Mark Fenwick, a technician at Wellington's Te Papa Tongarewa Museum where the squid will be housed, admitted that scientists had yesterday snacked on part of another colossal squid being examined today.
"It was almost like a tua tua, you know a cockle. It was very nice. It left a real taste in your mouth and stayed for quite a while," he said.
"It was very much like {sashimi}. This is a gourmet meal. I don't know anyone else who has eaten Mesonychoteuthis."
Dr O'Shea said eating the squid was one way to determine whether the colossal type had ammonia in its system, as the giant squid does.
"The interesting thing about it is that it was non-ammoniacal. It tasted good, apparently," he said.
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Another one has popped up.
Not sure of the species yet:
Not sure of the species yet:
It was in fact the catch of a lifetime - a six-metre long, 230kg squid, which is now in a freezer in Portland, waiting for collection by Museum Victoria.
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hark! the ultimate squid test! squids are purty, but not very tasty.
Web Quests # 1-3 (Squids)
Squids live in all the oceans of the world. Squids are known as "the ice cream cone of the sea" because they are a favorite food of many ocean dwellers. Female squids lay thousands of eggs to support a food chain. Squids have some of the largest eyes, in proportion to their body, in the animal kingdom. Some squid body parts include fins, a mantle, tentacles, suckers, two hearts, gills and ink sacs. Complete the worksheets below to learn more about squids.
Web Quests 1- 3
General web resources for information on squids
Click on the links below then to complete this web quest
Squid Anatomy
The Cephalopod Page
Ocean Animals
The EuroSquid World-Wide Web Page
Search the Marine Species Data Base
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A. Define the meaning of the word "cephalopod" :
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B. List some other animals that are in the same class:
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C. Record some differences between a squid and an octopus.
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D. Describe how squid catch their prey.
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Web Quests # 1-3 (Squids)
Squids live in all the oceans of the world. Squids are known as "the ice cream cone of the sea" because they are a favorite food of many ocean dwellers. Female squids lay thousands of eggs to support a food chain. Squids have some of the largest eyes, in proportion to their body, in the animal kingdom. Some squid body parts include fins, a mantle, tentacles, suckers, two hearts, gills and ink sacs. Complete the worksheets below to learn more about squids.
Web Quests 1- 3
General web resources for information on squids
Click on the links below then to complete this web quest
Squid Anatomy
The Cephalopod Page
Ocean Animals
The EuroSquid World-Wide Web Page
Search the Marine Species Data Base
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A. Define the meaning of the word "cephalopod" :
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
B. List some other animals that are in the same class:
__________________________________________________________
C. Record some differences between a squid and an octopus.
__________________________________________________________
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D. Describe how squid catch their prey.
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Try this Link
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I'm actually scared of thing. I think I've seen Cloverfied one too many times.
Ps: Partnerships btwn marine biologists and Shell Oil make me feel a little like I did when my friend fresh out of veterinary school told me that many of her classmates were getting their best job offers from slaughterhouses. Such strange bedfellows. Sigh.
Pss: I'm not a vegetarian, so that's not a moral stance, btw. I just get a little tripped out on the juxtapositions and whatnot.
Ps: Partnerships btwn marine biologists and Shell Oil make me feel a little like I did when my friend fresh out of veterinary school told me that many of her classmates were getting their best job offers from slaughterhouses. Such strange bedfellows. Sigh.
Pss: I'm not a vegetarian, so that's not a moral stance, btw. I just get a little tripped out on the juxtapositions and whatnot.
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Cool. I like how when you see the 'elbows' your mind makes a mental picture of the tentacles below to be somewhat similar in length to the part from the body to the joint, only to find that the dangling part of the tentacles just goes on and on and on. Or maybe that's just me. The jerkiness of the images is total B-movie.
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Re: Architeuthis dux: News and admiration of nature's top wonder
hey just cause youre different from the rest of the squids, doesnt mean you are worth anything less says mamma squid. now run along. play. dont break that elbow, we dont have insurance!
i still think vampire squid from hell can kick elbowey over theres ass. yes, ass.
lets see which one ends up on the special bus.
mccain is there!
i still think vampire squid from hell can kick elbowey over theres ass. yes, ass.
lets see which one ends up on the special bus.
mccain is there!
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Re: Architeuthis dux: News and admiration of nature's top wonder
and I would hate to think how long it takes for an ambulance to show up in such deep waterslongtimecoming wrote:now run along. play. dont break that elbow, we dont have insurance!
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Re: Architeuthis dux: News and admiration of nature's top wonder

Letterpress lovenotes of the cephalopod variety.
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