Dinner passed through his mind...

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On a forum that focuses on octopuses and squid, one member suggested that because the squid's food passes through his brain, the 600 kilograms size being described was probably an upper limit. He wroteOn a final note, just a thought: the feeding habits of squid are limited by the diameter of its oesophagus, limited in turn by the "need" for it to

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[c_eagle]

Alas the poor squid is poetic
But from its brain cannot express
So prose is its sole anesthetic
For of rhyming it's left in distress...

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And when some luckless urchin is pending
Cautious octopus-types might decline
For we've found octos brought to their ending
By a brain pierced by fast-eaten spine

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[c_eagle]

...in other words, listen to mama and don't schnarf your food!! ;D

[acelightning]

Does this mean that everything a cephalopod eats is food for thought?

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Mental indigestion would be unpleasant, now that you "bring it up."

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[acelightning]

I had a bad case of mental indigestion just recently, when I heard Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell express surprise and disbelief about the principle of separation of church and state being set forth in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Fortunately, I was able to refrain from mental regurgitation...

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She was right, of course. The expression "separation of church and state" was from a private letter sent during the next century (about 17 years after the Constitution was ratified, as I recall

[deckardcanine]

I'm trying to imagine (facetiously) how certain foods would affect the brain in such a body system. Gets more fun if you think of human food.

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This particular situation found its way into Octans War.

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