Here is the answer for last post's question. Despite it's well developed statocyst, the organ that controls balance, it is actually a fast swimmer. When Vampyroteuthis infernalis was first discovered it was said that it was a slow possibly passive predator. Until scientists saw the vampire squid in action. Besides it being able to dart from other predators, it has some other interesting defencive strategies. The main one is when it can fold itself inside-out, showing spines making it loook more, i guess you can say more dangerous. This next one is pretty cool. It uses bioluminescence to make it look like a diffrent creature. On the tip of each tentacle and on the two eyespots on the top of the mantle. The movie below will show you the vampire squid in action. Sunday, April 3, 2011
Vampyroteuthis infernalis cont.
Here is the answer for last post's question. Despite it's well developed statocyst, the organ that controls balance, it is actually a fast swimmer. When Vampyroteuthis infernalis was first discovered it was said that it was a slow possibly passive predator. Until scientists saw the vampire squid in action. Besides it being able to dart from other predators, it has some other interesting defencive strategies. The main one is when it can fold itself inside-out, showing spines making it loook more, i guess you can say more dangerous. This next one is pretty cool. It uses bioluminescence to make it look like a diffrent creature. On the tip of each tentacle and on the two eyespots on the top of the mantle. The movie below will show you the vampire squid in action. 
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Wow, that animal is so beautiful! I like when i turns almost inside out. Kinda reminds me of a venus fly trap on the outside when it looks like that.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful, that florecnt blue makes it really stand out, to us aleast. It kinda does look like a fly trap, thats pretty cool.It's amazing how it can do that.Who knows, maybe there is another organism that is closly related to the vampire squid.
ReplyDeleteGood idea, Meaghan. The taxonomy of these deep-sea cephalopods would make for an interesting post!
ReplyDeleteWhat allows the squid to produce this bioluminescence and what advantages could it offer the squid?
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