a scanning electron micrograph.
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Close-up of Giant Squid’s Radula

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Dr. Clyde Roper (rear) and museum specialist Mike Sweeny examine a giant squid specimen.
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Studying Giant Squid

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Photograph of many tiny transparent larval squid surrounding the head of a dissecting pin.
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Squid Babies

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This giant squid washed up on a beach in Norway around 1950.
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Giant Squid on Beach

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Dr. Clyde Roper in a one-person submersible.
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One-Person Submersible

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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A female giant squid being prepared for display.
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Female Giant Squid

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A giant squid dissection
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Dissecting a Giant Squid

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Smithsonian Zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper in front of the museum's stored cephalopod collection.
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Smithsonian Cephalopod Collection

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