flying squid
Jet-propelled sea creature
Flying squid are oceanic squid that can launch themselves from the water and glide through the air to escape predators.
They use jet propulsion to break the surface, then spread their fins and tentacles to stay airborne for distances up to fifty meters.
Several species across different genera share this ability.
Tentacled marine mollusk class
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- mantleCovering or wrap
- siphonLiquid transfer tube
beak · fins · suckers · chromatophores · ink sac · gills · translucent · streamlined
Motion via expelled mass
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- airborneTraveling through air
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- jettingTraveling by airplane
lift · thrust · launching · soaring · aerial · ejection · trajectory · parabolic
Organism that consumes others
- preyAnimal being hunted
- huntingPursuing wild game
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- crustaceansExoskeleton-bearing aquatic arthropods
plankton · cannibalistic · ambush · pursuit · feeding frenzy · commercial fishing · jigging
Of the sea
- pelagicOf the open sea
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
migratory · schooling · deep-sea · surface waters · Humboldt Current · Sea of Japan · warm currents · offshore
cephalopod
Tentacled marine mollusk class
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- mantleCovering or wrap
siphon · beak · fins · suckers · chromatophores · ink sac · gills · translucent · streamlined · eye
jet propulsion
Motion via expelled mass
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- airborneTraveling through air
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
jetting · lift · thrust · launching · soaring · aerial · ejection · trajectory · parabolic
predator
Organism that consumes others
crustaceans · plankton · cannibalistic · ambush · pursuit · feeding frenzy · commercial fishing · jigging
oceanic
Of the sea
- pelagicOf the open sea
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
Atlantic · migratory · schooling · deep-sea · surface waters · Humboldt Current · Sea of Japan · warm currents · offshore · continental shelf
darting
Moving suddenly, swiftly
- rapidMoving with haste
- swiftMoving with speed
- accelerationRate velocity changes
velocity · burst · fleeting · sprint · surge · quick · agile · reflexive · explosive
- flying squid
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- cephalopodscephalopod, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, common octopus
flying squidbarnacle
Sessile marine crustacean
sea sponge · sea cucumber · sea anemone · coral · clam