Humboldt Squid

==Summary==
The Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas) is a popularly fished species of squid in the waters of the eastern pacific. It's the largest member of the flying squid family and abundant due to overfishing.Humboldt Squid - A-Z Animals (Ar) Despite being a well-studied animal, the IUCN has classified the conservation status of the squid as data deficient.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At most , at most kinetic energy, higher via piercing damage
Name: Humboldt Squid, Jumbo Squid
Origin: The Real World
Gender: Varies from male to female
Age: Varies up to a year normally, larger individuals can live up to 2 yearsA review of the biology of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) - ScienceDirect
Classification: Animal, invertebrate, squid
Powers and Abilities: <tabber>
|-|Abilities=
===Active===
*Superhuman Speed
*Body Control
**Bioluminescence
**Color-changing Camouflage (Shown to change into the colors white or red to do this)
**Shootable Ink (Used to distract predators as a self-defense mechanism)
***Blindness Inducement
***Smell Disruption
***Taste Disruption
*Stealth Mastery (Managed to attack humans from the dark or even behind, and even caught them off-guardJumbo squid invade San Diego shores, spook divers - CSMonitor.com)
===Passive===
*Instinctive Reaction (Cephalopods have 'brains' within their limbs, allowing them to move/attack through instinctFlexi answers - How many brains does a squid have? | CK-12 Foundation)
*Non-Standard Breathing (Type 1)
*Regeneration (Low-Mid, all cephalopods can grow lost arms back within dozens of hours or several daysCephalopod Tissue Regeneration: Consolidating Over a Century of Knowledge - PMC)
===Supportive===
*Conventional Bodily Weaponry
**Strong Beak
**Ten Barbed Tentacles
***100-200 Lacerating Suckers Per Tentacle
****72,000 Teeth-like Grappling Hooks
*Superhuman Deep-sea Pressure Durability (Regularly lives in the over 2000 ft (609.6 m) depths of the ocean that would normally crush a person and negatively impact the air and water in them greatly.
*How fish survive extreme pressures of ocean life | University of Leeds
*Pressure in the Deep Seas | AMNH
*Why is pressure different in the ocean? - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Can casually transition down several feet quickly that would normally rupture their eardrums)
*Enhanced Senses
**Enhanced Depth of Field (Their depth of field can reach 3 cm to infinity, which is at a bare minimum,Squid - Wikipedia | Nervous system and sense organs
===From===
*Life. Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour by BBC Books, Martha Holmes & Michael Gunton, 2009, ISBN 978 1846076428, pg 22 lower than a human's normal depth of field [25 cm])
***Minor Microvision
|-|Resistances=
===Resistance to:===
*Deep Sea Pressure
===Immune to:===
*Bone Manipulation (Lacks bones as an invertebrate)</tabber>
Attack Potency: At most Human level normally (Weighs up to 110 lb (50 kg) and has a 1.2-2 m (4-6.5 ft) long body (not counting it's arms), albeit without a stated average weight. Even individuals can overpower and injure humansDangerous, toothy squid along SoCal coast? | ABC7 San Francisco | abc7news.com - ABC7 San Francisco (Ar)), at most Street level kinetic energy, higher via piercing damage (It's suckers can cause scars in humans like in sperm whales against it's squids. It's beak can exert over 455 kgf,Jumbo Squid Flash, Flail in First Ever Squid-cam Video can crack through shells, fish spines,A squid’s beak is a marvel of biological engineering and human skulls, albeit not able to crack heavy bone)
Speed: Below Average Human with only around Superhuman to Subsonic perceivable combat speed (It's tentacles can travel over 2 m/s in 20-40 ms.Muscle specialization in the squid motor system | Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists Can strip hooked fish to the bone before fishermen can reel the fish in, albeit it's unknown if this is from a school of them or an individualThe Curious Case of the Cannibal Squid - National Wildlife Magazine), Average Human travel speed (Can reach a top speed of 15 mph), Superhuman reaction speed (Comparable to the squid Loligo opalescens, which can react to threats in 50-75 msJet-propelled escape in the squid Loligo opalescens: concerted control by giant and non-giant motor axon pathways)
Lifting Strength: At most Average Human (Can pull humans down with ease and leap or even skim above the water under it's weight)
Striking Strength: At most Human level
Durability: At most Human level (Can take hits from other humans even though the force is somewhat slowed underwaterDiver Pulled Under by Squids | Man-Eating Super Squid - YouTube (Ar))
Stamina: Up to Superhuman (Needs to keep swimming to avoid sinking due to some squid species potentially being negatively buoyant from their weight.Locomotion | Gilly Lab Can survive blunt hits from humans despite lacking bones and are able to survive depths of 18-24 m)
Range: Standard Melee Range (Their tentacles reach several feet (over 0.6096 m) long)
Standard Equipment: None aside from it's bodily weaponry
Intelligence: High Animalistic (Has a brain as complex as a dog (more so than a rat) and some monkeys.Cephalopods | Smithsonian OceanAre squids as smart as dogs?. Can communicate with it's kind by changing color, and engage in coordinated hunting in schools of 1200Coordinated Hunting in Red Devils | Deep Sea News)
Standard Tactics: When attacking humans, they primarily use stealth first and hit them from behind. Regardless of if they use stealth first, they'll then pull humans down, though what happens after this is unknown since regular people survive to tell the tale. However, when they hunt, they grab the prey with it's tentacles quickly and then rapidly tear the flesh/shell apart with it's sharp beak.
Weaknesses: Standard animal weaknesses. Is physically an animal made of only flesh.
Note:
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*While there are cases of the squid attacking humans, they're usually more often timid and curious against them.Researcher Sheds Light On 'Man-eating' Squid; Finds Them Timid, Non-threatening | ScienceDaily And they'll usually only attack humans if any light agitates them, or when they're feeding.Humboldt squid - Wikipedia | Aggression toward humans
===From===
*Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard, S.; Barnes, Robert D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology (7th ed.). CEngage Learning. pp. 343–367. ISBN 978-81-315-0104-7.
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==References==
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Category:Bodily Weaponry Users
Category:Enhanced Senses Users
Category:Squids
Category:Ink Users
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Category:Status Effect Users
Category:Camouflage Users
Category:Instinctive Action Users
Category:Non-Standard Breathing Users
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Additional Limbs Users
Category:Stealth Masters
Category:Cannibals
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