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A Cephalopod Mystery
Topic Started: Apr 9 2012, 06:23 AM (749 Views)
zaktan
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While preparing a squid for dinner this was found...

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If the fish was the squid's prey, wouldn't it be in fine pieces by now? Or is it just an elaborate hoax concocted by the fishery staff?
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Either someone's shoved it up the mantle (either for a laugh or to sell the squid for more), or the fish got lodged there and died while it was being caught or processed.
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Would 'yo dawg' be an applicable meme here or not?
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No, memes are supposed to be funny.
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Can we please ban memes on this forum.... please! :)

Do you buy by weight? If so it could have been put in there to increase the price...
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It was probably put in there accidentally by someone working for the fishery.
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Hey, their right to get freaky ends when it goes up my nose.


I think this describes what dinosaurs are like now

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I guess its anatomic position could explain how it entered the squid; is it inside the digestive tract, or inside a cavity in which it could have entered while alive? Or is its placement more indicative of being shoved in there by someone?
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It is half the size of the squid and would have had to pass the beak and the radula, it's just not going to happen. I'm more likely to swallow a whole watermelon.
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Perhaps it could swim into the siphon or something? I admit I'm not terribly good when it comes to cephalopod anatomy...
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Can we please ban memes on this forum.... please! :)
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Bans are now banned.

And, while no expert on squid anatomy, I watched a dissection of a giant squid once on TV. It was almost certainly put there, or otherwise forced into the mantle.
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The mantle is loose; there's nothing keeping it from getting stuck when a net is closing and they're both freaking out.
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Squids don't freak out, they merely consume the world faster. With their gills. While flailing.
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well he got squid, and he got edible fish for free, I call this win win situation
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