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Cooked Squid Inseminates Woman's Mouth
By Mikaela Conley
Here's one not for the squeamish, from South Korea: A semi-cooked squid inseminated a woman's mouth, according to a paper published in the Journal of Parasitology. After experiencing "severe pain in her oral cavity" when she bit into her seafood, the woman spit out her meal but continued to feel a lingering "pricking" sensation.

Doctors found that the 63-year-old woman had "small, white spindle-shaped bug-like organisms" lodged in the mucous membrane of her tongue, cheek and gums.

Despite having been boiled, the dead squid's live spermatophores, or sperm sacks, were alive and penetrated the woman's mouth. The sacks, which contain ejaculatory devices, forcefully release sperm and a "cement" that attaches the sperm to a wall.

Not to worry, calamari lovers. Most Western-world squid preparation removes the squid's internal organs, leaving only its muscle for eaters to enjoy, according to Danna Staaf, who writes the blog Squid a Day, published on Science 2.0.

Seafood, anyone?

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[El]

OH DEAR GOD THAT IS NOT OK

 

["couldbecousin"]

   Another reason to continue avoiding sushi. 

[odeon]

Fucking hell.

['andersom']

* awaits new episode of mythbusters, where again, they will not talk about how getting pregnant through the mouth is not likely to happen *

[renaeden]

I just read of this on my Yahoo email page. It doesn't say how long she had the squid spermatophores in her mouth before she went to the doctors.

[Al Swearegen]

"If you knew Sushi like i knew sushi...oh ..oh ...oh what a squid"

[Bastet]

That's just nasty. Reminds me of that dream I had where I had these painful suction cup looking things was growing out of my skin on my hands and wrists. It was bizarre. I kept cutting them off and they kept growing back. Also they seemed to be alive in that they moved like sea anemone. Creepy dream.

[Icequeen]

Never ate it, never will now. 

[Callaway]

I have had calamari before, but no squid sushi.