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How do they eat?
Squid possess a beak-like structure, used for the consumption of food. From the shape of that beak, and when
they feed on seeds, they break it down with their special adapted beak. Best modern theory suggests that, nightly,
the squid sneak onto the shores in search of theses necessary staples. The catch the prey with their tentecles, hold on to
the food, bite on it, and consume. Then down go the food to the brain and stomache. OUCH! It must hurt for the prey.
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Eat with manners young man.... I mean squid
The squid’s diet is composed
mainly of fish and crustaceans. The suckers on the squid’s arms are used to capture and grasp on to prey, bringing
it toward the powerful beak, also known as a mandible. Once the food is passed to the mandible by the arms, it undergoes intensive
chewing before going into the esophagus. The radula has rows of fine teeth that cover a tongue-like muscle in the squid’s
mouth. It is specially adapted to drill through and shred crustaeceans or other mollusks with shells as the food needs to
be finely ground since the squid has a one-tract digestive system, digestion occurs passing through the squid’s brain.
Talk about getting a brain freeze!
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