Squid reproduce sexually. A female can produce thousands of eggs, which she stores in her ovary. In male squid, sperm is produced in the testis and stored in a sac.

How do male squids mate?

Squids. Some male deep-sea squids may perform “drive-by mating,” slapping sperm packets on any other squid of their species (male or female) that they come across, then jetting away. … Female southern bobtail squid sometimes eat the sperm packets of males they have mated with.

How do giant squids mate?

Giant squid males don’t use a modified arm (hectocotylus) to transfer sperm like most squid; instead, the spermatophore (sperm packet) is expelled from a penis, which sticks out through the funnel and can be as long as the animal’s mantle, up to 7 feet long.