Octopus, squid, cuttlefish

Those things about cuttlefish

Introduction of cuttlefish

Cuttlefish, also known as squid, TA's history can be traced back as early as 21 million years ago in the Miocene cuttlefish is the earliest of the shellfish is a kind of shellfish, oyster is a close relative of the evolution of the argillaceous stone from the evolution of the process of evolution, the shells gradually moved inside the body to form the Nowadays, squid bones are also called sea john crags in Chinese medicine.

Can be used for medicinal purposes, with the effect of astringency and stop bleeding cuttlefish most obvious feature that is a well-developed to stay in the sac in the encounter with the enemy that will be sprayed out of the ink, in addition to cuttlefish is also a master of the color change, in the body of the millions of red, yellow, blue, black and other pigment cells, can be 1-2 seconds with the changes in the surrounding environment and produce changes.

Cold knowledge about cuttlefish

Squid reproduction is very special, the squid in the breeding of the next generation because of habitual reasons will lose their appetite and thus die, in the absence of any protection, the baby cuttlefish will have to learn to survive on their own, the first period of the main food plankton and algae, and later on the rely on the color change and ink spraying to forage for food and to avoid the risk.

In such an environment under the growth of cuttlefish, seemingly lovely, in fact, unusually cunning and fierce cuttlefish are all treasures, of which cuttlefish juice is not only edible and nutritional value is not low, but also the major classic Western special seasoning, in Spain, Italy and other Mediterranean countries are particularly prevalent, associated with seafood risotto, cuttlefish juice pasta and other food.

About Squid

Introduction of squid

Squid, because the body shape like the head of a red tasseled gun is known as the gun squid, in some parts of the trunk of the squid will be called soft fish. Squids have 10 wrists, two of which are particularly elongated and well-developed and are used primarily for hunting food, while the other eight are used for grasping and transporting objects, and similar to cuttlefish, squids have an internal shell.

But in the degradation into a translucent sheet of the right picture is the world's largest invertebrate - the king of the acid plasma squid, also known as the giant gun squid, is a typical deep-sea giant squid, the body length of about 10 meters, mainly distributed in the barriers to the extreme deep-sea waters, with the largest eyes in the animal kingdom.

Extended culture about squid

Fried squid: in the workers, fired also become fried squid, this is because the fried squid will be slowly rolled into a brief, very similar to the appearance of the "rolled up and left". And in the night market fried squid is a true barbecue classic, in every tired night off work, soothe the taste buds of workers.

The Squid Game:Last year's hit Korean TV series about a survival game is so named because circles, triangles and squares are drawn on a flat-floor board shaped like squids, and squids will fight each other, a metaphor for the brutality of the game.

About the octopus

About the octopus

The octopus is the common name for crags, and because the octopus has eight yards it is also known as the octopus. Octopus on each yard are 2 columns of special suction cups, these suction cups suction is particularly large, sucked after it is difficult to get rid of the octopus has no meat Og.

It has also been completely returned to the inner shell, so the creation of the octopus very soft body, can often see the octopus can be drilled into all kinds of narrow bottles or shells octopus is very good at cross-dressing, not only through the pigment cells can quickly change the color of the body surface, but also can simulate the marine environment as well as at least 15 kinds of animals, the picture on the right is the anthropomorphic octopus simulation of halibut.

Highly intelligent octopus

Octopus is the world's invertebrates in the highest IQ animals, there are three hearts, nine brains and more than 500 million neurons, in addition to the central brain, each tentacle has an independent brain, not entirely controlled by the central brain, can help octopus to control the action of the octopus swimming octopus's high intelligence is not only embodied in the strong ability to mimic the cross-dressing.

And there is also a strong learning ability, guided by the octopus can learn human action easily unscrew the can in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, there is an octopus named Paul predicted the results of the game 8 times all guessed, the right picture is Paul predicted the results of the match between Spain and Germany last Spain 1:0 victory, and in the end succeeded in topping.

Summary of the difference between squid & octopus & cuttlefish

Octopus, cuttlefish, squid

Alias: octopus, squid, gun squid.

Head shape: round sac, flat garden, cone shape.

Number of tentacles: 8, 10, 10.

Whether there is an inner shell: no, yes, thick and large, yes, translucent state.

Whether there are fleshy scales: none, yes,around the body, yes,at the end of the body.

Whether it sprays ink: no, yes, sprays most, yes, sprays weakly.

Whether it changes color: yes, yes, only a small portion does.

Summary:Octopus, squid and cuttlefish all belong to the cephalopod class of organisms, in addition to the shape of the head, their biggest obvious difference is firstly in the number of tentacles, octopus has only 8, the squid and cuttlefish both have 10, of which 2 are particularly long. Secondly on the inside of the body, the octopus gradually removed its inner shell during evolution, while the squid and octopus still retain their inner shells, but there is also a clear difference between these 2.

Things about diet

About the nutritional benefits of octopus, squid and cuttlefish

Just as both fish and cuttlefish must be cooked before consumption, octopus can be eaten raw, but it is more recommended to eat it cooked, all three of them belong to the low-fat and high-protein food, rich in amino acids, vitamins, minerals and so on. Very suitable for hard laborers.

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