New Zealand scientists thaw 1,000-pound squid corpse

Apr 29, 2008 By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer
New Zealand scientists thaw 1,000-pound squid corpse

(AP) -- Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts.



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drknowledge
1 / 5 (1) Apr 29, 2008
PhysOrg, it please do not include articles that have no new scientific information, but are just updates on scientific projects. There's nothing particularly to learn in these articles, and they get in the way of articles with new information. Thanks.
fredrick
2 / 5 (3) Apr 29, 2008
yes PhysOrg, because there just isn't enough space on the internet here for (what I think to be) superfluous articles - you know, they *get in the way* of the other articles; and I can't seem to stop myself from reading articles that I don't want to read. Help me, please PhysOrg.

BTW, I like that it has gotten 4.3/5 so far.
Commentateur
2.6 / 5 (5) Apr 29, 2008
The Octopus vs. Shark Google Ad definitely raised its value for me....
drknowledge
2 / 5 (2) Apr 30, 2008
fredrick, the issue is that I wasted my time reading an article whose contents I already knew. Such articles are fluff, created either by the projects to get more attention for themselves, or by news agencies to pad their content. The original article doubtless would have gotten 4.3/5 too, if people had been able to find it. Publishing what is effectively the same article more than once is a form of spam.
fredrick
1 / 5 (1) Apr 30, 2008
"fredrick, the issue is that I wasted my time reading an article whose contents I already knew."

-- I feel for your loss. I really do.

PhysOrg, if you do it again I'll seek reimbursments on drknowledge's behalf; and I'll have you banned from the internet for spamming.

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