If I were a squid, how would I mate? Ask Isabella
In a passionate 20-armed-embrace Isabella Rosselli would say. Clad in a squid suit, Isabella explains the mating habits of our cephalopod friends in her quirky, family...
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Loch Ness Squid on Google Earth!
The blog-o-sphere is reeling today with supposed sightings of the Loch Ness Monster on Google Earth! Check it out – we wonder whether perhaps Nessie and our...
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A new giant squid specimen!
A three-metre giant squid specimen washed up on a beach on Wellington’s South Coast yesterday (2nd April).
In comparison with our colossal squid it’s a bit small,...
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Squid – done and dusted!
Breaking news from our squid fix-it team – the work is complete and we are on track to reopen the colossal squid exhibition to the public from tomorrow 21 March...
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Expect the unexpected
The latest report on the squid work has come through from Hutch Wilco, one of our exhibition team. Hutch has been working on the squid project since May last year and has...
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Shelley and the squid
New Zealand museums and galleries had a treat this week when Shelley Bernstein, the Chief of Technology at the Brooklyn Museum in New York paid us a flying visit. This...
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Double pumps and improved circulation
We have men at work on the squid tank again today.
Working on the squid and its tank
I caught up with Don, one of our contractors, just before he was heading off to...
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Disappearing hooks, or not?
More news from the squid tank. This morning I caught up with Robert Clendon the conservator who is looking after the work on the squid.
Over the past few weeks we’...
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Squid goes postal! NZPost’s Squid Stamp and Coin
Not content with getting an exhibition, the Colossal Squid now has her own stamp and coin! The dollar stamp and coin no less. Cool. Thanks NZ Post!
The other giants...
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Good news from the squid inspection
On Tuesday we started remedial work on the colossal squid and her tank. Things are going very well and to schedule.
Yesterday we put up the barriers around the tank and...
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