Comments on: Great photos of our girl!

By: tepapamuseum

tepapamuseum — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:32 +0000

Hey Karen – sorry I accidentally deleted it and then had some trouble getting it back in the post again! It has been a big week.

By: karen

karen — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:19:19 +0000

Thanks for adding that photo back, I see you moved it from here to “A Great Photo” section. It’s my favorite pic
I was worried that it was gone for good, lol

By: Micki

Micki — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:58:50 +0000

I live in a tiny village in the middle of the state of Illinois, in the middle of the USA.

Who would have ever thought that I could watch this event unfold so very far away.

It is almost as amazing as this beautiful creature herself!

I will look forward to learning what she has to teach you. Thank you so very much for sharing!

By: Dakota

Dakota — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:58:34 +0000

Great job, all!! Thank you so much — and especially you Mark, for putting up with me, huh? My very best to all of you, as I anxiously await your next great endeavor!

By: karen

karen — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:33:50 +0000

Hey what happened to the second picture where they were all holding her and looking up at the webcam? That one was AWSOME! I hope you can put it back up, it was the best pic of her yet!!

By: Hilary Koob-Sassen

Hilary Koob-Sassen — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:39:22 +0000

Dear Lucy,
I am an artist and film maker in london,
I wonder if there is any chance to have original video data sent to me?
can you let me know if this would be possible, and if so, how?
all the best, and good luck on this great work,
Hilary

By: karen

karen — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:58:34 +0000

I am still amazed at the whole thing! Thanks again for the squidcam and all the fabulous pictures!
I am watching the last few hours again as we speak, as the only part i missed (living in Canada) was when you flipped her over.

I was just wondering, when will she be moved to the display tank at the museum, and will we get to see any part of that too? It would be quite Awsome to watch her be takin from where she is now, and be placed in the final display tank, heck would even be Awsome to see how the display tank is going to be made One last question, lol When she is in the display for people to see at the museum, will she be “painted” or anything so she is all one color again, or will she be left exactly as is where some of the skin is missing?

Thanks if you can answer any of these

You guys are the greatest!!!!!

By: tepapamuseum

tepapamuseum — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:04:20 +0000

You’re right Jean – I will check whether they got them off the other one – but I know that one’s eyes were in pretty bad shape.

By: Jean McKinnon

Jean McKinnon — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:50:37 +0000

You age using the statolith…..tiny part of the”ear” I have heard of eye lenses being used but I don’t know how reliable it is. They didn’t remove the statoliths from the big girl it would have destroyed the head!

By: tepapamuseum

tepapamuseum — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:45:17 +0000

I’ll see if I can get you some scientific views about the size tomorrow – I think those guys are probably in a darkened, low stimulus room now – they still have another day’s lectures tomorrow!

So I think they think the squid shrunk considerably in the freezer this last year and that the original estimates may have been a little ‘out’.

I will try to get them to comment some more about the age – they suspect about 2-3 years. You age a squid using a tiny part of its eye. It’s somewhere on the blog – anyone remember?

But it is difficult to know the age of the squid. That is why examining these specimens is really important – it helps the scientists build up enough information to make predications.