Here comes another colossal

[Thales]

So great!

 

[tonmo]

@Heather Braid says she does a lot of typing when she's not working directly with squid

 

[tonmo]

@GPO87 says there are 90 species of squid in NZ... and now, back to the tank!

 

[tonmo]

...measuring the eye soon...

 

[Fujisawas Sake]

Watching right now. Awesome!

 

[tonmo]

Kat explaining the colossal squid's eye:

 

[tonmo]

half of the eye lens:

 

[tonmo]

Swabbin' inside the eye

 

[tonmo]

Growth Rings around the eye lens... back to the freezer it goes!

 

[tonmo]

Cepharazzi

 

[tonmo]

Dr. Kat asks for a scalpel!

 

[Fujisawas Sake]

That idea about the photophores being used for countershading.... Amazing thought

 

[tonmo]

@GPO87 explains the cockatoo position:

 

[tonmo]

EDIT: Following is apparently not true! Seeking details though on the 770lb squid that WAS dissected:

The specimen being observed: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-squid-pictures.html

 

[tonmo]

wow - that mouth!