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**laperuzdfhami** · 06-16-2012, 11:52 AM

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 | The Sun

Woman ‘pregnant’ with 12 baby squid

A WOMAN became “pregnant” with 12 baby squid after eating calamari.
The shocked 63-year-old felt a sharp pain in her mouth as she bit into
a portion of whole cooked squid.

She immediately spat out the sea creature — along with its internal
organs — but could still feel “small, squirming organisms” in her mouth.

Doctors in South Korea examined the woman and found 12 squid
spermatophores attached to her tongue, cheek and gums.

A “spermatophore” is a sac of semen that implants itself in the female
squid before a mechanism shoots out sperm and fertilises her eggs.

The case was revealed in a paper by the National Centre for
Biotechnology Information in Maryland, US.

The paper says: “Twelve small, white organisms stuck in the tongue,
cheek and gums were removed. The foreign bodies were identified as
squid spermatophores.”

A similar case was reported last year after a woman ate raw seafood
in Japan.

06-16-2012, 11:52 AM	#1
laperuzdfhami Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	Woman 'Pregnant' By Squid Sat, 16 Jun 2012 \| The Sun Woman ‘pregnant’ with 12 baby squid A WOMAN became “pregnant” with 12 baby squid after eating calamari. The shocked 63-year-old felt a sharp pain in her mouth as she bit into a portion of whole cooked squid. She immediately spat out the sea creature — along with its internal organs — but could still feel “small, squirming organisms” in her mouth. Doctors in South Korea examined the woman and found 12 squid spermatophores attached to her tongue, cheek and gums. A “spermatophore” is a sac of semen that implants itself in the female squid before a mechanism shoots out sperm and fertilises her eggs. The case was revealed in a paper by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information in Maryland, US. The paper says: “Twelve small, white organisms stuck in the tongue, cheek and gums were removed. The foreign bodies were identified as squid spermatophores.” A similar case was reported last year after a woman ate raw seafood in Japan.
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