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what is it about squid that octopis our mind so?
sauteed with a hint of garlic
Created on 2004-08-19 08:37:35 (#4244627), last updated 2009-07-12
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PEE ON EARTH DAY is JUNE 21st 2009:RECYCLE AND REUSE THE PHOSPHORUS WITHIN
Half the phosphorus we excrete is in our urine, from which it would be relatively easy to recover. And separating solid and liquid human waste -- which can be done in treatment plants or at the source, using specialized toilets -- would have an added advantage. Urine is also rich in nitrogen, so recycling it could offset some of the nitrogen that is currently extracted from the atmosphere, at great cost in energy.Scientific American article by David A. Vaccari
The common squid is a carnivorous mollusk belonging to the same class as the nautilus, cuttlefish, and octopus. The squid has a large head and a relatively large brain. Its body, stiffened by an interior cartilaginous skeleton, is spherical or cigar-shaped, with two lateral fins. Around the mouth are eight sucker-bearing arms and two contractile tentacles with spatulate tips; on the latter are four rows of suction cups encircled by rings of chitinous (horny) hooks. The contractile tentacles, longer than the rest, are used to seize the prey and pass it to the shorter arms, which hold it to be torn by strong jaws shaped like a parrot's beak. Squid can swim faster than any other invertebrate by rapidly expelling water from the mantle cavity through the ³funnel,² which can be turned to direct movement. Many deep-sea squid are bioluminescent. They shoot out a cloud of dark ink when pursued; one genus secretes luminescent ink.
I'm just a reformed Wall Street programmer trying to adapt to entrepreneurial small company and home life in the wilds of Ruruburbia. I raise vegetables, worms, cats, bees, turtles and occasionally hell (but not as much as I used to). So far, things are going swimmingly.
gotta love the turtles!
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