Dr. Clyde Roper @ Mote Marine Lab, 1/28/2008

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Dr. Clyde Roper, courtesy of Mote [200x150, 36K]Dr. Clyde Roper, world-renowned teuthologist will be giving a presentation at Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL this coming Monday.

Giant Squid: Who’s Chasing Whom?

Mote’s 2008 Special Lecture Series continues next week with the lecture “Who’s Chasing Whom? The Quest for the World’s Largest Calamari, the Giant Squid,” by Dr. Clyde Roper, Zoologist Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. On Monday, Jan. 28, Dr. Roper will trace the historical legends and concepts based on the giant squid and present results of his deep-sea expeditions in search of the squid with National Geographic and the Discovery Channel in addition to subsequent attempts by colleagues.

Dr. Roper, an Adjunct Scientist at Mote, has had a long-standing relationship with the organization and was instrumental in obtaining the giant squid specimen that is on permanent exhibit at Mote Aquarium.

The Special Lecture Series will continue every Monday until March 10 and all lectures will take place at 7 p.m. in Mote’s Immersion Cinema located at 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota. Log onto www.mote.org/news for more information and brief speaker bios.

A photo of Dr. Roper and specimens jars is available for media to download.

Members of the media interested in attending any lectures should contact Jamie Tacy at 941-388-4441, ext. 228 or jtacy@mote.org.

6 Responses to “Dr. Clyde Roper @ Mote Marine Lab, 1/28/2008”

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  1. 1 kevin z
    January 25, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    Are you going to liveblog it?? live video feed?

  2. 2 Jason
    January 25, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    Doubt there will be any live feed. I was fortunate to get a chance to interview Dr. Roper last time he was at the lab. I hope to have some post-preso summary, maybe some pics. FWIW, Carl Zimmer is coming later in the lecture series, in March.

  3. 3 Claire Laffan 9 yrs old
    April 21, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Dear Dr.Clyde Roper,

    My name is Claire E. Laffan and I am 9 years old. Do you know how we don’t have much experience on Giant Squid? Do you know how we tie cameras to dolphins?

    I was thinking that we could tie a camera on a sperm whale. They are around Giant Squid a lot. I hope this helps. Please write back.

    Claire Laffan

    PS - I want to be a marine biologist when I grow up.

  4. 4 Jason
    April 21, 2008 at 9:33 pm

    Claire: your idea about tying cameras to sperm whales is a good one. Some scientist from National Geographic have tried that before. They called it their Crittercam. You can see the video on the National Geographic Web Site:

  5. 5 Alec Pitney
    May 9, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    Dear Dr. Clyde Roper,

    My name is Alec and I am 5 years old. I want to learn about squids like you when I grow up. I wish I had a real pet squid that lived in a big aquarium tank in my room. I would be so happy to work with you. I wish I was a grown-up now. I hope that you can find all the stuff about giant squid. I hope you don’t quit!

    From, Alec Pitney

  6. 6 Luke Black
    August 8, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    Dr. Roper,

    I love the giant squid and read books about it with my mommy and daddy. When I grow up I want to be a marine bioogist and study the giant squid, just like you. Keep studying and let us know if you find one alive. I am 4 years old.

    Thanks!
    Luke

    PS- As Luke’s parents, we appreciate your work and your perseverence. Thanks to Luke’s interest in the sea and it’s creatures (particularly the giant squid) we get to learn right along with him.
    Charlie and Rachael

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