Motueka District Museum 140 HIgh Street, Motueka
The Colossal Squid is so rarely seen that only eight adult colossal squid have ever been scientifically reported.
Now the Motueka District Museum in co-operation with Tasman Bay Guardians and Te Papa, is set to reveal some of the fascinating science and wonderful secrets of one of New Zealand’s most significant natural history specimens.
Colossal Squid: Freaky Features! Te Ngū Tipua centres around an interactive table displaying the lens from an eye of the Colossal Squid, part of a tentacle, and a complete tiny squid; the miniature of its colossal relative. Touchable rotating models of a squid’s tentacle hook and the Colossal Squid's beak are also on display.
The exhibition also displays two documentaries which show life in the depths of the Southern Ocean, and how the most complete Colossal Squid ever found ended up at Te Papa.
