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Three hundred year old pen and ink drawing of a "strange and large" bat.

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New Guinea Bat

July 2010

Published in 1882 by Yale Professor A.E. Verrill, this is the first scientific illustration of a giant squid.

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First Scientific Illustration of Giant Squid

January 2010

Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.

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From Mermen to Architeuthis, Our Fascination with the Giant Squid

December 2009

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Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.

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Mermen? Sea Monks? Or Giant Squid?

January 2010