You’re looking at the beak of the fearsome Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas – up to 14 feet of cephalopodic bad attitude known for its attacks on human divers in the Pacific. This can chop its way through a fishy spinal cord in moments.
We can always trust scientists to ask, and even sometimes answer, the important questions in life. Such as: how does a squid manage to keep its beak in place when wrestling with its prey? A team at UC Santa Barbara has the answer and is looking for human-world applications for their research. So, any one else want a beak?
From Scientific American