Eating live animals: Difference between revisions

[[File:Korean.cuisine-Sannakji.hoe-01.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Live octopus that has been cut into small pieces and served, a popular delicacy in South Korea.]]

[[Andrew Zimmern]] of the [[Travel Channel]]'s ''[[Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern|Bizarre Foods]]'' ate [[frog]] sashimi in restaurant seafood namerestaurant called Asadachi in [[Shinjuku]]. Though most of the frog is served dead (and raw), the meal begins by eating the frog's fresh, still-beating heart.<ref name="7 animals" />

Consuming the beating heart and blood of live snakes has been a reported practice among some locals and tourists in certain parts of Vietnam, particularly [[Lệ Mật|Le Mat village]] in Hanoi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/da/article/yv4yzm/drinking-snake-blood-in-vietnam|title=I Ate and Drank Cobra in Vietnam's Snake Village|last=Phillips|first=Jak|date=2013-03-11|website=Vice|access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/snake-village-hanoi-vietnam/index.html|title=Hanoi's most popular snake restaurant beckons adventurous diners |first= Stacey| last= Lastoe| others= Video by Diana Diroy |website= CNN.com |date=25 October 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref> The practice was documented on ''[[Gordon's Great Escape]]'' when celebrity chef [[Gordon Ramsay]] swallowed the beating heart of a cobra at a [[Ho Chi Minh City|Ho Chi Minh]] eatery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foodnetwork.ca/fun-with-food/photos/foods-eaten-alive-that-may-shock-you/#!cobra|title=11 Foods Eaten Alive That May Shock You |publisher= Food Network Canada|website=foodnetwork.ca|language=en|access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jamieson|first=Alastair|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/8514221/Gordon-Ramsay-eats-beating-heart-of-a-snake.html|title=Gordon Ramsay eats beating heart of a snake|journal=The Daily Telegraph|date=2011-05-15|access-date=2020-03-16|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> It was also consumed by celebrity chef [[Anthony Bourdain]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-09/anthony-bourdain-weird-things-hes-eaten/9852966|title=Anthony Bourdain took us on a journey of the world — often by eating really strange things|last=Collett|first=Michael|date=2018-06-09|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref> in the same city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adventures-in-the-food-trade/article25294617/|title= Adventures in the food trade | first= Shawna| last= Richer |work= [[The Globe And Mail]] | date= April 6, 2002 |access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref> But these are considered adventurous food according to Vietnamese standard.

In Korea, [[Sannakji]] is the preparation of live octopus that has been cut into small pieces or prepared whole, and served with its arms still squirming.<ref name="7 animals" /> The octopus from which the tentacles are cut is usually dead by the time of serving; however, the animal's highly innervated limbs continue to writhe due to continuing nerve activity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-14 |title=Clash of culture? Sannakji angers US animal activists |url= https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2022/06/419_65910.html |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=koreatimes.co.kr[[The Korea Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[Sea urchin]]s are prized as a delicacy in many places worldwide (particularly in [[Japan]], [[France]], [[South Korea]], [[Chile]], [[New Zealand]], the [[Philippines]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], the [[Mediterranean]],<ref>{{Cite report |first1= Guðmundur| last1= Stefánsson | first2= Holly |last2= Kristinsson | first3= Nikoline |last3= Ziemer | first4= Colin| last4= Hannon |first5= Philip |last5= James| display-authors=3 |date=October 2017 |title=Markets for Sea Urchins: A Review of Global Supply and Markets |url= http://www.matis.is/media/matis/utgafa/10-17-Sea-Urchin-Market-Report.pdf | website= matis.is |publisher=Matís |id=10-17 |pages=3, 11}}</ref> and [[North America]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sun|first1=Jenny |last2=Chiang |first2=Fu‐SungFu-Sung |title=Use and Exploitation of Sea Urchins|date=2015-11-01| url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315759136 |journal= [[Echinoderm Aquaculture]] |pages=25–45|doi=10.1002/9781119005810.ch2 |isbn=9781119005810 | via= researchgate.net | access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> for their briny-flavoured [[gonads]]. The gonads are often eaten raw, such as in [[sushi]] (typically called [[uni (food)|uni]]). Some people prefer to eat them immediately after they are cut open.{{cn|date= February 2023}} Scissors are often used to avoid the protective spines whilst cutting the animal open. The gonads do not move, even when taken from the live animal.<ref name="7 animals" />

According to the [[Talmud]], the sixth [[Noahide Law]] ({{lang-he|שבע מצוות בני נח}} ''Sheva mitzvot B'nei Noach'', |lit. "=Seven Laws [of the] Children [of] Noah"|translit=Sheva mitzvot B'nei Noach}}) sets out a moral and religious imperative not to eat of a live animal. The [[Tosefta]] contains more explicit language on the subject, stating not to eat "a limb torn from a living animal".

As a [[Noahide Law]], this law is said to apply to all the "children of [[Noah]]"—that is, all of humanity—as a requirement to ensure a place in the [[World to Come#Jewish eschatology|World to Come (''Olam Ha-Ba'')]]. The laws of [[Kashrut]], on the other hand, set out additional regulations which are binding upon Jews only.