Pecha Kucha Science Session in Welington February 2011. Showcases how entertaining Pecha Kuchas can be and how great the format is to force some discipline on the presenters. It also was a huge honour to share the stage with the late Sir Paul Callaghan, New Zealander of the year, and all-round science legend.

1. The Kraken Rises - by dr sea rotmann

2. Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

3. Leviathan, Ziz and Behemoth. Bible Illustration Ulm 1238 "Destruction of Leviathan". 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré thomas hobbes Leviathan cover (1651)
vase from ancient konrinth titian, 1553-59. perseus und andromeda, wallace collection
in the beginning...

4. 13th century norse poem ‘the edda’ Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus of 1539 by Olaus Magnus thomas hobbes Leviathan cover (1651)
bob eggleton ‘the kraken’
theodor kittelsen, norwegian folk tales david eagleton, 2004
the norse kraken

5. canadian illustrated news, october 17, 1877 thomas hobbes Leviathan cover (1651)
pierre denys de montford 1810 mariner’s museum newport virginia alecton squid sighting nov 1861
real kraken sightings

6. First live giant squid photographed tsunemi kubodera thomas hobbes Leviathan cover (1651)
colossal squid captured off antactica, 22 Feb 2007
new zealand herald, steve o’shea
colossal squid at te papa, wellington
recent kraken sightings

7. giant squid vs whale john a l osborn 2000
who is the real kraken?

8. synaostasy 2007
kraken biology

9. andrewgray.com
P z mayers scienceblogs.com
kraken evolution

10. census of marine life
kraken diversity

11. adapted from claire nouvian ‘the deep’
vampyroteuthis infernalis

12. andrewgray.com
kraken behaviour

13. andrewgray.com
kraken behaviour

14. roger steene, coral seas
the wonderpuss

15. adapted from claire nouvian ‘the deep’
kraken influencing popular culture

16. kraken in popular culture

17. scienceblogs.com
http://projectfidgetyfingers.blogspot.com
http://projectfidgetyfingers.blogspot.com
pulpos: suava intelligencia
kraken intelligence?

18. kraken human intelligence?

19. http://earthhopenetwork.net/Bush_chimp.htm
kraken human intelligence?

20. are they taking over?