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3 December 2008, by unknown The exhibit will include the colossal squid, dramatically lit in its custom-built tank, displays of various body parts including the orange-sized lens of the eye, models of its beak and tentacle swivel hooks that can be touched and ...

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[edit] Giant squid slips into Te Papa - Stuff.co.nz

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[edit] Squeezing thru and settling in

30 November 2008, by We’re now in the museum, back of house. Usually the corridors are wide and spacious but this morning seemed a bit like the Tardis in reverse as we took the tank through - smaller. Ramp - covered with plywood for extra weight support © Copyright Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2008 Part of the corridor involved not only a ramp down but a slight bend at the same time. The forklift at the front of the tank was used as the brakes. It was a bit hairy at times, but in the end went all ok.

[edit] “That’s a Big 10-4 Rubber… Squiddy”

30 November 2008, by Now the truck is going down Tory Street - we have a police escort to get across State Highway 1 Closing off Vivian St a.k.a. SH1 © Copyright Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2008 It’s a convoy - the star of the exhibition of course is first, followed by the little forklift and the other truck. Crossing Courtenay Place, the little forklift chugging behind © Copyright Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2008 It’s slightly downhill from the top of Tory down to Cable but as the

[edit] The Big Lift

30 November 2008, by I have to admit - there’s something special about about getting up at an ungodly hour to do something or see something out of the ordinary. Driving this morning through a beautifully still Wellington morning with no traffic is something out of the ordinary in itself So it was exciting to see all the big trucks, flashing lights and men in reflective vests - I knew I’d come to the right place The trucks and crane ready © Copyright Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2008 As Hutch has s

[edit] Flying Squid - she’s on the move! « Te Papa’s Blog

30 November 2008, by unknown Its 4am and we’re moving the colossal squid in her tank (minus most of the preservative liquid) from Te Papa’s building at the top of Tory St - down about the 5 blocks to our main building at the bottom of Cable St. ...

[edit] Flying Squid - she’s on the move!

30 November 2008, by Morning squidlings! Its ALL GO! Its 4am and we’re moving the colossal squid in her tank (minus most of the preservative liquid) from Te Papa’s building at the top of Tory St - down about the 5 blocks to our main building at the bottom of Cable St. KEEP COMING back to this blog - we’re constantly taking photos and will be uploading and blogging as much as possible. I feel like there’s only us up in the whole of Wellington - oh and the two squid fans who are across the road watching the whole

[edit] [News: World's first colossal squid display open soon - Stuff.co ...]

29 November 2008, by unknown [News]: World's first colossal squid display open soon - Stuff.co.nz Ceph News Feeds.

[edit] World's first colossal squid display open soon - New Zealand news ...

28 November 2008, by unknown The Museum of New Zealand will open the world's only colossal squid exhibit on December 13. The 495 kg, 4.2m female colossal squid will be on show at Te Papa in time for the summer school holidays, and will stay on free display for ...

[edit] World's first colossal squid display open soon - Stuff.co.nz

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[edit] Countdown To Colossal Squid Display At Te Papa - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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[edit] Scoop: Countdown To Colossal Squid Display At Te Papa

27 November 2008, by unknown The only colossal squid exhibit in the world ( www.tepapa.govt.nz/squid ) will open to the public on Saturday 13 December, proudly supported by the New Zealand Seafood Industry and telecommunications solutions provider, Alcatel Lucent.

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[edit] Shrinkage?

25 November 2008, by Many people have asked us why the colossal squid specimen was so much smaller than anticipated when we thawed it. Initial reports suggested that the specimen was considerably larger than the final measurement of 4.2 metres in total length. We suspected that the specimen had shrunk (rather than the size being greatly exaggerated!). In order to test our theory we purchased several fresh arrow squid from a local fish shop and subjected them to a series of treatments to see if we could shrink the

[edit] A moving experience

23 November 2008, by With less than a month to go until our squid meets her adoring fans, there is still much to be done behind the scenes, not least of which is trying to figure out the best way of getting a 2.5 tonne display tank - squid included - from its storage facility across town, to its final resting place here at Te Papa. As the Exhibition Preparator assigned to the exhibition, it is my job to not only manage the installation of the show, but also to make sure the colossal squid and its tank arrive on si

[edit] How to keep tabs…

20 November 2008, by Earlier this week, after Te Papa had closed, the staff in the exhibition preparation team took down all the creatures hanging from the ceiling (ranging from small diving petrels, to albatross, swordfish, sharks and seals). Most will be cleaned and rehung in a new configuration for the new colossal squid exhibit. So how do you keep tabs on the hundreds of taxidermied creatures and models that are in Mountains to Sea? Usually in the case of the birds they get a tag with an accession  (tracking

[edit] Its the Final COUNTOWN…

19 November 2008, by …. now I can’t get the song out of my head! © Copyright Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2008 For all you squid fans out there who’ve been waiting eagerly - and patiently for news on our beautiful colossal squid: It’s (just wait - I’m counting the days back in my diary…) 23 days ’til she goes on display here at Te Papa so today we are launching our Countdown site. Everyday we will show a new image of the colossal squid and/or the crew involved in this amazing journey so far. You’ll

[edit] Building the Squid exhibition

18 November 2008, by Yesterday, 17 November, the exhibition team started to install the Colossal Squid exhibition. Wow - only 24 days to opening! The Squid exhibition is going to be installed into part of an existing exhibition space -  Mountains to Sea. So yesterday the hoardings were put up to block off the space and the install team came in. First they have to deinstall what’s already there, then install the new exhibition. Hutch Wilco, Exhibitions Preparator, explains what they will do in this short video.

[edit] Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Colossal Squid has biggest eye in the world

18 November 2008, by graeme The Colossal Squid has the animal kingdom’s largest eye. The monstrous peeper is 11 inches across, and has a lens the size of an orange. In other words, the squid’s eye is as big as your head. Somewhere, a Lenscrafters CEO just had a ...

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[edit] Colossal squid in 3D movie

6 November 2008, by ARLs 3D glasses © Copyright Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2008 Today the Exhibition team got our first taste of what our 3D Colossal Squid movie is going to look like. The exhibition opens in December and it will include Te Papa’s first 3D movie! The production company Animation Research Ltd (ARL) sent us the latest cut of the movie and special 3D viewing glasses. Don’t worry we’ll have normal 3D glasses in the exhibition. We all took turns to watch using the glasses – that’s Jud

[edit] Colossal squid in 3D movie « Te Papa’s Blog

3 November 2008, by tepapamuseum Today the Exhibition team got our first taste of what our 3D Colossal Squid movie is going to look like. The exhibition opens in December and it will include Te Papa’s first 3D movie! The production company Animation Research Ltd (ARL) ...

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[edit] Mounting a squid

21 October 2008, by Work is underway preparing the mounting system for the colossal squid in its display tank. Mark kent and Robert Clendon preparing the squid for exhibition. Image copyright Te Papa Unless the squid is supported by acrylic mounts it will remain a collapsed heap on the bottom of the tank - not very appealling! To display it in as realistic pose as possible a series of supports will be manufactured to splay the tentacles out so the beak can be seen, and to expand the mantle from its collapsed p

[edit] Swimming with cockatoos?

16 October 2008, by As part of our exhibition we want to ‘bring the squid to life’. So we’re developing an animation to give you an idea of how the squid lives and how it swims.  Only problem is– nobody has ever seen a live colossal squid swimming, so nobody knew what it would look like! So it was over to the Te Papa scientists to come up with a hypothesis of how the squid swims and to explain it to the animators and designers. Cranchiids or glass squids The scientists looked at how other closely related squid

[edit] Lively Fish Five Miles Down

14 October 2008, by Mysteries of the Deep Revealed Scientists exploring a deep underwater crevasse in the Pacific Ocean known as the Japan Trench were surprised to find an active and sociable group of snailfish at the record depth of almost five miles (7,700 meters). The remote camera exploration that ended last week was a collaborative effort between the University of Aberdeen and the University of Tokyo under the auspices of the Oceanlab HADEEP Project.  The Oceanlab team built the deep sea equipment that withs

[edit] Squid - the inside story

5 October 2008, by Dissecting an arrow squid It’s a lovely spring Friday morning in Wellington. What else would we (Pamela, Chris and Judy - our brave and newest squid team member) be doing other than dissecting a couple of nice fresh squid from the local wholesale fish supplier? It’s all in the interest of bringing you a bigger and better exhibition on the colossal squid, as we come to grips with squid anatomy (literally). We quickly discovered that not all squid are the same on the inside (surprise) and tha

[edit] Here’s looking at you (in the dark)

18 September 2008, by Bioluminescence (light produced by living animals or plants) is common among squid - it is estimated that two-thirds of all squid genera contain bioluminescent (light producing) species. Light production using photophores (special light producing structures) can be found nearly anywhere on the body of some squid species: the most common ones are: ocular (eye) photophores; on the mantle (head and arms also); visceral photophores, funnel photophores; and photophores on the tentacles.   Colossa

[edit] Colossal Squid in Review

16 September 2008, by A colossal squid's ghost: Caught on film for the first time! Courtesy DYFLThis is nothing new, but Popular Science has a nice little photo series on some of the cool features of the colossal squid. So check it out here, and keep the giant mollusks foremost in your mind.

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16 September 2008, by Breaking colossal squid news:Colossal Squid CountdownSaturday 13 December 2008 has been confirmed as the day that Te Papa’s colossal squid will go on display - just in time for Christmas!On this day visitors to Te Papa in Wellington will be able to see the female colossal squid - the world’s most massive invertebrate, weighing 495 kilos - on display for the first time.Expect the unexpected as we tell the story of the colossal squid, share what we’ve found out about it with you and bring her to l

[edit] Colossal Squid Revealed | Popular Science

14 September 2008, by unknown Strange facts about the ocean’s most mysterious creaturePosted 9.15.08 at 7:27 pm 1 Comments[ View Photo Gallery ]

[edit] Friday Squid Blogging: Colossal Squid was a Lethargic Blob

5 September 2008, by Fierce deep-sea predator? Not so much: "We are looking at something verging on the incredibly bizarre. As she got older she got shorter and broader and was reduced to a giant gelatinous blob, carrying many thousands of eggs," he says. "Her shape was likely to have affected her behaviour and ability ...

[edit] Colossal squid countdown… to 13 December 2008

5 September 2008, by Saturday 13 December 2008 has been confirmed as the day that Te Papa’s colossal squid will go on display - just in time for Christmas! On this day visitors to Te Papa in Wellington will be able to see the female colossal squid - the world’s most massive invertebrate, weighing 495 kilos - on display for the first time. Expect the unexpected as we tell the story of the colossal squid, share what we’ve found out about it with you and bring her to life.  But if you’re a squid fan living in Alas

[edit] colossal squid on tv!

31 August 2008, by we interrupt this summer reverie to bring you some real-time squid news! the documentary about the colossal squid (including the specimen from earlier this year at te papa) is airing tonight on discovery channel (and possibly tomorrow) at 9pm, th... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

[edit] colossal squid on tv!

31 August 2008, by we interrupt this summer reverie to bring you some real-time squid news!  the documerntary about the colossal squid (including the specimen from earlier this year at te papa) is airing tonight on discovery channel (and possibly tomorrow) at 9pm, though not sure in which time zone.  of course, we kiwis don't actually get to see it yet.  hope it's good!

[edit] New Zealand's colossal squid defies legends: scientists

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[edit] Colossal squid was 'lethargic blob'

22 August 2008, by New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.

[edit] Half-tonne squid's six-hour shift

6 August 2008, by Its three-month bath is over, and Te Papa's colossal squid is on the move - and receiving some makeshift cosmetic surgery.

[edit] Te Papa&##x2019;s Colossal Squid On The Move

31 July 2008, by 31 July 2008MEDIA RELEASETe Papa’s Colossal Squid On The MoveTe Papa’s colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, will be moved from its preservation tank into a purpose built displa...

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[edit] A Close Look at the Colossal Squid

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[edit] A Close Look at the Colossal Squid

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[edit] A Close Look at the Colossal Squid

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[edit] A Close Look at the Colossal Squid

9 May 2008, by

Courtesy Te Papa Museum Scientists at the national museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, have recently completed dissections of several enormous squids, including pieces of a colossal squid -- the largest invertebrate ever caught. The female specimen weighs more than 1,000 pounds and measures ...