Re: Fw: Dinamations Exhibit

["Allan Edels" <Edels@email.msn.com>]

To answer Larry:

    The name shown WAS _Architeuthis_ (no species name shown, as I recall
it).  I didn't write the name down, and it was nearly 5:00 AM when I wrote
my message about the exhibit.

    The squid (which appeared to be about 12-16 feet long) was wrapped
around one of the eels, and 2 other eels seemed to be disturbed from their
mutual resting/hiding place (a big rock-like structure with several large
hole in it.  The eels appeared to be very large.  Probably another
exaggeration on Dinamation's part.

    I only had 20 minutes to run through the entire mall to see the
animations.  If they had any on the upper level, I missed it.  (Dan V.,
you're close enough to have gone to the exhibit, did you see it?).  In
addition to the animations, you could get your picture taken with a
full-size sculpture of the front third of a killer whale (for only $9.95).

    Allan Edels

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Dunn <majestic_cheese@yahoo.com>

>Could this have possibly been _Architeuthis dux_, the
>giant squid, an *extant* life form? Or could it be one
>of those extinct giant squid known, predictably, only
>from its (big) beak?