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Time for another creature and this week it is the Cuttlefish which despite it's name is not a fish but a mollusc.
This oceanic master of disguise changes colour depending on its surroundings, it has eight arms, two tentacles, three hearts and one of the largest brains compared to its body size of all invertebrates. It has a sharp beak-like mouth that it uses like scissors to open flesh, it then uses its tentacles to tear out the meat.
People have at times found pieces of white feather-shaped cuttle bone washed up on a beach, it's unique to cuttlefish and what keeps it afloat. Jewellers use it to make moulds for small objects, it's often given to pet birds as a source of calcium.
“Fresh, raw cuttlefish has a texture and taste superior to squid,” Susman continues. With a light eggwhite and green-melon aroma, a texture that's tender, and a flavour that boasts mild milky notes and a fresh cream finish, they are stunning raw, but can hold their own in a deep-fried salt-and-pepper play, too
Mmmm... I'll pass for now. Green melon does zip for me.
ReplyDeleteSame here
DeleteI never heard of this fish. The eight arms and 3 hearts, along with the large brain, is definitely different.
ReplyDeleteNot surprised it is a rare creature
DeleteI only heard about it from years in the pet business where we sold cuttlebones for birds. But I didn't realize where they came from till I watched a nature show and was absolutely stunned!
ReplyDeleteYou know more then I knew which is cool
DeleteLooks like an alien! Wow
ReplyDeleteIt does
DeleteGood thing they are not called cuddlefish! lol
ReplyDeleteYeah I thought the same thing as I wrote the post
DeleteInteresting info, Jo-Anne.
ReplyDeleteI thought so
DeleteA very odd critter. I've only heard of it from Big Rude Jake, who named it in his song Blue Pariah:
ReplyDeleteAnd on a day like this in the grid-lock traffic
In the grinding gears and the razor wires
And a thousand faces and the island music
The charge electric, in the air and sky
And fresh killed flesh, and rhinestone studded ironies
Are crucified on every porch and post.
And vestal whores on second story balconies
Cuttlefish and diesel go dancing up your nose
Sadly Jake is no longer with us.
That's so cool
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