With Halloween just around the corner, I was hoping this would be a story about a demon-like vampire that lived in the depths of the sea and killed and maimed innocent victims by the masses… but of course things aren’t always what they seem. According to most vampire legends, vampires live solely on blood…so with
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Squid Dances to Cypress Hill ‘Insane in the Membrane’
TIL…Squids may or may not dig Cypress Hill. How do I know? The folks over at Backyard Brains hooked up an iPod playing ‘Insane in the membrane’ to a Longfin Inshore squid…of course since the subject has no ears, they pulled off the earbuds and placed the wire into the fin nerve. In turn the
Clam Chowder – Doritos Epic New Flavor
I have tried shrimp flavor chips which left a horrible taste of disgust in my mouth, why Doritos would create a flavor derived from a freshwater mussel is beyond me. Apparently, the chips themselves are more refined than normal. Instead of the low-rent cheese powder, the flavor is distributed subtly and smoothly across the famous
How to lose your Appetite in 43 Seconds – Headless Dancing Squid
I think I just lost my appetite! WHY? Odori-don…Literally “dancing squid rice bowl”. A live squid with its head removed is served on top of a bowl of sushi rice, accompanied by sashimi prepared from the head (usually sliced ika (squid) and ika-kimo (squid liver)) as well as other seafood. The dancing is bad enough,
Proof that Giant Squids were Killed by Sound
Can sound really kill? According to experts, giant squids that were found dead off the coast of Spain nearly 10-years ago were murdered by powerful sound pulses from nearby ships. According to Michel André, a marine bioacoustician at Barcelona’s Technical University of Catalonia, noise pollution in the ocean is having a much broader effect on
The First Liquor Bottle to Go 3D – Kraken Spiced Rum
I don’t know about you, but everything turns to 3D after a few shots of the hard stuff. Honestly I never thought I would see the day when alcohol would go high tech. Enter Kraken, the spiced rum named after a mythical giant squid; these indistinctive bottles will carry limited-edition labels with a blurry, red-and-blue
