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NATURE & WILDLIFE
squid vs. whale
This is the story of two marine giants: the largest predator on Earth, and one of
the largest of all squid. And following them, a team of marine biologists who dive
into their world to reveal an epic battle between predator and prey 1,000ft
beneath the sea.
The sperm whale is the size of a bus and weighs as much as seven elephants. It’s
an air-breathing mammal that can dive down over 2km to hunt for squid and
stay down there for up 90 minutes. Its prey, the Humboldt squid, is 2m long, 50kg,
and a voracious predator in its own right. The squid are strong, agile and Definition Episodes
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quick-witted. So how does the sperm whale manage to catch them? Producer YOP
Off the Fence 2011
We learn where the whales go, where the squid go, and how the whale sets up
what could be an ingenious ambush to capture squid when they are at their most
tired after hunting forays in the warmer surface water.
