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Schneier on SecurityA blog covering security and security technology. « Warning Signs for Tomorrow | Main | Perceived Risk vs. Actual Risk » October 20, 2006Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid in New Zealand"The 8.23m-long dead giant squid is the star attraction in Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World Freaky Fish exhibit, which opens today." Posted on October 20, 2006 at 03:29 PM • 9 Comments • View Blog Reactions To receive these entries once a month by e-mail, sign up for the Crypto-Gram Newsletter. "His body rests in a specially made 3.8m tank filled with chilled sea water between 10C and 18C." Why not cooking oil at 150C ? ;-) Posted by: Rob Mayfield at October 20, 2006 05:03 PM Did you see this slow motion squid attack? Posted by: Capt. Jean-Luc Pikachu at October 20, 2006 05:27 PM The director of the AUT's Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute Dr Steve O'Shea supplied the specimen for display. "I live, eat and breathe squid," he said. Sure, but does he BLOG squid? Posted by: Rich at October 20, 2006 05:31 PM "The Whole 8.23m": now that would be a catchy title for a movie. Posted by: Serge at October 21, 2006 10:37 AM Interesting. Any idea why they switched from alcohol to water for preservation? Posted by: Davi Ottenheimer at October 21, 2006 11:23 PM My guess is alcohol preservaton is more expensive and people don't like the smell of alcohol. Posted by: Kenny Spy at October 22, 2006 02:40 AM http://content.jibjab.com/content/89dfce3d12f39a19e8a13a375b674c149a928584 from http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/235550/jokeid/69190 Posted by: pumpkin at October 22, 2006 12:29 PM Post a comment
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