Live Giant Squid Dissection Tomorrow 95
BoogieChile writes "The dissection of a 245 kilo giant squid caught off the coast of Portland, Victoria in May will take place tomorrow at the Museum of Victoria. In a first for the museum, the event is open to the public and will also be streamed live to the internet from the University's website, starting at 0130GMT on the 17th of July."
Seems inhumane (Score:5, Funny)
First look (Score:4, Funny)
afterwards (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Seems inhumane (Score:5, Funny)
No, they can't, because they want it to be streaming.
Re:First look (Score:2, Funny)
Yes.. I figure they would have gotten some interrogators from Abu Gahraib since the squid's mantle vaguely looks like a turban.
Can't wait.... (Score:5, Funny)
Dissecting a live web caching server is risky (Score:1, Funny)
On the other hand, when your squid [squid-cache.org] stops caching, sometimes dissection is the best way to troubleshoot the problem.
Re:First look (Score:5, Funny)
Did anyone else think they meant they were going to dissect a live squid.
I was picturing some of the Old Ones (Lovecraftian) having something to gurgle about that! ;)
Re:First look (Score:3, Funny)
More appropriate would be the farside cartoon (Score:5, Funny)
Obligitory Dr. Quinn (Sealab 2021) quote (Score:3, Funny)
"That giant squid ain't messin' round!"
Re:Seems inhumane (Score:1, Funny)
The More You Know!
Always speak in complete sentences. Fragments? Never.
Everyone Please come by between 7-10pm. (Score:3, Funny)
Everyone, PLEASE remember to come by the museum for a squid buffet and all the dipping sauces!
Please remember it is 7-10PM. If you come after 10pm, we will have to-go boxes of squid by the front entrance.
PLEASE come everyone!
Thank you,
Museum of Victoria Management
you must not live near norwegians (Score:2, Funny)
Re:afterwards (Score:4, Funny)
Better get splunk (Score:2, Funny)
If one of their squid logfiles is 245k... imagine going through a month's worth of that to find out when Johnson in Accounting visited xxxanimalfarm.com.
Monty Squidthon (Score:4, Funny)
Mrs Premise: I dissected the squid yesterday; took 6 hours.
Mrs. Conclusion: 6 hours!?
Mrs. Premise: Wouldn't hold still...
Re:Giant? (Score:1, Funny)
245 Kg doesn't sound like much of a 'giant' to me. Is it a juvenile?
You're an American, aren't you? ;)
Re:afterwards (Score:3, Funny)
For the rest of the day my mouth tasted like a cat's piss. Vile stuff.
And, er, how would you know what cat's piss tastes like?
Re:Giant? (Score:3, Funny)
it's, "quarterre of a tonne."
Re:afterwards (Score:4, Funny)
You forgot bugs. They're the hands-down winner, not just in terms of bio-mass but in human diet, too. Man eating bugs!
What about man eating man-eating bugs? It's like a klein buffet!
Re:These things are very rare to catch (Score:3, Funny)
A true scientist would consider the obvious explanation that live giant squids don't exist.