It may be the largest by mass in the invertebrate world but it doesn't come
close to many of our mammals.
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> From: Pacaggg <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: ?
> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 1:04 PM
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> O.K. Maybe the Giant Pacific Oyster isn t the most prolific.
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> See what you can do with this one.
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> Possibly the largest living species in the animal kingdom is a
mollusk.
>
> ARCHITEUTHIS larveyi Kent
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> Harvey s Giant Squid is known to grow up to the length of 55 feet.
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> And then there s:
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> ARCHITEUTHIS dux, It may grow up to 60 feet in length.
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> The Blue Whale has been known to grow up to 50 feet in length.
>
> Who knows, there still many things we don t know about the sea
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> and what lives in it.
>
> Bill