His name is Gene Pool?
C'mon!

Correction to above:

Sorry, *it* was cut up before serving.

I wasn't fully-cut until after the meal (which, as the article states, is served with Korean alcohol (Soju).

I lived in Seoul for a year, and had live octopus (Sang Nak-ji) shortly before I left. I was cut-up just before being put on the table, however--that prevents the whole thing from being stuck in your throat.

The tenticles continue to move for over half an hour. It's difficult to get off the plate, because they cling there and move around. One tenticle crawled off the plate and tried to escape.

While slightly disturbing to eat, I can honestly say that it tasted a little better than really-fresh dead octopus.

Not that that's a high goal to exceed.