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The One Species at a Time podcast series is supported by the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Giant Squid live in the deep
sea and are rarely seen by humans. Recently, however, some
Japanese fishermen accidentally captured a still living Giant Squid (it
died soon after being brought to the surface). Although glimpsing a living
Giant Squid is more cephalopod excitement than most
of us can ever hope for, visitors to the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of
Natural History can see two beautifully preserved and displayed specimens
from Spain, a large female and a smaller male. How did they get here? A
one-ton, 26-foot squid can't fit in your carry-on luggage. Listen to
Encyclopedia of Life’s One Species at a Time podcast about how museum
exhibit designers transported this enormous animal from Spain to Washington,
D.C. in an effort dubbed "Operation Calamari".
