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Originally Posted by jawanda
FROM THIS ARTICLE:
?A lot of people want to make these things out to be mean and vicious and dangerous,? Gilly says. ?To the best of my knowledge there?s no documentation that they?ve attacked anyone. Yes, there are divers who have let them grab on to them and drag them around. And yes, if there was a bad-ass squid who wanted to do damage, it could. When I snorkeled with them, one did come right up to me like it was going to eat a fish, but then it just touched me on the hand with its tentacle."
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FROM THE SAME ARTICLE:
?They are, in my opinion, the most opportunistic animals in the world, feeding on any type of fish they come in contact with and occasionally mammals,? Cassell says. ?I?ve interviewed many people who have been attacked by these squids. There are also stories of disappearances, always unexplained, around the Humboldt squid. Always fishermen.
?I?ve actually seen a Humboldt squid attack a thresher shark twice its size, bite through the very tough skin of the shark and pull out a fist-size chunk of flesh. The Humboldt squid don?t have to kill, they latch on and eat as much as they can without injury to themselves. Because of this they will test and attack most everything they encounter.?