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Te Papa's colossal squid specimen has been moved through the streets of Wellington this morning, in preparation for its public debut.
The 4.2 metre long, 500 kilogram squid was caught by a New Zealand fishing crew in the Ross Sea in Antarctica in February last year and after a delicate operation to defrost it, was examined by scientists in April this year.
The squid and its tank were winched onto a truck early this morning and taken from the national museum's temporary laboratory in Tory St to the main museum on Wellington's waterfront. It goes on public display on December 13.
- NEWSTALK ZB
