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It just occurs to me that the Sargents at Arms-Arms-Arms for this board are squid and Jazzoctopus. Any strong-arming to be done, we know who to call. No sucker punches, though. [(w)ink-(w)ink emoticon]
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 That was truly awful, Sparteye. Go to your room.
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But which one, poor dear?
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21st C Gospels:
My lawyer's house hath many mansions...
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Jazz are you sure? I thought squids-- like star fish can have any number of arms- depending on species.. (10 being the most common number for squid, 5 for star fish)
Dr bill-- squids (and octopus) are both quite nice, breaded and deep fried, served with a spicy hot tomato based sause.. I particularly like the little ones, fried whole.. I haven't quite worked up to eating them raw--as they do in japan.. they are also nices stewed in a tomato sause and served with pasta...
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I dunno: is this the first instance on the board in which one member has discussed eating another? squid! Jazzo! Run for your lives!
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Dear Helen, when I said squid suck, I was not expression gastronomic aversion.As a double entendre, I was referring to the large number of suction cups with which they cling to things. And just to confuse things more, I just remembered reading about cuttlefish, large enough to battle whales (though the whales apparently most always win). The dictionary say the cuttlefish have eight arms and two tentacles. I wonder if that total is what is called ten arms elsewhere.
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Maybe Bean can help us-- i think--as recall-- the differences between arms and tenticles has some thing to do ith use-- a male (both octopus and squid) have at least one specialize tenticle-- with which they pass a sperm sack to the the female so that she can fertilize her eggs-- cuttle fish/squid have two tenticles for holding onto each other (male/ female) bonding and passing the sperm packet. for a creature with 8 or more arms, the whole thing seems so polite, and un touchy! and again, as i recall, female squids are a bit less receptive than octopus-- so squids tend to hold on, while transfer is going on... or maybe Jazz knows.. he's safe enough..
it impressive that i know so much about mating habit of animals.. i don't even like them that much-- not that i dislike..
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>And just to confuse things more, I just remembered reading about cuttlefish, large enough to battle whales (though the whales apparently most always win).
Dr. Bill, I must disagree. An astrophysics grad student friend and I have spent *many* an hour discussing the relative advantages of giant squid in battle with blue whales, and we've come to the conclusion that the squid would win. See, even though the whales have the sonar thing going on, in addition to sheer bulk, the squid has both speed of mobility and suction power on its side. Not to mention one well-placed tentacle could bring on asphyxia in a matter of... what... hours? That's what they call The Achilles Blowhole.
Please send suggestions for alternative hobbies by PM. Obviously they're sorely needed.
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