Monday, April 23, 2012

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt Squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire, here is a squid eye.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire, these are the suckles from squid tentacles.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire, these are several squid beaks.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire.  Here Ian demonstrates how the squid breaths and uses its defense mechanism when escaping predators.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire.  Ian shows a slideshow of when he was doing research on a ship through Monterey Bay, California, the Inside Passage of Alaska, and the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire.  Ian dissects the squid sample in order to study its internal organs, also to find out what sex it is, this is a female squid.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire.  The squid has been dissected for everyone to view its internal organs and to find out what sex it is.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Scientist Ian Wilson of Colarado State University presented the Humboldt squid to the second graders at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire.  After the squid has been dissected, the kids feel the textures of its organs and skin and look closely with magnify glasses.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

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