Large Deep Water Squid Carcass

large carcass of a deep water squid, Histioteuthis cerasina, not known to migrate vertically, probably left on the surface by Blainville's beaked whales or dense-beaked whales, Mesoplodon densirostris, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

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beaked whale Blainville's beaked whale cephalopod cetacean deep water squid Delphinidae dense-beaked whale feeding Histioteuthis cerasina invertebrate mammal marine mammal Mesoplodon densirostris mollusc Odontoceti squid toothed whale underwater Ziphiidae

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