Its beak-like jaws, usually hidden within the rubbery flesh of its huge, bulbous head, are mounted within a complex muscle bed that enables them to rotate like fan blades.
In this way, the Mire Squid defend itself when threatened from attacking predators while boiling them alive. Like other cephalopods, the creature exhibits deimatic behavior when threatened, expelling a thick cloud of black ink that is heated within the furnace-like temperatures of its mantal chambers.
Mire Squid has a rounded bulbous head that is similar in appearance to that of an octopus. The Mire Squid's entire body is red in color. The Mire Squid can stealthily move through the water to avoid being spotted from most prey and predators. They hunt by waiting until their prey have come close enough. Mire Squids are solitary ambush predators that lurk in the lakes of Skull Island for unsuspecting prey.
