Gettin' the Squid On

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. Steve O'Shea (asx)

Dr. Eric Warrant and Dr. Dan-Eric Nilsson (asx)

Dr. O'Shea on Science Express (mp3)

The last hours of the webcast from the squid dissection

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