Friday, June 3, 2011

Giant Squid Podcast from the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

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.
http://education.eol.org/podcast/giant-squid-1

4 comments:

  1. Wow how can you fit a 24-foot giant female squid into a container than putting the same conainer on a plane and fly it back to the states thats pretty crazy.Haha i guess project calamari was a success in more than one way.

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  2. One squid is the size of a school bus? Thats a pretty big squid to be shipping on the plane; isnt there a weight limit on a plane? Thats quite dangerous to be doing but we do have some brave people. As i read this article, that makes me not want to get in a plane ever!

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  3. Putting a squid as big as a school bus that is 24 feet in a air plane and flying ti somewhere is crazy. The project was deffinately a success. Reading this article would make me scared to ride on a air plane but then again I have done it before so why be scared now!

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  4. How is that even possible? That amazes me! 24 feet is so long especially for a squid! I'm surprised that the plane was able to carry it. Reading this article was greatly informative about giant squid. It would be really cool to experience this in person!

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