Don't nuke the colossal squid!
Category: Cephalopods
Posted on: March 22, 2007 10:11 AM, by PZ Myers
It'll make it all rubbery!
I hadn't realized that there were microwave ovens around capable of handling a half-ton of meat.
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I don't know how they can manage not to cook the thing. I have trouble just defrosting a chicken breast fillet without the borders getting cooked.
Posted by: andyo | March 22, 2007 10:40 AM
Great. Now they're going to require a gigantic paper towel.
This frakkin' squid is worse than The Pearl and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie combined.
Posted by: DaveX | March 22, 2007 11:03 AM
Well, if it all goes wrong, they get in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest ever portion of calamari.
Posted by: paulh | March 22, 2007 11:08 AM
Geez, haven't they seen any monster movies from the 50's? The moment you irradiate an animal, it becomes gigantic and rampages across cities. Imagine what will happen when you do this to a creature that's 'colossal' to being with!
(And don't tell me it's not a problem 'cause it's already dead. That's what they thought about the Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.)
Posted by: gg | March 22, 2007 11:15 AM
Speaking of squid, I noticed yesterday that my local Wal-Mart is now selling Squid Soap. Fun for all!
Posted by: Carlie | March 22, 2007 11:42 AM
>>Imagine what will happen when you do this to a creature that's 'colossal' to being with!
It will shrink. :) "Honey, I Shrunk the Squid" doesn't sound like a good movie title, though.
Posted by: Commissar Dragunov | March 22, 2007 11:57 AM
Sorry if this ends up being a double or triple post, but I'm having problems getting this comment to appear. Anyway...
I'm not a biologist, so somebody tell me why they couldn't just put the squid in a big tub of formaldehyde and let it defrost in there. Wouldn't the formaldehyde keep the outer parts from rotting while the inner parts were thawing? Or is there a good reason why this can't be done?
Posted by: Fatboy | March 22, 2007 1:22 PM
I can't get the video to work, but anyway, how can anyone think this is good solution? It seems like a bad idea to take a risk on such a priceless specimen.
Posted by: Sarda Sahney | March 22, 2007 1:31 PM
Favorite quote from the article:
"calamari rings made from it would be like tractor tyres"
8-) !
Posted by: Eamon Knight | March 22, 2007 2:01 PM
How do you think these people http://www.ancientwood.com/ get kauri boardsdown to useable moisture content?
fusilier, who'd love to spend the next year planing THAT suckah with a L-N 40 1/2
James 2:24
Posted by: fusilier | March 22, 2007 2:59 PM
Are you kidding?
They make microwaves large enough to cook a whole crowd...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_Weapons
... for the day when the kraken rise up and demonstrate against US policy, I assume.
Posted by: BennyP | March 22, 2007 4:10 PM
I guess they aren't going to use a vat of ethylene glycol or propylene glycol solution to do this?
Posted by: Dark Matter | March 22, 2007 7:47 PM
gg: "Geez, haven't they seen any monster movies from the 50's? The moment you irradiate an animal, it becomes gigantic and rampages across cities. Imagine what will happen when you do this to a creature that's 'colossal' to being with!"
Oh no - I live in a city in New Zealand. You've got me worried now - how do I protect myself?
Posted by: Ptaylor | March 23, 2007 3:13 AM
Ah, but Ptaylor it won't be a problem. We're nuclear free remember? Radioactive mutant squid would be illegal, so it would just have to go and bother the Australians.
Posted by: James | March 23, 2007 8:26 AM
Colossal Squid is the new Jumbo Shrimp. I'll have mine breaded, thanks.
Posted by: Occam's Electric Razor | March 23, 2007 8:38 AM
Ptaylor wrote: "Oh no - I live in a city in New Zealand. You've got me worried now - how do I protect myself?"
Well, I would say, "You're in my prayers," but this is REALLY the wrong blog for that.
Maybe somebody could also irradiate a sperm whale to defeat the colossal squid. Of course, then you'd have a giant sperm whale to deal with.
Posted by: gg | March 23, 2007 11:22 AM
By not going to Tokyo. Ever.
Posted by: David Marjanović | March 23, 2007 8:22 PM
Irradiate godzilla.
Again.
Posted by: blf | March 23, 2007 8:23 PM