Colossal Squid
A team of scientists have been thawing and examining giant and colossal
squid between 28 – 30 April.
These pages will be updated progressively with content that have been posted on the blog.
Lectures recordings
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
Science Express, with Steve O'Shea (audio only)
ScienceExpress.May.2008.Colossal.Squid.mp3
We will not be able to have streamed versions of all the other lectures for copyright reasons.
A retransmission of the last hours of the webcast are available here:
http://www.R2.co.nz/20080427/squid-1.asx
You can buy reproductions of all our squid images. You will find different sets of images in our Picture library, and in our blog.
For all images, you can place your orders with our Picture Library.
Te Papa is delighted to acknowledge the support of the Discovery Channel in the preservation of the colossal squid specimen. Their support will also include the entire thaw and examination process being filmed by Natural History New Zealand for a Discovery Channel in-depth documentary programme to be released worldwide in late 2008.
What do we know about the life and habits of the colossal squid? How common are they?
How did the colossal squid make its way from the Ross Sea to Te Papa?
How big is it? What's going to happen to it? Will it be on display for the public? Includes the schedule for the dissection.
These photos are of the colossal squid caught in 2003.
A series of lectures took place on the 1st and 2nd May 2008, to discuss the first findings about the colossal squid.