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Scientists holds the arms of a colossal squid as they examine the squid at a national museum facility in Wellington, New Zealand.

A rare colossal squid was dissected in New Zealand — and you can watch it on YouTube

Science

Last summer in the southern hemisphere, a fishing vessel in the Antarctic Ocean pulled up a rare creature — a 770-pound colossal squid. Only one other such animal had been pulled up intact before, surprisingly, by the same vessel. It is thought that the giant marine beast might be the origin of legends of undersea monsters. Scientists in New Zealand froze it to preserve it and just defrosted and dissected it.

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Environment

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Language abuse: ‘Damp Squid’ and your most irritating words and phrases

Arts, Culture & Media

The Takeaway talks with Jeremy Butterfield, the author of a new book called ‘A Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare,’ which features the most annoying words and phrases in the English language.

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Carol Diebel

Environment

Carol Diebel, the Director of Natural Environment at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Center, talks about the rare colossal squid captured off the coast of Antarctica that her lab is about to dissect.

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