By 
Carly York
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TED-Ed Original

How squids outsmart their predators

There are about 500 species of squid and they live in all the world's oceans making them a reliable food source for whales dolphins sharks seabirds fish - and even other squid. As a result the squid's most extraordinary adaptations are those that have evolved to help them thwart these predators. Carly Anne York explains how these stealthy cephalopods have mastered deep sea survival.

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