I have written here before about how I won't eat octopi or cuttlefish or
even squid because they have high intelligence. But they spawn like
mad and bring all these tiny embryonic non-thinking (for about a year or
two) replicas into being - a few of which grow up to be the big smart
guys I won't eat.

This gets into difficult territory so I'm cross-posting this note to
alt.abortion..


NOT!!

actually alt.veg..

Howard Johnson;848658 Wrote:
I have written here before about how I won't eat octopi or cuttlefish or

even squid because they have high intelligence. But they spawn like
mad and bring all these tiny embryonic non-thinking (for about a year
or
two) replicas into being - a few of which grow up to be the big smart
guys I won't eat.

Howard:

I've always enjoyed tako even though its one of the least expensive
items to top off your sushi. They are a carnivore so I don't have any
trouble eating them before they eat me. Years ago, I used to make tako
sandwiches which would surprise many Japanese when I told them about it
(tastes great).

Several decades back, while eating tako at a sushiya, I was told that
you can tell the gender by the layout of the suckers. One gender has
the suckers in a geometric layout while the other gender is somewhat
irregular in spacing on the tenticles. I don't know if that is true or
not, but you can see it and it made for an interesting bit of trivia at
the time.

Kanpai. -- Rik


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Rik Brown

Walter Rhee;848960 Wrote:
Do a google search (web plus image) on "hectocotylus". And a google
group search with the following key words:
hectocotylus Walter Rhee

Walter:

Thanks for the enlightenment. I never knew that. Very interesting "Food
for thought" as they say. But having eaten tako constantly for 30+ years
(not to mention quite a few items in Asia that just don't make the menu
in the USA by law), I'll keep on consuming it. If it tastes good, I eat
it.

Cheers! -- Rik


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Rik Brown