The ocean is stranger than we think - squid edition.

[hindmost]

I don't even know what to say here so I'll let you read for yourself...

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...

http://www.science20.com/squid_day/s...ur_mouth-91085

[kelpseeker]

WOW.

[Ben V]

Ewwwwww

[Pasley]

Journal of Parasitology http://www.journalofparasitology.org...1645/GE-2827.1 Well, I'll be, the article is for real. A good reason not to eat raw or in this case under cooked (par boiled) ocean products.