http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged Squid en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 08:26:03 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/fishmonger-finds-bomb-inside-squid/ This may not go down as the catch of the day but a Chinese fishmonger has found a live bomb inside a squid. The fishmonger got something of a shock while gutting the squid for a customer when he found an eight-inch live bomb inside it. The fishmonger thought something was up when his knife hit something metallic (go figure). The three-foot long squid was caught off Guangdong province, China, and taken to the fish market in Jiaoling county. According to Th... ]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:20:27 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/fishmonger-finds-bomb-inside-squid/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/cooked-squid-inseminates-womans-tongue-cheek-and-gums/ Here's a story that could put you off calamari for a while. According to a scientific paper from the Journal of Parasitology, a 63-year-old Korean woman "experienced severe pain in her oral cavity immediately after eating a portion of parboiled squid along with its internal organs." She spat out the food in her mouth, but still had a "pricking and foreign-body sensation" in her oral cavity. When she went to the hospital, they removed a dozen "small, white spindle-shaped, bu... ]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:55:40 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/cooked-squid-inseminates-womans-tongue-cheek-and-gums/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/horrifying-squid-comes-to-life-and-jumps-off-plate-video/ A video of a squid coming back to life in a bowl of food recently went viral. Apparently the salt in soy sauce can activate a freshly killed squid's nerves and muscles, thereby making it "dance" and "occupy my nightmares forever." ]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:34:41 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/horrifying-squid-comes-to-life-and-jumps-off-plate-video/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/holy-mackerel-thats-a-giant-squid/ Several people were fishing over the weekend just off Florida's Atlantic coast when they pulled up a 23-foot-long squid. They say they were fishing about 12 miles offshore from Port Salerno when they saw the squid, WPTV reported. "We pulled up... thought it was something to fish on, a pallet or something like that. We looked at it, all three of us were like 'holy mackerel,' " Robert Benz told WPTV. The squid’s body is about 11 feet lon... ]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:54:48 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/holy-mackerel-thats-a-giant-squid/ http://www.wtfnews.org/out-of-this-world/oklahoma-octopus-lost-tapes/ A FRESHWATER MONSTER? The Oklahoma Octopus is a mysterious creature generally said to inhabit three lakes in Oklahoma (Lake Thunderbird, Lake Oolagah and Lake Tenkiller) where it attacks and kills unsuspecting swimmers. According to legend and rumor, this freshwater demon measures the size of a horse and resembles an octopus, with long tentacles and leathery, reddish-brown skin. Skeptics question how an octopus — an ocean creature — could survive in... ]]> Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:52:45 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/out-of-this-world/oklahoma-octopus-lost-tapes/