Te Papa / August 2008
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Lurking . . . while we prepare the display
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- The squid has been stitched as much as we can - Steve describes it as trying to sew two blocks of butter together. copyright Te Papa Being able to view the specimen head on gives us an idea of what meeting one of these guys would be like! copyright Te Papa All the better to see you with! And at the center of those tentacles is the beak . . . .
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Preservatives
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- Both ethanol and formalin cannot be used in large volumes in public galleries because of the hazardous nature of the chemicals. So in order to display our colossal squid we will be using a glycol solution with an antimicrobial preservative to prevent microbial growth. We have been experimenting with smaller specimens in jars.
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