Via Kevin's Other Blog, which I thought we had assimilated, I see that Te Papa has made the lectures from the Colossal Squid event earlier this month available.
Dr. Eric Warrant and Dr. Dan-Eric Nilsson (asx)
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I was just about to come and tell you about it. Thanks for the post :)
lol, well I don't have any control over my coblogger, he blogs at will.