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Description	Image showing the capture of the largest known specimen of the Colossal Squid in early February 2007. Colour levels adjusted to approximate those of photographs/videos on the official site.
Source	http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-squid-pictures.html
Article	Colossal squid
Portion used	one image of a series
Low resolution?	yes
Purpose of use	The image is intended to show: (a) the size of the specimen before it shrunk due to freezing/preservation (it was originally estimated to be around 10 m long, but after thawing was found to measure only 4.2 m); (b) the characteristic shape of the adult animal, of which this is the only known specimen, particularly its greatly inflated mantle (which is completely collapsed in the preserved specimen); (c) the appearance of the intact red skin of this species (the skin is always lost/damaged during capture - see preserved specimens); and (d) the method of capture with the use of spears.
Replaceable?	No free or public domain images of this specimen in its live state are known to exist.
Other information	Original copyright for this image belongs to the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries.
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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Cephalopod size
Description	Image showing the capture of the largest known specimen of the Colossal Squid in early February 2007. Colour levels adjusted to approximate those of photographs/videos on the official site.
Source	http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-squid-pictures.html
Article	Cephalopod size
Portion used	one image of a series
Low resolution?	yes
Purpose of use	The image is intended to show: (a) the size of the specimen before it shrunk due to freezing/preservation (it was originally estimated to be around 10 m long, but after thawing was found to measure only 4.2 m); (b) the characteristic shape of the adult animal, of which this is the only known specimen, particularly its greatly inflated mantle (which is completely collapsed in the preserved specimen); (c) the appearance of the intact red skin of this species (the skin is always lost/damaged during capture - see preserved specimens); and (d) the method of capture with the use of spears.
Replaceable?	No free or public domain images of this specimen in its live state are known to exist.
Other information	Original copyright for this image belongs to the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Cephalopod size//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colossal_squid_caught_in_February_2007.jpgtrue

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	15:11, 19 April 2009	No thumbnail	461 × 296 (142 KB)	Mgiganteus1 (talk \| contribs)	colour levels adjusted to match those of photos shown on the official site (http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/the-squid-files/article/catching-the-colossal-squid)

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