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Squid Dissection

Squid Dissection. How are squid adapted to the ocean environment?. Squid are invertebrates (animals without backbones) are mollusks closely related to octopus can change the color of their skin to camouflage and hide from predators

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Squid Dissection

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  1. Squid Dissection • How are squid adapted to the ocean environment?

  2. Squid • are invertebrates (animals without backbones) • are mollusks closely related to octopus • can change the color of their skin to camouflage and hide from predators • move through water by squirting water from the mantle through the siphon, using a type of jet propulsion • are carnivores • have 8 arms and 2 tentacles • have a beak to tear food • produce a dark ink to escape from predators • are eaten by fish, birds, marine mammals and humans • are found in So Cal during the winter months (Dec – Mar)

  3. Links • Interactive Squid anatomy – colossal squid! • http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/anatomy/interactive • Natural History museum squid dissection • http://www.nhm.org/seamobile/PDF/clasacts/sqd%20i.pdf.

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