The effect, reported in Science, is similar to the action of muscles found in elephant trunks and squid tentacles.

BBC: Nanotube yarns twist like muscles

The squid had lost its two tentacles, which Mr Pemberton said would have been about 15 metres (50 feet) long.

BBC: 'New species' of giant squid found

The squid, which was inexplicably missing its two longest tentacles, was spotted in waters east of Chichi Island about 1, 000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo, NHK said.

NPR: Giant Squid Filmed In Ocean Depths For 1st Time

Whether Goldman is settling fraud allegations without admitting nor denying guilt, fighting disgruntled investors in court, lobbying against financial regulation or simply holding out its sticky tentacles for bailout money, "vampire squid" pretty much covers it.

WSJ: Warren Buffett & the Vampire Squid

" Or "consider the fabled giant squid with eyes the size of soccer balls and trailing tentacles that can reach lengths of 60 feet.... No person as far as we know has ever seen a giant squid alive.

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