2006-09-02 20:56:31 · 9 answers · asked by Lutfor 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The eyes of the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) can be up to 25 centimeters (ten inches) across, about the size of a volleyball.
Those large, sensitive eyes are useful in the dark waters where the giant squid lives, 200-700 meters (660-2,300 feet) below the surface of the ocean.
# How big does it get? Up to 18 m (59 ft)
# Up to 900 kg (1,980 lb, nearly 1 ton)
Giant squids are among the world's most mysterious megafauna (large animals). So far, no live specimen has been captured. They live in deep oceans all around the world, along with at least ten other species of very large squid.
Like other cephalopods such as octopi, giant squids have complex, well-developed brains. They are ferocious predators, but they are also pursued and eaten by large cetaceans such as sperm whales, some of which show the obvious scars of giant squid sucker disks.
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/squid.asp
2006-09-03 01:00:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Scientists say that a giant squid (Architeuthis dux) living in the depths of the ocean has the largest eyeballs of any living creature today. The typical giant squid's eye can measure up to 10 inches in diameter, about half the size of a basketball.
On land, the record for biggest eyeballs is held rather surprisingly by the ostrich. The ostrich eye has a diameter of about 2 inches, roughly the size of a ping-pong ball.
The largest eyeballs of any creature ever apparently belonged to an ancient marine animal, known as an ichthyosaur that lived millions of years ago. Scientific American reports that this undersea creature had eyes about the size of bowling balls, which enabled keener eyesight within murky ocean depths."
http://vision.about.com/od/opticsvisiontheory/f/animaleyesize.htm
2006-09-02 21:34:31 · answer #2 · answered by reverendsky 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scientists say that a substantial squid (Architeuthis dux) residing interior the depths of the sea has the biggest eyeballs of any residing creature in the present day. the common substantial squid's eye can degree as much as ten inches in diameter, approximately 0.5 the dimensions of a basketball. On land, the checklist for greatest eyeballs is held extremely incredibly with the help of the ostrich. The ostrich eye has a diameter of roughly 2 inches, variety of the dimensions of a ping-pong ball. the biggest eyeballs of any creature ever curiously belonged to an historical marine animal, regularly occurring as an ichthyosaur that lived hundreds of thousands of years in the past. medical American comments that this undersea creature had eyes with regard to the dimensions of bowling balls, which enabled keener eyesight interior of murky ocean depths.
2016-11-24 19:29:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-02 20:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by MattR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-02 21:01:28 · answer #5 · answered by javo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-02 21:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by Pat C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-02 21:17:01 · answer #7 · answered by eaglemyrick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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