{"id":45453,"date":"2014-09-22T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T22:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/the-beak-the-beak.html"},"modified":"2014-09-22T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T22:54:28","slug":"the-beak-the-beak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/the-beak-the-beak.html","title":{"rendered":"The Beak! THE BEAK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yikes. Remind me never to swim at unfathomable depths without a bazooka or two.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103389452828130864950\" oid=\"103389452828130864950\">Yonatan Zunger<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Rich Pollett<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This nightmarish maw is the beak of a female <b>colossal squid<\/b>, one that weighed 770 lbs (350 kg), measured nearly 11.5 feet long ( 3.5 m) and was recently dissected by scientists during a live webcast from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand. The squid was found by Captain John Bennett and his crew in Antarctic waters back in December 2013. She&rsquo;s only the second intact colossal squid specimen ever recovered, providing an extraordinary opportunity for scientists to learn more about this mysterious species.<\/p>\n<p>Colossal squid: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colossal_squid\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colossal_squid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The squid&rsquo;s eyes measured nearly 14 inches in diameter. The better to see you with, my dear. She also had three hearts, all the better to love you to tiny, bite-size pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Article and additional images Business Insider, courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/big-beautiful-pictures-of-a-rare-intact-colossal-squid-being-dissected-in-new-zealand-2014-9\/#ixzz3DUrzYiss\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/big-beautiful-pictures-of-a-rare-intact-colossal-squid-being-dissected-in-new-zealand-2014-9\/#ixzz3DUrzYiss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click to watch the <i>entire<\/i> dissection (3:37:41)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Yz_57uadUQ\">Science Live: Colossal Squid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image: Colossal Squid YouTube\/Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/109794669788083578017\/albums\/6061977170877199009\/6061977179638846642'><img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-l4F8By8labo\/VCB4IIzl1LI\/AAAAAAAAYxA\/rbOgiUR8GVw\/Colossal%2BSquid%2BYouTube%2BMuseum%2Bof%2BNew%2BZealand%2BTe%2BPapa%2BTongarewa.png?imgmax=660' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/LxFFd59Tg3L'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yikes. Remind me never to swim at unfathomable depths without a bazooka or two. (h\/t +Yonatan Zunger) Originally shared by +Rich Pollett: This nightmarish maw is the beak of a female colossal squid, one that weighed 770 lbs (350 kg), measured nearly 11.5 feet long ( 3.5 m) and was recently dissected by scientists during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/the-beak-the-beak.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Beak! THE BEAK!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[704],"class_list":["post-45453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","tag-ixzz3durzyiss"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Colossal+Squid+YouTube+Museum+of+New+Zealand+Te+Papa+Tongarewa.pngimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3745,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/03\/eek_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":45453,"position":0},"title":"Eek","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 3-Apr-03 10:58am","format":false,"excerpt":"I may never go back in the ocean again. \"It's only half to two-thirds grown, so it grows up to four metres in mantle length.\" By comparison, the mantle of...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science &amp; Nature&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science &amp; Nature","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8607,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/09\/28\/calling_captain.html","url_meta":{"origin":45453,"position":1},"title":"Calling Captain Nemo!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 28-Sep-05 12:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Japanese scientists have gotten the first-ever photos of a live giant squid. 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