Squid are a unique group of cephalopods that can be fished, available in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.
They are found only on two maps, Honshu and Regicide (set in Honshu). Squids can be found swimming alongside Humpback Whales and Catfish on the map. They have 100 hit points and yield 500 food.
History[]
| “ | Scientific Name: Architeuthis dux Approx. Size: 33 ft. with tentacles, 330 lb. (male); 70 ft. with tentacles, 600 lb. (female) Diet: Unknown The giant squid is one of nature's most mysterious and misunderstood beasts. With related folklore dating back to the sixteenth century, most knowledge of this creature has been rooted in myth. This is due to the fact that no one had ever seen a giant squid alive in its natural habitat until September 2005, when footage of the squid was captured on video by Japanese researchers. Up until then, the giant squid's realm, the dark waters located 3,300 feet below the ocean's surface, revealed few clues. Even today, most information about the world's largest invertebrate comes from dead specimens that have washed ashore or been mistakenly caught in fishing nets. The giant squid is a cephalopod, a member of the mollusk class identified by its bilateral symmetry. It is a speedy carnivore, capturing prey with long tentacles covered with suction cups and ringed at the base with teeth, and then finishing with a bite from its sharp beak. A squid moves by a form of natural jet propulsion, squirting water from its mantle through its siphon, which then shoots it through the water. Although the relationship has been highly dramatized by humans, the only known natural enemy of the giant squid is the sperm whale. | ” |
| —History File | ||
Trivia[]
- While the in-game squid is represented as a giant squid, its real-life counterpart is not consumed as food by humans, only by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Species of a much smaller size are the ones that are eaten by humans.
Gallery[]
A squid out of water
Fishing Boats gathering Squid
The Squid's history portrait
Squid image from the Compendium section
