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Lacking an ink sac like true squid, what does the vampire squid release instead to help it vanish from predators?
Answer
A cloud of sticky, bioluminescent mucus
Instead of ink, the vampire squid ejects a cloud of glowing, adhesive mucus from the tips of its arms, disorienting predators long enough for it to escape into the dark depths.
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Vampire squid turns itself inside-out like a living parka, cloaking predators in a mucus cloud while it escapes undetected.
Other options people guess
- A cloud of black ink
- A burst of toxic venom
- A stream of carbon dioxide bubbles
Topics
- deep-sea
- cephalopods
- bioluminescence
- ocean
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