http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/04/28/measuring-the-tentacle-of-a-giant-squid/ Our place, our voices Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/04/28/measuring-the-tentacle-of-a-giant-squid/#comment-279 Matilda Boyce (aged 9) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:04:54 +0000 http://tepapa.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-279 Is Te Papa's specimen larger than the model of a giant squid I saw in the museum in Adelaide? They said it was modelled on the largest squid ever recorded and it is displayed in a 4 storey high unused lift shaft. Their website said it is 11 metres in length and from tail to arm tip, with the feeding tentacles 85 metres in length. Is Te Papa’s specimen larger than the model of a giant squid I saw in the museum in Adelaide? They said it was modelled on the largest squid ever recorded and it is displayed in a 4 storey high unused lift shaft. Their website said it is 11 metres in length and from tail to arm tip, with the feeding tentacles 85 metres in length.

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