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March 31, 2006

Friday Squid Blogging: Ben Deacon, Squid Researcher

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.

Posted on March 31, 2006 at 03:05 PM • 7 Comments • View Blog Reactions

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Dear Mr. Schneier,

Here's one for next week's squiddery:

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.29.06/squid-0613.html

Posted by: Captain Nemo at March 31, 2006 05:52 PM

in the billingsgate fish market, do they ever cry a kilo of squid for a quid?

Posted by: another_bruce at March 31, 2006 09:36 PM

A pound of squid for a quid, surely? Billingsgate hasn't been Eurofied yet I hope.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at March 31, 2006 10:36 PM

You did that story already.

Posted by: Tank at April 1, 2006 01:04 AM

@Ragamuffin

Yes it is Eurofied - all food is sold in Kilos these days

Pete

Posted by: PeteM at April 2, 2006 06:12 AM

But until (I think) 2010, prices can be advertised both per lb and per kg, even though the sale has to be weighed and calculated in metric. So until 2010, they can probably shout as another_bruce suggests.

Posted by: Steve at April 3, 2006 04:50 AM

No, I mean as ragamuffin suggests. *After* 2010 it has to be another_bruce's version.

Of course there's also the question of how long the quid will last, but it will certainly still exist in 2010.

Posted by: Steve at April 3, 2006 04:52 AM