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Deep-sea squid form a major component of the diet for many large toothed whales.
Sustaining a body mass exceeding 10 metric tons requires Baird’s beaked whales to capture large quantities of deep-sea squid and fish during extended foraging dives.
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Each descent into the midnight zone can yield multiple prey captures, and over decades a single whale may consume many thousands of cephalopods living far below sunlight penetration.
This predation pressure links one massive mammal to vast deep-sea food webs, making it a significant regulator of squid populations in offshore ecosystems.
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