It defends itself by blinding who ever is hunting it.
Like the octopus, the squid use ink and a camouflage to blind the enemy predator and blend into its surroundings. Some squids (like the Humboldt squid) use hook on their sucker cups to defend it's self.
The squid's ink amount depends on the size of the squid. The ink is used to confuse and paralyze the squid's attacker so that the squid can escape.
you can only get it from a squid... sorry... you cannot make a squid ink...
it expels ink from within... which clouds the water...
they use there special ink to defend them selves
ink is expelled from their ink sac
The squid's ink sac empties out into the esophagus.
The eye of the squid is not where its ink pouch is located. The ink pouch is located near the rectum.
Squids use ink to defend themselves.Ink makes the enemy blind to see the squid. Squids also cause their body to change colors and patterns to blend in with the background.
Squids spray ink to its enemies so that they can't see them.
Squid ink has a lot of protein and can heal tumors.
No as squid ink reacts with heat and cold and wouldn't be suitable for human skin