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One of the most unique catches has been taken aboard fishing. ships in the Antarctic Sea of Ross. The crew pulled a creature out of the water with tentacles like hoses, and eyes-plates.
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Ship captain John Bennet and his crew were stunned when saw a giant squid weighing 350 kilograms and the size of minibus. The creature was raised with almost two kilometers depths. The squid is a female and each of her eight tentacles in length exceeds meter. Two of them, as researchers from New Zealand may have been twice as large, however there were damaged.
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Kat Bolstad from Auckland University of Technology, which leads the creature team, described him as “very large and very beautiful “underwater inhabitant.
“This is essentially an intact sample, which gives us an unprecedented opportunity to study it, “she said.
Throughout history, this is only the second intact sample to hit into the hands of scientists.
“We were very pleased to find that this is a female in which there were several eggs, Bolstad told reporters. – It, by far the biggest squid I’ve ever had see”.
Giant squids are often described by sailors in their fantastic stories, but they are rarely seen. It is noteworthy that Bennett and his team have already caught two of them. Their first giant squid was delivered seven years ago to The National Museum of New Zealand at The Papa, where it is located to this day day as an exhibition copy.
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According to the museum’s senior curator, scientists hope to learn more. about what place the creature takes in the food chain, how much There are genetic variations among the various types of squid, and basic facts about how huge animals live and die.
After the squid has been studied in detail by scientists, it will exhibited for public viewing.
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