Search: scarification healed
Why: I just saw this beautiful octopus, but it's, um, still raw bloody flesh.
Answer: Oh, they just look like fancy scars.
I'm not sure if that's the fad for me.
Source: Google Images
The More You Know: Speaking of red devils of the sea, did you see this poorly edited news story starring my favorite animal, the giant squid (except a specific kind of giant squid, not the legendary beast, the architeuthis)?
Millions of killer giant squid are not only devouring vast amounts of fish, they have even started attacking humans.Two Mexican fishermen were recently dragged from their boats and chewed so badly that their bodies could not be identified even by their own families.
No wonder the giant squid are called "diablos rojos" - red devils.
Since 2002, Humboldt giant squid have been spreading their tentacles to deplete fishing stocks by moving from their traditional tropical hunting grounds off Mexico and laying claim to a vast sweep of the Pacific.
Hunting in 1,000-strong packs the giant squid can out-swim and out-think fish. Scientists believe they coordinate attacks by using pigment cells to communicate.
Marine biologists wear chain-mail to protect themselves from creatures that can measure 8ft, weigh 100lb and carry an armoury of more than 40,000 fearsome teeth along two “attack” tentacles.
The creatures have another eight “legs” for grasping and swimming and can reach speeds of more than 15mph.
Former US special forces diver Scott Cassell has put his life on the line to study the squid. He too has been attacked.
He said: “Within five minutes my right shoulder had been pulled out of its socket. I had 30 big marks on my head and throat and one squid hit me so hard I saw stars. They then grabbed on to me and pulled me down so fast that I could not equalise and I ruptured my eardrum.
“They are the most opportunistic predators on the planet. They eat everything in their path."
