Blogs about: Colossal Squid

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1st July 2009

captainjohnbennet wrote 2 days ago: South Georgia is notorious for its bad weather, particularly in winter. We have been fishing along t … more →

Tags: Crew, Fishing, regulations, SHIP

22nd June 20091 comment

captainjohnbennet wrote 1 week ago: We’re back aboard the FV San Aspiring now and heading for the Toothfish grounds around South Georgia … more →

Tags: Crew, SHIP

WEIRD AND FASCINATING CREATURES: 10 extraordinary deep-sea creatures caught on video and camera1 comment

Buck Denton wrote 3 weeks ago: As cameras, videos, and other technologies continue to explore the deep oceans, more data is being c … more →

Tags: animals, Biology, Nature, Science, Video, architeuthis, barreleye, bizarre creatures, bizarre news

9 of the Largest Sea Creatures Ever Caught [Pics]

pkrf1end wrote 2 months ago: Measuring up at 26 feet long, believed to be the biggest squid captured. Scientists froze the big … more →

Tags: My Links, New Zealand, Scientists, sea squid, largest sea, Sea Creatures, squid, Deep Sea, Specimen

9 of the Largest Sea Creatures Ever Caught [Pics]

lesleee999 wrote 2 months ago: Measuring up at 26 feet long, believed to be the biggest squid captured. Scientists froze the big … more →

Tags: Sports News, sea squid, largest sea, Sea Creatures, squid

A beautiful creature called "Colossal Squid"

labrand wrote 2 months ago: Who doesn’t remember Jule Verne’s masterpiece “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the S … more →

Tags: Science, squid, colossal, Sea, Ocean, Biology, Deep Sea, New Zealand, nz

Kraken

benjekeli wrote 2 months ago: The legend of the Kraken dates back to the 12th century, when Norwegian seamen described a many-arme … more →

Tags: Giant Squid, kraken

A new giant squid specimen!

chrispaulin wrote 3 months ago: A three-metre giant squid specimen washed up on a beach on Wellington’s South Coast yesterday … more →

Tags: Exhibitions, Giant Squid, Island Bay

Squid - done and dusted!2 comments

pamelalovis wrote 3 months ago: The new wheelchair ramp is completed and gives a great view for everyone into the squid tank. Breaki … more →

Tags: Gladius, glycol, mantle, tank

Expect the unexpected

pamelalovis wrote 3 months ago: The latest report on the squid work has come through from Hutch Wilco, one of our exhibition team. H … more →

Shelley and the squid2 comments

pamelalovis wrote 3 months ago: New Zealand museums and galleries had a treat this week when Shelley Bernstein, the Chief of Technol … more →

Double pumps and improved circulation

pamelalovis wrote 3 months ago: We have men at work on the squid tank again today. Working on the squid and its tank I caught up … more →

Disappearing hooks, or not?1 comment

pamelalovis wrote 3 months ago: Close up view of the amazing rotating hooks on a freshly thawed colossal squid More news from the s … more →

Tags: conservator, glycol, hooks, tank, tentacles

Squid goes postal! NZPost's Squid Stamp and Coin6 comments

lucyhoffman wrote 3 months ago: Giants of New Zealand stamp series Not content with getting an exhibition, the Colossal Squid now ha … more →

Tags: Exhibitions, whales, coins, eagle, giant, moa, nzpost, stamps, weta

Good news from the squid inspection2 comments

pamelalovis wrote 3 months ago: On Tuesday we started remedial work on the colossal squid and her tank. Things are going very well a … more →

Tags: conservator, tank

Men at work - fixing the squid5 comments

pamelalovis wrote 4 months ago: We’re working on the squid! Tuesday 10 March -  Thursday 19 March 2009 Level 2, free entry Th … more →

Tags: glycol, interactives, Makeover, tank, wheelchair access

More about squid, now online! 8 comments

pamelalovis wrote 4 months ago: The Te Papa blog is growing and diversifying and it’s all good.  It reflects the range of coll … more →

Tags: Exhibitions, Art, Blog Posts, Fossil, interactives, Plants

30th January 20092 comments

captainjohnbennet wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday we set 3 lines on an isolated hill that we haven’t fished before. The first line is … more →

Tags: Crew, Fishing

I heart the blue whale heart

pamelalovis wrote 5 months ago: Move over big squid – there’s competition at Te Papa for the most popular exhibit these … more →

Tags: whales, Whales | Tohorā, blue whale heart, flickr, model, NatureSpace


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