Friday Cephalopod: Giant squid! Live! Briefly.

Just yesterday, Japanese fishermen caught a 6m long giant squid, and it lived for a few hours before expiring. Here's a video of the rare beastie swimming about, with shots of the tragic corpse afterwards.

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