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Source: blog.tepapa.govt.nz --- 22 days ago
You can see a whole lot more photos of the Squid in our Picture Library on the Te Papa website. These photos were taken by one of Te Papa’s photographers, Norman Heke. He was there the whole time taking some beautiful shots. We’ve put over 70 photos up online but there are loads more than that. So if you [...] ... Source: blog.tepapa.govt.nz --- 22 days ago
What’s happening with the Colossal Squid? Why haven’t we put it on display yet? Well the short answer is that good things take time - and money. While the specimen is happily sitting in its storage tank, slowly preserving in the formalin, the Squid team is planning for the next stage - how to put [...] ... Source: news.google.com --- 84 days ago
CBC.ca Colossal Squid and Parasitic Plants New York Times - 4 hours ago What big eyes you have. Soon after it was caught in the Ross Sea in Antarctica in February 2007, the world's biggest known Colossal Squid was frozen as a preservation measure. Colossal Squid Has Glowing "Cloaking Device," Huge Eyes National Geographic The Giant Squid – An Agile Predator Of The Dark Antarctic Waters eFluxMedia The Associated Press - TIME - I4U - Stuff.co.nz all 336 news articles ...
Source: blogs.discovery.com --- 84 days ago
As you might have heard, scientists at The Museum of New Zealand have just thawed out an extremely rare Colossal Squid, which they are hurriedly analyzing now. Imagine if you defrosted a fish and then had to study its every nook and cranny before it rotted right before your eyes and nose. That's what these frantic researchers are up against now. The Squid, accidentally captured by fishermen in early 2007, was shoved into the vessel's freezer and has been frozen ever since. It likely represents a number of animal kingdom firsts: It's the world's largest known Colossal Squid and could measure over 30 feet in length. (It needs to thaw more before accurate measures can be taken.) It has the largest eyes of any animal, with each eye about the size of a basketball. It could be the only animal with built-in searchlights, as a light organ was detected right above its eyes. It's the best preserved specimen of its kind in any collection worldwide. It'll probably be the only Colossal Squid of its kind to ever go on public exhibit. A giant formalin/water-filled tank is already in the works. The atmosphere in the laboratory where they're studying the Squid is unusual, to say the least. Picture multiple scientists all intensely focused on this enormous creature, which is laid out on a sort of trough contraption. The room absolutely reeks of fish. (It's a cephalopod, but fish is what comes to mind.) Members of the media are running around all ov ... Source: www.abc.net.au --- 84 days ago
The exact size of a frozen Colossal Squid that was thawed this week has been revealed by New Zealand officials. ... Source: my.nero.com --- 82 days ago
The Colossal Squid Unlike the Giant Squid, whose tentacles are equipped with suckers lined with small teeth, the suckers at the tips of the Colossal Squid's tentacles have sharp swivelling hooks. Its body is wider and stouter, and therefore heavier, than that of the giant Squid. Colossal Squids are believed to have a longer mantle than giant squids, although their tentacles are shorter. ... Source: www.shoutwire.com --- 85 days ago
The huge eye of the world's largest Squid has been revealed by scientists dissecting a rare, intact half-tonne specimen in New Zealand. ... Source: www2.ljworld.com --- 85 days ago
Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest Squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean’s most mysterious beasts. ... Source: www.poe-news.com --- 84 days ago
... Source: putitup.wordpress.com --- 84 days ago
Saw a second of this on the tele and today found the nytimes article. It has the biggest eyes of any animal ever found on earth, measuring in at 11 inches across, or, as the article put it, bigger than an average dinner plate. Oh, and apparently they use the term Colossal Squid [...] ... Source: www.topix.com --- 85 days ago
Mark Fenwick from the Wellington's Te Papa Tongarewa Museum examines the world's largest Squid in Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation ... Source: scienceblogs.com --- 84 days ago
Back in March of 2007, we brought you the story of an enormous (Colossal really) Squid, captured by New Zealandish fishermen and brought back for examination at the University of New Zealand. The frozen Squid posed challenges for the researchers who realized that it would take so long to thaw that the outer parts would be rotting before the core had even melted (also an appropriate description of my brother Benny's heart). Well the marine biologists made their move today, thawing out the Colossal Squid in a bath of cool water. Had the water been too hot, they were worried it might crack the frozen Squid like an ice cube. Yesterday's reports said the scientists would have only four hours to examine the little tyke before they had to toss him in a formaldehyde bath, thereby ruining any chance of tire sized calamari. Enjoy the video courtesy of CNN Thanks to C. Cleveland for making fun of my sleepy bear and sending this along to redeem my credibility. Read the comments on this post... ... Source: blog.tepapa.govt.nz --- 8 days ago
The hooks seem to grab everyone’s attention, so here’s an update Other Squid families have hooks on the arms, or the tentacles, or both, but the Colossal Squid is the only hooked Squid in its family (the Cranchiidae, about 20 species). It possesses hooks on each of the eight arms, and also on the club ends [...] ... Source: blog.tepapa.govt.nz --- 1 day ago
Construction of the new Colossal Squid display tank is almost complete, and we hope to transfer the Squid into it in about 10 days time. The design of a tank to safely store and display the specimen has presented Te Papa with a considerable challenge and we have been assisted by Wellman Associates Ltd in Hawera. [...] ... Source: blog.tepapa.govt.nz --- 22 days ago
Getting the Colossal Squid onto display isn’t just a simple matter of building a tank and moving it into the gallery! First of all we have to plan a few details - for example, because of the size of the tank and the amount of liquid it will contain, it will weigh over five tonnes, so [...] ... Source: blog.tepapa.govt.nz --- 22 days ago
How many Colossal Squid specimens are there in the world? And how many of these are on display? How good do they look? The answer to the first question is probably four, and the answer to the next question, is none - at the moment. The display of Te Papa’s Colossal Squid specimen is going to be [...] ... Source: blog.tepapa.govt.nz --- 22 days ago
Two of the lectures from the Te Papa Squid lecture series are now available online: Dr Steve O’Shea Squid: Small, Giant, and Colossal http://www.r2.co.nz/20080520/steve.asx Dr Eric Warrant and Dr Dan-Eric Nilsson: The Weird and Wonderful Eyes of Animals Who Live in the Dark and the Deep Sea http://www.r2.co.nz/20080520/eric.asx We will unfortunately not be able to have other lectures online due to copyright [...] ... Source: www.iheartchaos.com --- 84 days ago
Recently, a very rare Colossal Squid was caught in Antarctic waters and the whole thing was recently slowly defrosted over a two-day period so they can study the massive beast. That’s Colossal Squid, not giant. Gianter than giant. Once the thawing was complete, it went into preservative so they can poke and prod its [...] ... Source: www.thenakedscientists.com --- 75 days ago
While we are still discovering such exciting things about illusive deep-sea creatures, there is also some worrying news this week about the state of the oceans that these creatures live in.Scientists ... ... Find more results for Colossal Squid on RSSMicro.com |
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: Courtesy Te Papa Museum Scientists at the national museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, have recently completed dissections of several enormous squids, including pieces of a Colossal Squid -- the largest invertebrate ever caught. The female specimen weighs more than 1,000 pounds and measures 26 feet long.
The Squid's resemblance to fiction's monsters of the deep, including its dinner-plate-size eyes, has attracted global interest. Scientists now believe the cephalopods can grow even larger, to more than 45 feet long, with a corresponding increase in weight.
In this gallery, we take you into the gritty, visceral business of defrosting and preserving this Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, known in English as the Colossal Squid.
Left: Researchers at Te Papa had to custom-build a tank in which they could defrost the enormous Squid -- and preserve it in formaldehyde.
The Colossal Squid is not to be confused with the giant Squid, which is longer but less massive. The Colossal Squid pictured is almost twice as heavy as the largest giant Squid discovered.
An international team of scientists was flown to New Zealand to assist in the examination of this unique find.
: Courtesy Te Papa Museum The Squid was accidentally caught in the Ross Sea off the coast of Antarctica by fishermen searching for Chilean sea bass. The ship's captain, John Bennett, was understandably excited.
"Being alongside a creature like this is jus ...