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Anatomists Explore the Inner Wonders of Giant Squid
I want to dissect a giant squid. I never knew I did before I watched the Inside Nature’s Giants episode about the enormous cephalopod, but I do now.
Long-time readers know I’m an unabashed fan of the anatomical UK import – a show that delights in the innards of behemoths and what those organs can tell us about the natural history of the flayed giants. It’s refreshing to see the science put back in “science television.” (The first person to mention Mermaids will be keel-hauled.) As I wrote when I reviewed the show’s sperm whale episode, which aired in the US last January,
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