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===Conservation status=== The vampire squid is currently not on any endangered or threatened species list and they have no known impact on humans.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vampire Squid |url=https://marinebio.org/species/vampire-squid/vampyroteuthis-infernalis/ |website=Marine Life |publisher=The MarineBio Conservation Society |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> Vampire squids are at increased risk for micro [[plastic pollution]] because their diet is mostly [[marine snow]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ferreira |first1=Guilherme |last2=Justino |first2=Anne |last3=Eduardo |first3=Leandro |last4=Lenoble |first4=Véronique |last5=Fauvelle |first5=Vincent |last6=Schmidt |first6=Natascha |last7=Vaske |first7=Teodoro |last8=Frédou |first8=Thierry |last9=Lucena-Frédou |first9=Flávia |date=January 2022 |title=Plastic in the inferno: Microplastic contamination in deep-sea cephalopods (Vampyroteuthis infernalis and Abralia veranyi) from the southwestern Atlantic |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X21013436 |journal=Marine Pollution Bulletin |volume=174|page=113309 |doi=10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113309 |pmid=35090293 |bibcode=2022MarPB.17413309F |s2cid=246387973 }}</ref> [[Microplastics|Micro plastics]] can cause death by decreasing feeding activity as they take up space in the digestive tract causing the animal's stomach to feel full without providing nutrients.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zolotova |first1=Natalia |last2=Kosyreva |first2=Anna |last3=Dzhalilova |first3=Dzhuliia |last4=Fokichev |first4=Nikolai |last5=Makarova |first5=Olga |date=Jun 14, 2022 |title=Harmful effects of the microplastic pollution on animal health: a literature review |journal=PeerJ |volume=10 |pages=e13503 |doi=10.7717/peerj.13503 |pmid=35722253 |pmc=9205308 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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