The player assumes the persona of a dolphin attempting to flee from a giant squid. Little is known about the reproductive cycle of giant squid. Steenstrup wrote a number of papers on giant squid in the 1850s. They are attacked by a giant squid. In that lake are merpeople, Grindylows, and a giant squid. This suggests that there is but a single species of giant squid in the world. The following abbreviations are used in the "List of giant squid" table. At first, Verrill suggested the carcass might represent the remains of a giant squid. He returned to nautical themes in 1991's "Beast" written about a giant squid threatening Bermuda. Suyin attempts the rescue in their absence but is attacked by a giant squid. Later DNA tests confirmed the animal as a giant squid. In giant squid they may reach a length of 8 metres. The giant squid has the largest axon known. Scientists describe the sightings as giant squid or oceanic phenomena. The taxonomy of the giant squid genus "Architeuthis" has not been entirely resolved.