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{{Quote|The bane of ancient mariners and students at Hogwarts - should the latter decide to go for a dip in the lake.|[[Chocolate Frog Cards|Collectors' card]] for giant squids.|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)}}
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The '''Giant Squid''' is a huge creature that possibly lives in lakes. It is semi-sentient and possibly not very dangerous due to the fact that the Giant Squid that dwells in [[Hogwarts Lake]] rescued [[Dennis Creevey]] when he fell off his boat during his first year boat trip to [[Hogwarts Castle]] for the [[Sorting ceremony]] of 1994. The Giant Squid is also said to accompany studends during their swim in the [[Hogwarts Lake]].
  
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'''Giant Squid''' are gigantic cephalopods, with eight arms and two long tentacles. Giant Squids can reach tremendous sizes, and are one of the largest living organisms.<ref name="Wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Giant squid|"Giant squid"]] on [[Wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia]]</ref> It is strongly suspected Giant Squids have magic powers.<ref name="PM">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book4/chapter26/moment1/great-lake New from J.K. Rowling: "The Great Lake"]</ref>
   
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Giant Squids are known to [[Muggles]], although they remain mysterious animals to them. Although their extraordinary bodies have washed up all over the world, [[Muggles]] only managed to capture a live Giant Squid on film in [[2000s|2006]].<ref name="PM"/>
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[[File:The Giant Squid at the Hogwarts Lake (Concept Artwork for the HP4 film).jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Hogwarts Giant Squid|A giant squid]] lives in the [[Hogwarts lake]].]]
  
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[[Hogwarts Giant Squid|A semi-domesticated Giant Squid]]<ref name="PM"/> inhabits the [[Great Lake]], on the grounds of [[Hogwarts Castle]].
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*True giant squids (genus ''Architeuthis'') are deep-sea-dwelling creatures, and hence would not actually be found in lakes, let alone the lochs of Scotland.
  
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[[File:The Giant Squid at the Hogwarts Lake (Concept Artwork for the HP4 film).jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Hogwarts Giant Squid|A giant squid]] lives in the [[Black Lake]].]]
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*True giant squids (genus ''Architeuthis'') are deep-sea-dwelling creatures and can not live in fresh water such as inland lochs in Scotland. It would not be able to stand the sunlight, pressure, salinity (or lack thereof) of the water, the space or the lack of food. At one point during the books it is fed bread, which it would not be able to digest. Giant squid also have very tender skin that would break if they were tickled by a stick, as the Weasley twins did. However, it is possible that, like Aragog, the Squid evolved/grew differently due to Hagrid's care and the surrounding environment. As many other creatures living around Hogwarts in that period, it might have been a [[magic]]al mutant.
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*[[Ronald Weasley]] once stated that dating [[Lavender Brown]] was like going out with the giant squid because the more that he hinted that he wanted to finish it, the tighter she held on.<ref name="HBP21">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', Chapter 21 - (''The Unknowable Room'')</ref>
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] once joked that the squid was actually [[Godric Gryffindor]] in his [[Animagus]] form.
   
 
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Revision as of 22:17, 1 August 2014

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This article is about the creature in general. You may be looking for the Giant Squid that lives in the Black lake.

"The bane of ancient mariners and students at Hogwarts - should the latter decide to go for a dip in the lake."
— Collectors' card for giant squids.[src]

Giant Squid are gigantic cephalopods, with eight arms and two long tentacles. Giant Squids can reach tremendous sizes, and are one of the largest living organisms.[1] It is strongly suspected Giant Squids have magic powers.[2]

Giant Squids are known to Muggles, although they remain mysterious animals to them. Although their extraordinary bodies have washed up all over the world, Muggles only managed to capture a live Giant Squid on film in 2006.[2]

A semi-domesticated Giant Squid[2] inhabits the Great Lake, on the grounds of Hogwarts Castle.

2013-08-01 200059

Giant Squid as shown on Pottermore new map

Behind the scenes

The Giant Squid at the Hogwarts Lake (Concept Artwork for the HP4 film)

A giant squid lives in the Black Lake.

  • True giant squids (genus Architeuthis) are deep-sea-dwelling creatures and can not live in fresh water such as inland lochs in Scotland. It would not be able to stand the sunlight, pressure, salinity (or lack thereof) of the water, the space or the lack of food. At one point during the books it is fed bread, which it would not be able to digest. Giant squid also have very tender skin that would break if they were tickled by a stick, as the Weasley twins did. However, it is possible that, like Aragog, the Squid evolved/grew differently due to Hagrid's care and the surrounding environment. As many other creatures living around Hogwarts in that period, it might have been a magical mutant.
  • Ronald Weasley once stated that dating Lavender Brown was like going out with the giant squid because the more that he hinted that he wanted to finish it, the tighter she held on.[3]
  • J. K. Rowling once joked that the squid was actually Godric Gryffindor in his Animagus form.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Giant squid" on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "The Great Lake"
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 21 - (The Unknowable Room)
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