How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum in Washington, DC, USA? Call in the Navy! Find out how Operation Calamari unfolded and how the museum managed to put their new Giant Squid on display. Photo Credit: Glenn Rankin, Smithsonian Institution Download a transcript of this podcastread moreDuration: 3:33Published: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000
Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)A Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) dashing in front of the ROV camera. This photo was taken at a depth of -481.8 meters in Sur Canyon as a part of a deep-sea coral expedition conducted by NMFS aboard the R/V Shimida in December, 2010.From SIMoN
Helicocranchia sp., ventral view of specimen from the vicinity of Kauai, partially restored. In this figure the mantle is scarcely represented as sufficiently elongate and the arms are probably shown as much too short and stocky.
Cephalopode Transparent : Grimalditeuthis Richardi. Le Transparence de ces mollusques est si parfaite qu'il devient parfois difficile de deisinguer l'ensemble de leur corps; en revanche, elle permet de faire de curieuses observations sur les fonctions de certains de leur organes