Scientists draw squid . . .


	Scientists draw squid . . .

cakebelly

8-22-2009 1:21 PM

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. . using its 150 million-year-old fossilised ink

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8-22-2009 2:03 PM

handleriii

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8-24-2009 11:18 AM

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That is fantastic!

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					By <A href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/murray-wardrop/" title="Murray Wardrop">Murray Wardrop</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/5794280/Scientists-draw-squid-using-its-150-million-year-old-fossilised-ink.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/124ECC74-0CCC-45F9-A92D-8646A66155B5" alt="Scientists draw squid using its 150 million-year-old fossilised ink" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/5794280/Scientists-draw-squid-using-its-150-million-year-old-fossilised-ink.html"><P>
Paleontologists discovered the remains of the creature, called a 
  Belemnotheutis antiquus, during a dig at a Victorian excavation in 
  Trowbridge, Wilts. 
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They cracked open what appeared to be an ordinary looking rock only to find 
  the one-inch-long black ink sac inside. 
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After realising what they had stumbled across, they took out a small sample of 
  the black substance and ground it up with an ammonia solution. 
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Remarkably, the ink they created was good enough to allow them to draw the 
  squid-like animal and write its Latin name. 
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Other examples of sea creature were also discovered giving the scientists an 
  excellent opportunity to study the species. 
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Dr Phil Wilby, who led the excavation, said the fossil is an ancient creature 
  similar to the modern-day squid. 
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He said: "Normally you would find only the hard parts like the shell and 
  bones fossilised but there are a handful of locations around the world where 
  soft preservation of the muscle, guts and gills has taken place. 
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