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Post by caronz on Apr 28, 2008 19:24:26 GMT 12
I guess this giant squid that is thawing out in Te Papa comes under my job as general with the research unit caronz General ZambukaMarine Research Unit Giant squid takes a while to thaw out Apr 27, 2008 7:43 AM The largest giant squid ever caught will now not undergo dissection at Te Papa until about midday Wednesday - although it will still be viewable to a squeamish public. The museum plans to evenually stream live footage of scientists cutting the squid open on its website. It weighs 490 kilograms, and was dredged up by a New Zealand fishing boat in the Antarctic waters of the Ross Sea. Te Papa spokeswoman Jane Keig expects the museum's website will be handling a lot of traffic. She says the squid has been in the freezer since February 2007, and scientists feel now is the right time to take a closer look. However, the creature still had not defrosted properly today, and Keig says it will take a good 36 hours of thawing at least before the team can get started on it. Jane Key says scientists are keen to see what the squid has been eating, and to do that, they will cut open its stomach. You can view the dissection live on Te Papa's website
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Post by caronz on Apr 28, 2008 19:24:42 GMT 12
scalpel please
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Post by Swanoaks (Swannie) on Apr 28, 2008 22:06:47 GMT 12
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Post by Mamalicious on Apr 28, 2008 22:13:45 GMT 12
...Cool!!
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Post by caronz on Apr 30, 2008 16:46:05 GMT 12
www.stuff.co.nz/4503653a11.htmlThe world's most famous colossal squid was still thawing this afternoon today in a museum laboratory as researchers prepared to measure it, probe its interior, and take samples. But two Swedish professors specialising vision in invertebrates, Eric Warrant and Dan Nilsson, of the University of Lund, said they were rapt that the thaw has already revealed the animal kingdom's biggest eye, 27cm across, with a lens measuring between 10cm and 12cm wide.
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Post by 3boyz&1gal on Apr 30, 2008 16:48:59 GMT 12
I hope you have a steady hand caronz
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Post by caronz on Apr 30, 2008 16:50:15 GMT 12
lucky its dead eh
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Post by 3boyz&1gal on Apr 30, 2008 16:53:13 GMT 12
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Post by surfingranny on Apr 30, 2008 18:55:17 GMT 12
Imagine coming eye to eye with that fella, an eye the size of a dinner plate
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Post by PMPY on May 1, 2008 7:35:58 GMT 12
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Post by peterj on May 1, 2008 10:17:43 GMT 12
They have already taken a few bites out of the smaller one.
By the way, this is far from a full grown animal, as larger sized "beaks" have been found in sperm whale stomaches - indicating that this big critter is only about half grown. [ It is also bigger than they originally estimated. ]
Anybody interested in Antartic deep diving tours to see these beasties in their environment ?
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Post by surfingranny on May 1, 2008 10:56:31 GMT 12
Anybody interested in Antartic deep diving tours to see these beasties in their environment ? Not on your life peterj, really haven't swum in the ocean since jaws..........and to see on the news a few nights ago that the sharks are just past the breakers
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Post by Mamalicious on May 8, 2008 21:07:55 GMT 12
~wonders why player thinks this is internet info and not news~....odd!
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Post by Roderick on May 9, 2008 9:23:28 GMT 12
~wonders why player thinks this is internet info and not news~....odd! i'm glad that you asked hun...it is not fresh news , but it is an interesting article with two very good links in it...1 to tepapa and 1 to stuff...handy to know they are there...and this story will be of ongoing interest...but maybe not news ;D Can now shift this to Oceans which is the right category
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