Cooked squid inseminates woman's tongue

[Quantum Windbag]

If you need another reason not to eat squid you will love this story.

I'm here today to talk about a very strange paper: Penetration of the oral mucosa by parasite-like sperm bags of squid: a case report in a Korean woman.

This study, published in February in the Journal of Parasitology (?!), presents the tale of a woman eating squid who experienced "severe pain" and a "pricking, foreign-body sensation" in her mouth. A doctor found and removed "twelve small, white spindle-shaped, bug-like organisms" from her tongue, cheek, and gums.

These foreign bodies were subsequently identified as squid spermatophores, which I would like to point out are not "organisms" in any way. A squid, a human, a tree--those are organisms. A spermatophore is like a cup of semen--nothing more than an aggregation of gametes. And "bug-like"? Spermatophores don't have legs. Or eyes. Or exoskeletons.

That Squid On Your Plate Could Inseminate Your Mouth

 

[Ragnar]

I knew it!

OK, I didn't "know it" but I suspected it. Then again I just got back form watching Prometheus so it figures. Just what I needed for a nice sound sleep tonight.

 

[Sherry]

I love me some fried calamari.

 

[syrenn]

eeewww.....

Thanks ill take my squid as deep fired calamari or sauted in butter, thanks.

 

[The Infidel]

A spermatophore is like a cup of semen--nothing more than an aggregation of gametes. And "bug-like"?

 

[Sherry]

A spermatophore is like a cup of semen--nothing more than an aggregation of gametes. And "bug-like"?

 

[Si modo]

A spermatophore is like a cup of semen--nothing more than an aggregation of gametes. And "bug-like"?

OMG. The poor thing. Been there.

 

[The Infidel]

Gross !

 

[Sherry]

Gross !

You'd like 144 to go??

 

[The Infidel]

Gross !

You'd like 144 to go??