Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid in Australia
According to juicy folklore and loose legend, for centuries, the inky waters of our deepest oceans have been home to that most mysterious of marine creatures—the giant squid. Well, as we speak, visitors to Melbourne’s aquarium can take a gander at the real thing, a 7m-long squid, caught in New Zealand and frozen in a block of ice.
For 30 years, almost obsessively, one real scientific character from across the Tasman has been chasing these elusive creatures and Ben Deacon caught up with him, hard at what’s clearly become his life’s work.
Watch the video here.
Rob Mayfield • March 10, 2006 4:03 PM
The Melbourne Aquarium is sensational.
One question though, we’ve seen a giant squid in a giant tank of preservative, we’ve seen a giant squid in a giant block of ice, but when is someone going to do a crumbed giant squid in a giant deep fryer ?