This 300-kilogram female giant squid (Architeuthis species) is being examined by marine biologist Steve O’Shea. Caught on the Mernoo Bank north-east of Banks Peninsula in 1998, it measured 10 metres. Giant squid spend most of their life in deep water and can move at up to 40 kilometres per hour.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP/1998/0438/21
Photograph by Craig Simcox
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
Tukunga
It is an ugly squid! It is
måtter (not verified)
25 January 2011
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