today, i found this an article at wired.com, it was about the colossal squid which was dissected by the scientists of the national museum of new zealand...my thoughts???
well that's one big hell of a calamari!!!!
anyway here's the article together with the photo..
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A Close Look at the Colossal Squid
By Alexis Madrigal05.09.08 | 12:00 AM
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.
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