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63-year-old woman ‘impregnated’ by squid after she ate raw seafood with organs still attached

When doctors examined the woman, they discovered "12 small, white spindle-shaped, bug-like" sperm bags embedded in her tongue and gums.

The foreign bodies were identified as squid spermatophores - sperm-containing capsules - belonging to a Japanese flying squid, or Todarodes pacificus.

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