Tirenian Squid

The Tirenian squid is a species of squid which roams the Tirenon Isles, well known for its jumping and ability to claw into a human. It can be most easily distinguished from other squids by the claws that hang off its suckers.
== Appearance==
The squid is typically of an unassuming gray color, with its top being harder than for an average squid. Its mantle tends to be around 3.5 pentants with its arms going to 1.8 sextants,
==Reproduction ==
Tirenian squids reproduce in spring, hanging around the Tirenian coast. Both males and females mature by a few months old. Reproduction tends to happen in one or two spurts with a squid couple, occurring biannually; the male may die 4 or less years after reaching maturity.
==Behavior==
Tirenian squids stay in water for prolonged periods and are able to walk across the surface with little issue. Due to Tirenon containing many species of flying fish, Tirenian squids are able to jump too, usually reaching the target with their tentacles and then eating it as quickly as possible on the way down to sea. However, they can jump very far and inattentive beachgoers will find a squid on their back about to pry itself to it and start clawing (a result of some of the occasional bigger fish needing to be dealt with in other ways). The quickest way to remove a squid from the surface of one's body is to start shaking wildly as soon as it starts clawing, so that the squid can swing around in confusion and faint or fly back to the water as a result.
==Habitat and distribution==
Tirenian squids, as far as it's known, live exclusively in the Tirenon Isles. The relative isolation of the Isles means that they are a unique species. Tirenian squid populations are currently threatened by plastic in the oceans, which they mistake for small fish and proceed to die from eating.
Category:Flora and Fauna