Title: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 08:16:28 AM
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 08:16:28 AM
Watched a great TV programme last night Inside natures giants - The Giant Squid (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/inside-natures-giants/episode-guide/series-2/episode-4)
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.
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.
QuoteThe 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.
Title: Re: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: PoopShoot on October 16, 2010, 01:05:42 PM
Post by: PoopShoot on October 16, 2010, 01:05:42 PM
Choke on a clam > Brain damage. Good job, god.
Title: Re: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 03:48:51 PM
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 03:48:51 PM
Quote from: "PoopShoot"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.
Title: Re: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: PoopShoot on October 16, 2010, 04:09:05 PM
Post by: PoopShoot on October 16, 2010, 04:09:05 PM
Quote from: "Tank"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.Quote from: "PoopShoot"Choke on a clam > Brain damage. Good job, god.A squid can't choke as it has gills.
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Title: Re: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 04:12:36 PM
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 04:12:36 PM
Quote from: "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.Quote from: "Tank"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.Quote from: "PoopShoot"Choke on a clam > Brain damage. Good job, god.A squid can't choke as it has gills.
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Title: Re: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: PoopShoot on October 16, 2010, 04:16:52 PM
Post by: PoopShoot on October 16, 2010, 04:16:52 PM
Quote from: "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.
Title: Re: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on October 16, 2010, 04:21:08 PM
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on October 16, 2010, 04:21:08 PM
Quote from: "PoopShoot"Quote from: "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.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Also, thanks for another example of the Designer's handiwork.
Title: Re: Squiddly, why does your throat run through your brain?
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 04:44:34 PM
Post by: Tank on October 16, 2010, 04:44:34 PM
Quote from: "PoopShoot"I enjoy snark killingQuote from: "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.
