Humboldt squid squid uses its barbed tentacle suckers to grab its prey and slices and tears the victim's flesh with its beak and radula. They often approach prey quickly with all 10 appendages extended forward in a cone-like shape. Upon reaching striking distance, they open their eight swimming and grasping arms, and extend two long tentacles covered in sharp 'teeth', grabbing their prey and pulling it back towards a parrot-like beak, which can easily cause serious lacerations to human flesh. These two longer tentacles can reach full length, grab prey, and retract so fast that almost the entire event happens in one
Angolan flying squid Angolan flying squid The Angolan flying squid ("Todarodes angolensis") is a species of squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, part of the familyOmmastrephidae. Due to taxonomic confusion with the Antarctic flying squid the exact limits of its distribution are uncertain but it is thought to be restricted to waters off Southern Africa. The Angolan flying squid has the typical cylindrical mantle shape of the Todarodine squids with arrow shaped fins. It does not have visceral photophores.The tentacular club has a short carpal area and has only four pairs of suckers, a number which is distinct for this species. The suckers in