Is it just the larger stingrays that have a high ammonia content?
Th word from those who know, 20 years ago AND today, is that stingray meat is still sold as a substitute for scallops (and I thought I heard other types of fish, or fish products?).
(For those who don't know - other fish 'trades' happen in restaurants as well; here, a spearo will sell a sushi restaurant a Yellow Jack, and that evening it will be advertised as Yellowtail Snapper. It's a given.)
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/squ id_highlights.html
"When a giant squid washes ashore, Roper hurries to the site. He takes many photographs and measures the length and width of the squid's body the length of the tentacles and arms, and the width of the eyes. He will add the information to his collection of clues.
One clue was discovered at a party when Roper and two other scientists cooked a piece of giant squid. They expected a giant delicacy But it was awful. The taste reminded them of ammonia, a strong-smelling substance. They tested the tissue and found a lot of ammonia. They think that ammonia makes the giant squid less dense than seawater, so it won't sink. It can easily stay at a good level for finding food without constantly swimming and wasting its energy "
The claim that the highest resolution Google photos may be aerial photos seems legit, but based on a Google picture where I can see my pickup-truck, and get a feel for its relative size, I'm still leaning toward the photograph of the Chinese sub being a satellite-derived image. It just isn't high of a resolution as my Googled pickup truck.
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I'm willing to bet the "stingrays" I've heard of being used as scallops were, actually, skates.
Is it just the larger stingrays that have a high ammonia content? Th word from those who know, 20 years ago AND today, is that stingray meat is still sold as a substitute for scallops (and I thought I heard other types of fish, or fish products?). (For those who don't know - other fish 'trades' happen in restaurants as well; here, a spearo will sell a sushi restaurant a Yellow Jack, and that evening it will be advertised as Yellowtail Snapper. It's a given.)
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/squ id_highlights.html
"When a giant squid washes ashore, Roper hurries to the site. He takes many photographs and measures the length and width of the squid's body the length of the tentacles and arms, and the width of the eyes. He will add the information to his collection of clues.
One clue was discovered at a party when Roper and two other scientists cooked a piece of giant squid. They expected a giant delicacy But it was awful. The taste reminded them of ammonia, a strong-smelling substance. They tested the tissue and found a lot of ammonia. They think that ammonia makes the giant squid less dense than seawater, so it won't sink. It can easily stay at a good level for finding food without constantly swimming and wasting its energy "
Last I read, once they get that big they have a high concentration of Ammonia. You'd need a helluva lot of margheritas to wash THAT taste down.
The claim that the highest resolution Google photos may be aerial photos seems legit, but based on a Google picture where I can see my pickup-truck, and get a feel for its relative size, I'm still leaning toward the photograph of the Chinese sub being a satellite-derived image. It just isn't high of a resolution as my Googled pickup truck.