Hot Streaming Squid
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
Scientists at the Museum Victoria in Melbourne will be holding a public dissection of a giant squid caught by fisherman, by accident, in May of this year.
The squid weighs around 245kg, making it the largest giant squid that Australian researchers have encountered and just 30kg lighter than the largest giant squid ever found. It is estimated that, intact, the animal would have been over 12m long.
The dissection will also be streamed live over the very internet you find yourself on at this moment and is scheduled to take place at 11:30 AM AEST/1:30 AM GMT, July 17th. Looking at my handy world clock, it indicates that it is already tomorrow in Australia meaning that the event will be broadcast through time from The Future for my viewing pleasure and may feature scientists with jet-packs. It also means that it is set to begin in roughly two hours.
Update: For all those who missed it, the museum has an unedited, archived video of the entire procedure here.
Public dissection of giant squid [Museum Victoria] : Slashdot : Thanks, Dub Tea!
Categories: Squid, Cephalopods, Science
Posted at 7:35 pm on July 16, 2008
8 Comments -
best thing ever!!! tnx a lot
Comment by vrtx — July 16, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
Thanks so much for throwing this up there, Ross, it just so happened I was cruising through at just the right time, though with no comments, I’m wondering if we were the only ones that got to enjoy it…what a sad thought…
Comment by Nikolai — July 16, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
I retract my previous statement about no comments ;) glad someone else got to see it too
Comment by Nikolai — July 16, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
Argh, four hours late.
Please update when they release the video for download =)
Comment by Jack — July 17, 2008 @ 12:53 am
Awesome. And to think I came here after reading today’s lio comic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19798680?cat=lio
Sure it can’t compete with todays funnier webcomics, but considering that this comes out on paper somewhere when all I get is fucking bc and marmaduke.
At any rate this was cool. I’ll download the video soon enough.
Comment by Hlaode — July 17, 2008 @ 12:55 am
I’m glad you guys enjoyed it. I apologize to those who missed it for giving such short notice. Believe me, had I known sooner, it would have gone up much earlier.
Comment by Ross Rosenberg — July 17, 2008 @ 10:55 am
Dammit, free squid dissection porn. Missed it.
Comment by SM — July 17, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
…and here’s an updated link:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/giantsquid
Comment by monts — July 21, 2008 @ 1:02 am