https://gothamist.com/food/is-that-calamari-or-pig-rectum
breathing intensifies
screams in Miamian
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/484/doppelgangers
Apparently it tastes slightly off calimari.
I would assume it's washed of fecal matter, and frying kills anything still living on the surface.
Keep in mind that sausage it traditionally made with the linings of pig intestines. So...
https://gothamist.com/food/is-that-calamari-or-pig-rectum