Mire Squid
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The Mire Squid (リバー・デビル Ribā Debiru, lit. "River Devil") is a giant cephalopod superspecies that appears in the 2017 Legendary Pictures film, Kong: Skull Island, as well as the Godzilla vs. Kong graphic novel prequel Kingdom Kong and the picture book Kong and Me.
Name
One of the Mire Squid's alternate names, the Red Devil, is likely to be a reference to a commonly-used nickname given to the real life Humboldt squid, one of the largest species of cephalopods alive today. The Mire Squid's cryptozoological classification, Gigantus Leviapus, comes from the English word "gigantic" and a combination of the English words "leviathan" and "octopus."
Design
The Mire Squid has a rounded bulbous head that is similar in appearance to that of an octopus. It also possesses countless incredibly long and thin tentacles. The Mire Squid's entire body is red in color.
Behavior
Mire Squids are omnivores.[1] They hunt from beneath the surface waiting for unsuspecting prey, attacking even those as large as Kong. The specimen who attacked Kong released ink as a last resort, to no avail.
Origin
According to Monarch's superspecies profile of the Mire Squid, it is classified as a "megalopod" under the sub-division of "Architeuthis [the Giant Squid] Hybrid." The report states that the initial hypothesis was that the Mire Squid was a distant cousin of the Great Pacific Octopus with some notable evolutionary mutations. However, the Monarch report implies that it might be a result of geothermal gigantism that is seen in Skull Island's creatures, though the report also states that a more detailed geothermal study must be conducted to understand the environmental factors that lead to this gigantism.[1]
History
Monsterverse
Kong: Skull Island
While drinking from a lake and cleaning his wounded hand, Kong realized that a Mire Squid was lurking near him. Kong punched the water, leading the beast's tentacles to erupt from the water and wrap around Kong. After briefly struggling with the Mire Squid's tentacles, Kong was able to stomp on its head and crush it. Kong tore off some of the Mire Squid's tentacles and ate them, then dragged the creature's carcass away.
Abilities
Tentacles
The Mire Squid's most prominent trait is its many tentacles, which it uses in an attempt to bind and strangle Kong.
Ink
The Mire Squid can expel superheated black ink that is stored within its mantal chambers. In this way, the Mire Squid can hide itself from predators while boiling them alive at the same time.[1]
Whirlpool
To hunt prey, the Mire Squid rotates its jaw like a centrifuge, forming a whirlpool in the surrounding water that allows the creature to swallow its prey.[1]
Gallery
- Main article: Mire Squid/Gallery.
Video games
- Evony: The King's Return (2022) - Android, iOS
Books
Kong and Me
As Jia watched the sunset from atop Kong's head, a Mire Squid poked its tentacles out of the sea.
Comics
- Kingdom Kong (2021)
Kingdom Kong
In 2021, Monarch seismologist Houston Brooks watched from a helicopter as Kong, now an adult, feasted on a Mire Squid.
Roar
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Trivia
- Kong's battle with the Mire Squid was inspired by his battle with the Giant Octopus in King Kong vs. Godzilla.[3]
References
This is a list of references for Mire Squid. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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