Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Giant Squid



Now that is one huge CALAMARI



Size matters on 'squid row' (+photos, video)
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand -By Kent Atkinson Scientists say the size of the eye suggest the colossal squid is a mostly visual creature. Photo / Mark Mitchell It's a tale familiar to ...

Scientists stare into eyes of a giant squid
Times Online, UK - The biggest squid to be captured had a face that only a mother, or perhaps a marine biologist, could love —- until, perhaps, one had gazed into its eyes, ...

Delicate, But Preserved
Discovery Channel - -- In February 2007, a colossal squid eating a Patagonian toothfish was accidentally caught by New Zealand fishermen working in the Ross Sea. ...

Stop calling it "giant," people -- this squid's "colossal"!
Salon - Yesterday I wrote about scientists who are thawing and dissecting the colossal squid caught off Antarctica last year. The mysterious squid has become an ...

Giant squid has world's largest eyes
The Associated Press - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches ...

Colossal Squid Revealed in First In-Depth Look
National Geographic, DC - —A colossal squid floats in a tank at a museum in New Zealand on April 30, giving scientists their first close look at the rare and elusive ...

Monstrous peepers excite squid experts (+video)
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - By PAUL EASTON - The Dominion Post Thursday, 01 May 2008 EYE SPY: The arrow point to the location of the eye - the biggest recorded in the animal kingdon ...

Scientists find 'world's largest eye' in colossal squid
guardian.co.uk, UK - This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Wednesday April 30 2008. It was last updated at 17:17 on April 30 2008. Scientists in New Zealand ...

Giant squid boasts world's biggest eye (+video)
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - EYE SPY: The arrow points to the location of the eye - the biggest recorded in the animal kingdon - of the collossal squid being dissected at Te Papa. ...

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