Editing Giant squid (section)

=== Feeding ===
[[File:Display of sperm whale and giant squid battling in the Museum of Natural History.jpg|thumb|The dramatization of an underwater encounter between the sperm whale and giant squid, from a [[diorama]] in the Hall of Ocean Life at the [[American Museum of Natural History]]]]

Recent studies have shown giant squid feed on deep-sea fish, such as the [[orange roughy]] (''Hoplostethus atlanticus''), and other squid species.<ref name=gut>{{cite journal |author1=Bolstad, K.S. |author2=O'Shea, S. |year=2004 |title=Gut contents of a giant squid ''Architeuthis dux'' (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters |journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology |volume=31 |pages=15–21 |doi=10.1080/03014223.2004.9518354|s2cid=84948932 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Architeuthis_dux/ | title=Architeuthis dux | website=[[Animal Diversity Web]] | access-date=22 September 2019 | archive-date=22 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922175206/https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Architeuthis_dux/ | url-status=live }}</ref> They catch prey using the two tentacles, gripping it with serrated sucker rings on the ends. Then they bring it toward the powerful beak, and shred it with the [[radula]] (tongue with small, file-like teeth) before it reaches the [[esophagus]]. They are believed to be solitary hunters, as only individual giant squid have been caught in fishing nets. Although the majority of giant squid caught by trawl in New Zealand waters have been associated with the local [[Blue grenadier|hoki]] (''Macruronus novaezelandiae'') fishery, hoki do not feature in the squid's diet. This suggests giant squid and hoki prey on the same animals.<ref name=gut />