Paris Gets First “Plastinated” Sea Creature
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
France’s National Museum of Natural History unveiled the world’s first “plastinated” squid on Tuesday. The 21 foot monster was donated by New Zealand and named in honour of a creature featuring in Maori legend.
Plastination is done by replacing the animal’s water, fat and other liquids with a polymer that hardens. This way, the squid to be viewed in a dry, solid state, rather than in a jar filled with formalin or alcohol.
The squid was hauled up in January 2000 at a depth of 2,000 feet by fishermen off New Zealand.
They should send some of this plastination stuff to Damien Hirst.
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They did a good job, but that eyeball looks like one of those googly-eyes that comes in a pack of 50 from the drug store.
When I first saw the title of this post I thought you meant Paris Hilton.
So did I! I was thinking she got some new beauty treatment…