Giant squid dried, exhibited at eastern Japan mall

Giant squid dried, exhibited at eastern Japan mall

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at a dried giant squid at a shopping mall in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. The giant squid was more than 6 meters in length before being dried.

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