NATURE: Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation We go on safari to reintroduce you to some famous elephants in ECHO OF THE ELEPHANTS: THE NEXT GENERATION. Meet renowned researcher Cynthia Moss, who has studied the matriarch Echo and her elephant family for a quarter of a century, and visit Amboseli National Park, the peaceful home of these majestic creatures. Learn some new facts about the ways that highly social elephants communicate with each other, and browse our Resources section for further information both in print and on the Web. Be sure to check out the broadcast schedule for the 1998-1999 season, give us your feedback about the television programs and the Web site, see the winners from our Contests for Kids, and check out our Puzzles & Fun page. Production Credits. Videotaping Rights:Teachers, you may assign programs to your students for viewing when they are first broadcast, or you have the right to tape the programs and play them for instructional purposes for one year after the original broadcast.
Science/Nature | Colossal squid goes under knife The huge eye of the world's largest squid has been revealed by scientists dissecting a rare, intact half-tonne specimen in New Zealand. About 27cm (11in) across, researchers believe the colossal squid's eye is the biggest animal eye ever found. The 10m-long (34ft) specimen has also turned out to be female, surprising the scientific team. Very little is known about colossal squid; only about 10 have ever been caught and brought to shore. This one was caught by fishermen in the Ross Sea near Antarctica last year. Scientists hope the dissection will yield new information about where and how colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) live and breed. Scientists examine the colossal squid in its saltwater bath (no sound) "These are truly amazing eyes," commented Eric Warrant from the University of Lund in Sweden, an expert on animal vision who is at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa in Wellington to take part in the dissection. Hooked on food Instead, they found ovaries containing thousands of eggs.
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