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[Dr. Awkward]

Kaitei no mitsu is an animal...

[Kraker]

Re: Kaitei no mitsu is an animal...

[Hurley]

Isn't honey considered a by-product of saliva secretions by bees in the process of hive building?

[smartmart]

Re: Kaitei no mitsu is an animal...

[Melampus]

The only reason I think it's important that it melts in your mouth (not in your hands), is because of the procedures put in place to keep it cold "to preserve its flavor." If you have to keep it cold in order to preserve the flavor, then one could assume that the flavor is only 'there' when it's cold, but it wouldn't stay cold in a person's mouth/throat/stomach, so that can't be right. If people smelled frozen Slusho, then it would make sense to say that one had to keep it cold to keep it "flavorful," but people drink it. And, even if it did stay cold in a person's mouth, it would just numb the tastebuds and have relatively less impact on the olfactory system - since it's cold. On the other hand, if it releases some chemicals when it gets warm, and these chemicals could stimulate rare receptor combinations in the tongue (to account for its "inscrutable" taste - MacDooble), and also send up torrents of chemicals into the consumer's olfactory system, triggering narcotic effects, then it would make sense to keep it cold in order to "preserve its flavor." That's all I was thinking.

It's based only on the facts that (1) it's essential to keep Slusho cold until serving; and, (2) it's ingested orally; and, (3) any frozen food (e.g., ice cream) begins to immediately melt once placed in the mouth, and this triggers the release of chemicals that are more smelt than tasted (e.g., you smell the "flavor" of ice cream because it melts in your mouth); and, (4) the general process described in the YMR 'day in the life' article about "fermentation" (i.e., incubating/warming bacteria to trigger the release of bioactive chemical compounds).

The real question is: Even if this is right, WTF does it have to do with a giant monster attacking New York?

EDIT: And, even before getting to the monster connection, I still don't have any idea how/why a person would have to drink SEVEN slushos in order to get the real effect. I suppose there could be a cumulative effect in the central nervous system, of the chemicals released. MacDooble ate chilled salmon and asparagus and he was flyin' high! So, why can't they put the right concentration in just ONE drink? I dunno.

[smartmart]

We will be served with Hollywood magic for the link slusho-monster. Chilled...

[Dr. Awkward]

Re: Kaitei no mitsu is an animal...

[Red Walrus]

I just glad this is finally being talked about . This thread died quickly weeks ago with hardly any views, (thanks Colbybrook).

[Hurley]

Now, if this is going the right way, and we're under the assumption that DSI is a chemical by-product, or a secretion, of an unknown, or possibly known species, how about this. If it's a secretion, and it's purportedly being mined by Tagruato, is there only a finite amount? Could it be possible that whatever creature is the excreter is being destroyed or eliminated in the process of extraction. IF DSI is the main ingredient in something as incredibly popular as Slusho, and unless it can be synthesized, they'd be running out of options of availability soon. That could explain the spurious instances of drilling platforms, and the development of tech to delve deeper into the earths crust. Perhaps Ganu and company, (every evil empire has a board) are racing the clock trying to find new sites.

Brings up three questions, for me, at least.

Could they be trying to drill on land, say in an area that fits the criteria for discovery, there would have to be geological tells as to where the most likely hotspots are.
And what's to stop them from calling it anything besides experimental test site drilling.

And if the DSI is a naturally occurring enzyme, produced by an organism. What organism would be it's major predator/benefactor in the food chain? Everything has something one step higher on the food chain, even an unarmed, weaponless human being.

[Melampus]

Good point, Hurley. What would eat these things? Nuthin'. Certainly, nothing really BIG (it would have to eat A LOT of them, every day - like a filter-feeding whale).

Seems like there are 2 general possibilities for a link between Slusho and the monster:

1. Slusho is a Sideshow - Tagruato stumbles upon some sleeping giant, and all hell breaks loose; or,

2. the 'bioactive' properties of one or more of the chemical compounds they discover in their YMR research allows them to 'grow' a monster, or allows them to start research on something... that goes horribly wrong!!! (cue: dramatic music). Actually, Slusho would be a sideshow in this scenario as well.

I still can't imagine anything REMOTELY plausible that directly ties Slusho, the beverage, to the monster. Anyone...? Bueller...?

[Hurley]

[Red Walrus]

Just some "real world" web sites that illustrate what Yoshida Medical Research is doing with it's extremophile research.

link 1

link 2

link 3

Edit - Embedded stretchy links - MikeyJ

[Rabbit216]

[tigerbaby]

maybe its like that episode of futurama with the poplers
seabed nectar isn't a by product of the monster its the monsters babies!!! she wants to save them and eat anyone who ate any of them
or just kill everyone by raising earth's temperature by 100degrees a day

[Euchre]

It's amazing what you stumble upon when looking for haiku fodder.

So I was searching for things relative to extremophiles (and it's other spelling, extremeophiles) and found this article at the previous noted accessexcellence.org site:
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/SUA10/extreme797.html
The article is about polychaetes worms found that feed on frozen methane in the deep ocean. I found this interesting, because most study and much of the previous discussions here involved the kind of life that exists near the extremely hot ocean vents. Seabed's Nectar, kaitei no mitsu, has to be cold and kept that way - so this seemed to fit a little better.
They look pretty interesting when they are in the native habitat:
http://www.science.psu.edu/iceworms/viewxclose.html
You can even see some video of them (is there anything not recorded and uploaded to YouTube?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBAldAOjfk

No, I don't think our monster is a methane eating worm. I think this kind of creature gives us an idea where our monster comes from though. Suppose there's something that ends up eating those worms after they've been disturbed from their habitat?
Baleen anyone?