Photos from Collosal Squid dissection ... (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

The stretched out squid covered an entire laboratory bench at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The scientists have not revealed their specimen's exact length but it is estimated at 10m (32ft). It is thought the colossal squid can grow to about 15m (49ft).



The colossal squid's water turned yellow as the days progressed. Bits of fish in the net that had trapped the squid dissolved. Body fluids emerged; and some of the ammonium chloride that squid use for buoyancy may have leaked from its sac. The sweet smell of success!

more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/sci_nat_colossal_cuts/html/1.stm

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[YDogg]

1. i think i spotted bush's popularity rating in the first picture. near the bottom.

[Deja Q]

2. I am sooooooooo glad I just got done eating!

:puke:

Still, when pegged and hung on that board, it looks no different than a hot dog factory.

[Dr.Phool]

3. Get out the cocktail sauce!

Calamari for dinner tonight!

[Submariner]

4. Cheese calamari? Is the white stuff Mozzarella? n/t

[Chipper Chat]

5. The residue may become 'Fancy Feast.'

Din...din
Elegance unsurpassed.....FANCY FEAST

[TomInTib]

6. So much for calamari at Servino tonight.

Maybe I'll settle for a salad with a few martinis.

[Gman]

7. Are they sure it's not an alien?

[Xipe Totec]

8. Cheney's mom called. She wants his baby pictures back. nt

[kestrel91316]

9. I am transported back in time to 1981 and my pathology rotation with

those pictures..........ah, the SMELL............the squishy ickiness of cutting into cold, dead flesh.........and I remember why I chose to work with the LIVING..........

BTW, that first pic is just obscene, and I don't mean vaguely.

:puke: