Colossal squid dissection begins

Technicians in New Zealand have begun to thaw a rare colossal squid specimen.

The operation to defrost the 10-metre (34 feet) long, half-tonne squid began on Monday afternoon in Wellington following a postponement of 24 hours.

And that's not all:

The Te Papa scientists are also defrosting a smaller, damaged colossal squid specimen, and two giant squid. The defrosting and dissection are being shown in a live webcast.

From the BBC. More discussion here, including a video link. For the official NZ site with many more news, photo, and video links, look here; particularly recommended is the blog. Ever wondered about what the hooks on these squid's arms and tentacles look like? Check out this picture.

Server transfer woes

Cronaca was transferred to a new server a few days back, at relatively short notice, and with no support to speak of. I only just got everything (mostly) working again this evening. There seems to be a glitch with the search function, when one tries to do a second search from the search results page; if you find any others, please let me know in the comments section.

At least the new server appears to be running much faster than the old one. Searches are still much too slow, but that's going to take some further efforts that I cannot invest the time in now.