Product Description
Our Giant Squid Realistic Plastic Replica This plastic giant squid replica is made by Safari, Ltd., so you know what to expect in a high-quality toy or replica. It measures 9 1/2 inches long including its long feeder tentacles. Our giant squid is very popular, not only as an educational toy but also for deep-water dioramas or dioramas of unusual animals you find in the ocean. It is very strong and sturdy, and the longest tentacles are bendable but not poseable. The body of the giant squid including the shorter tentacles is 5 inches long. Please see our other squid and sea life categories.
The giant squid is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae. Giant squid can grow to a tremendous size due to deep-sea gigantism: recent estimates put the maximum size at 13 m (43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males from the posterior fins to the tip of the two long tentacles (second only to the colossal squid at an estimated 14 m (46 ft), one of the largest living organisms). The mantle is about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long (more for females, less for males), and the length of the squid excluding its tentacles (but including head and arms) rarely exceeds 5 m (16 ft). Claims of specimens measuring 20 m (66 ft) or more have not been scientifically documented.