I was shopping at a fish market in Baja California and saw this really strange looking animal for sale on ice. I have never seen anything like it on sale for human consumption... so I was curious to know if anyone can explain what it it. They were small bunches of finger long tentacles that were sort of a maroon color. The skin of the tentacles looked scaley... they definitely looked like some sort of animal that anchors itself to something. The tentacle ended in white claw looking heads with white scales/plates. What could it possibly be?
2007-12-26 06:07:05 · 3 answers · asked by yeyejessi 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Not a squid...
I know my seafood pretty well, and it is not a squid, octopus, conch, or any kind of shellfish I have ever seen.
2007-12-26 06:33:29 · update #1
Not an octopus...no suction cups.
It actually looked more like a plant than an animal, like a coral. It looked like bunches that had been ripped off from wherever they were anchored.
The skin looked rough... dark maroon...
They were groups of single tentacles... I think each tentacle was a individual animal. The single stalk/tentacle ended in a claw shapes head.
2007-12-26 06:43:16 · update #2
Like this?
http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/Japan2/Tokyo%20Fish%20Market/OctopusBalledUp.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Octopuses_in_Tsukiji.JPG
Those are octopus tentacles. The heads have been cut off. The claw you saw may have been the mouth with the tentacles curled up over where the head would have been.
Edit: That sounds more like an anemone but I've never seen any for sale as food at fish markets. They aren't good for eating.
2007-12-26 06:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by Maverick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 23:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by ludlum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was probably a squid.
2007-12-26 06:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋