Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?

[Tank]

Watched a great TV programme last night Inside natures giants - The Giant Squid

Did you know that all molluscs, which include snails, squid and octopus had inherited a really odd trait? The common ancestor of this group grew its brain in a loop around its oesophagus. As a result the squid has this structure, its throat runs between its mouth and stomach right through its brain. Intelligent design at its very best.

The team discover that the giant squid has teeth on its tentacles and tongue, a throat that dives through the middle of its brain, and three hearts that power blue blood through a muscle-filled jet-propulsion cloak.

[PoopShoot]

Choke on a clam > Brain damage.  Good job, god.

[Tank]

Choke on a clam > Brain damage.  Good job, god.

A squid can't choke as it has gills. But God's crowning achievement risks its life every time it eats or drinks. Good job, God.

[PoopShoot]

Choke on a clam > Brain damage.  Good job, god.

A squid can't choke as it has gills.

Gills don't prevent choking, they prevent suffocation from choking.  The esophagus can still become jammed, which would cause pressure damage to the surrounding brain tissue.
 :yay:  :yay:  :hide:

[Tank]

Choke on a clam > Brain damage.  Good job, god.

A squid can't choke as it has gills.

Gills don't prevent choking, they prevent suffocation from choking.  The esophagus can still become jammed, which would cause pressure damage to the surrounding brain tissue.
 :yay:  :yay:  :hide:

The squid has a beak and radular, a sort of tooth covered file, that ensures the bits of prey cut off by the beak have to be 'scraped' into little pieces so they can be swallowed. It would be interesting to know if that process ever goes wrong.

[PoopShoot]

The squid has a beak and radular, a sort of tooth covered file, that ensures the bits of prey cut off by the beak have to be 'scraped' into little pieces so they can be swallowed. It would be interesting to know if that process ever goes wrong.

That's a little different.  I suspect that, like in people, the process is more likely to fail if the squid isn't diligent in its efforts to "chew" enough.

Anyway, thanks for killing a perfectly good bit of snark.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The squid has a beak and radular, a sort of tooth covered file, that ensures the bits of prey cut off by the beak have to be 'scraped' into little pieces so they can be swallowed. It would be interesting to know if that process ever goes wrong.

That's a little different.  I suspect that, like in people, the process is more likely to fail if the squid isn't diligent in its efforts to "chew" enough.

Anyway, thanks for killing a perfectly good bit of snark.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Also, thanks for another example of the Designer's handiwork.

[Tank]

The squid has a beak and radular, a sort of tooth covered file, that ensures the bits of prey cut off by the beak have to be 'scraped' into little pieces so they can be swallowed. It would be interesting to know if that process ever goes wrong.

That's a little different.  I suspect that, like in people, the process is more likely to fail if the squid isn't diligent in its efforts to "chew" enough.

Anyway, thanks for killing a perfectly good bit of snark.

I enjoy snark killing