Comments on: The fix is in

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:24:57 +0000

Hi Lucy

Well that’s just brilliant and if it is at all possible it would look so much better than being static and frozen in time.

I am planning on being in NZ for the next rugby world cup in 2011, now I have 2 reasons to sit on a plane for 3 weeks (how long does it take to get to NZ from northern Scotland, lol).

I have really enjoyed this experience, thank you all.

Helen

By: karen

karen — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:26:00 +0000

Oh ok, thanks for answeing me back about that! I knew the skin couldnt be “repaired” just had wondered if anything would or could have been done to kind of “cover up” sort of speak, the areas missing skin.

Now I know, so thanks!

By: chrispaulin

chrispaulin — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:30:12 +0000

When the specimen goes on display it will be as is. It is not posible to repair the damaged skin areas unfortunately.

By: karen

karen — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:15:36 +0000

Quick question, when you put her on display, will she be kept exactly the way she is now (I know some of the skin came off in areas from the nets and etc)or will she be touched up with color some how to show the color they really are when alive in the ocean?

I find this all so facinating, sorry for any dumb questions, lol

By: lucyryan

lucyryan — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:52:17 +0000

Hi Jackie,

We are currently working on a timeline for getting the squid on display – hopefully it will be in the latter half of the year.

Sorry we can’t be more specific at this time but keep an eye on the blog because as the exhibtion develops, we’ll be updating it with all sorts of information.

Cheers
Lucy

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:35:49 +0000

Have you any idea yet when it will be displayed to the public? We’re planning on visiting Wellington and would like to know when to go. The squid would be number 1 on our list of things to do

One more question are these squids related to the baby squids you eat at the chinese restaurants? We had a closer look at the tentacles of those and noticed the little suckers on them.

Thanks!
Jackie

By: pamelalovis

pamelalovis — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:43:49 +0000

One of the things we’ll be thinking about when we develop the colossal squid exhibition is how best to show how we think it moves and feeds when alive in the ocean depths.

No one has ever seen a colossal squid alive in the water so we’ll be researching this question with our team of squid experts – to apply what we know from other squid species.

One option will be to develop a computer animation showing how we think it would move and feed. We’re discussing this now – all very exciting.

By: lucyryan

lucyryan — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:22:00 +0000

Hi Helen,

Great question and one we are asking ourselves at the moment. To be honest, we are still in the tank design stages and have a lot of things to think about. For instance:

How heavy will the tank be once it has a 495 kg squid in and a lot of glycol?
How do you move something that heavy around?
Will it fit in the goods lift or will we have to pop windows out to get it in the building?

As we work through all of these challenges, we’ll be blogging about it so keep checking back to see how the Colossal squid exhibition develops and changes over time.

Cheers
Lucy

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:02:04 +0000

Thanks for that Chris. If a flow through is built into the final display tank the squid could/would appear to be moving?

By: chrispaulin

chrispaulin — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:46:02 +0000

It will be leathery, but not rigid