I always like to gross people out at restaurants, pointing out what they’re eating. I was at Yum Cha yesterday and enjoyed some deep fried squid tentacles (kind of like the calamari rings, but the other half).
Did you know what these stringy, “elasticky” things are at the centre of each tentacle? You can tug at them and they’ll spring back.
They’re nerves! Squids have the largest nerve or all animals and this is why they’re used extensively in neurology (the study of nerves and brains and all that stuff). So, we have the Mr Squid to thank for all the knowledge and advances we’ve made in the world of neurology.
