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Vampire Squid

Despite its ghoulish name and looks, the vampire squid isn’t a bloodthirsty terror of the deep after all, a new study says.

 

The squid gather the food particles using two long, hair-lined filaments before wrapping the bits into meal-size mucus balls, according to undersea video footage, live lab observations of captive vampire squid, autopsies, and examination via electron microscope.