Is she the real octomom? A 63-year-old woman from South Korea has become "pregnant with" baby squid after eating calamari. According to a report by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the woman was eating a whole cooked squid with its internal organs intact when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her mouth. Doctors described what they saw as "bug-like organisms".

Upon closer examination, the doctors found "baby cephalopods" stuck to her mouth. Doctors removed the twelve bug-like organisms, which were stuck to her gums, tongue and cheek. Inside the pods were "ejaculatory apparatus" and sperm - which doctors later identified as "squid spermatophores".

The report states that the woman "did not swallow the portion, but spat it out immediately". She later "complained of a pricking and foreign-body sensation in the oral cavity."


According to the report, "'Twelve small, white spindle-shaped, bug-like organisms stuck in the mucous membrane of the tongue, cheek, and gingiva [gums] were completely removed, along with the affected mucosa.  On the basis of their morphology and the presence of the sperm bag, the foreign bodies were identified as squid spermatophores."


It is not known how the spermatophores were implanted onto the skin. Danna Staaf of Science 2.0 said:  "The skin on your hands, and most of the rest of your body, is much too thick to get stuck. I've probably had hundreds of spermatophores ejaculate on my fingers and never felt a sting."

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