Well sure, when the Japanese haul in a whale for “scientific purposes”, we’re all sceptical. But we find ourselves a Giant Squid, but apparently nobody was thinking “calamari”.
Although to be fair…
A 245kg giant squid, unwittingly caught by fisherman off the coast of Portland in May and dissected at Melbourne Museum today, would have made calamari rings the size of BMX tyres, but because of ammonia pods in the squid, it would have tasted like window cleaner, according to the museum’s deputy head of science (marine zoology), Mark Norman.
“Window cleaner” - in that case I’m pretty sure I’ve been served giant squid before.
The squid turned out to be a female, which they could only find out once they’d had a dig inside. Apparently this made the entire discovery more interesting for them, but I personally reckon they just didn’t want to have to think about this interesting fact:
Male giant squids have a penis of one-and-a-half metres, which they use like a nail gun, with the sperm placed under the skin of the females in their tentacles and head, Dr Norman said.
Who comes up with these descriptions? “Like a nail gun”. Too funny.
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What gets me is how they know how a squid performs….