Scientists ate some of giant 'beach-ball eyes' squid
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Marine scientists studying the 10-metre long carcass of a colossal squid announced that its eyes were about 11 inches across, with a lens that is as big as an orange, meaning the new find has the largest animal eye on earth.
The beast was caught by fishermen last year off the north coast of Antarctica, and has been preserved in a huge block of ice until marine scientists were ready to examine it.
Scientists believe that the animal may not have been fully grown when it was caught, due to the shape of it's beak: "Perhaps the colossal squid gets up to 750 kilograms. That is certainly not the largest specimen out there."
One of the technicians at the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum where the squid will be housed, admitted that some of the scientists had yesterday snacked on part of another colossal squid being examined today.
"It was almost like a tua tua, you know a cockle. It was very nice. It left a real taste in your mouth and stayed for quite a while," he said.
"It was very much like [sashimi]. This is a gourmet meal. I don't know anyone else who has eaten Mesonychoteuthis."
The beast was caught by fishermen last year off the north coast of Antarctica, and has been preserved in a huge block of ice until marine scientists were ready to examine it.
Scientists believe that the animal may not have been fully grown when it was caught, due to the shape of it's beak: "Perhaps the colossal squid gets up to 750 kilograms. That is certainly not the largest specimen out there."
One of the technicians at the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum where the squid will be housed, admitted that some of the scientists had yesterday snacked on part of another colossal squid being examined today.
"It was almost like a tua tua, you know a cockle. It was very nice. It left a real taste in your mouth and stayed for quite a while," he said.
"It was very much like [sashimi]. This is a gourmet meal. I don't know anyone else who has eaten Mesonychoteuthis."
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I caught up with the scientist later. This is what he thought about eating the eyeball.
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- Scott_Bromley
- 3 months ago
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My! What big eyeballs you have!
I think this is cool. I wonder what they're trying to figure out by dissecting the thing though... -
:::gag:::
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tasty.
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That sounds like a lot of Calamari!! Get out the bathtub of tartar sauce!!!
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Is eating part of the scientific procedure?
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- joshuaheller
- 3 months ago
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Eye was wondering if the eye of the squid is actually edible. Eye would think the eye would taste pretty gross.
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It is weird to think that we don’t know a lot about the ocean and yet it takes up 70% of our earth. On a side note who would think to eat an eye?
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Ew! Imagine cutting in to a giant eye ball. EW!
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actually, we really have only discovered about 10% of the entire animal and sea-life population...
i think it leaves room for a blue tiger....dont ya think? -
Nice specimen - don't eat the damn specimens and tell about it.
That just encourages more fishing of them and another species being over fished.-
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- VoyagerFilms
- 3 months ago
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dont knock it till you tried it
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- keeshii768
- 3 months ago
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Haha, last time I checked, you weren't supposed to EAT your specimens, but oh well, you gotta eat, right?
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- bluesoldier11
- 3 months ago
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