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One of the reasons I went back to being a vegetarian (and then became vegan) was a video of something like this. I was so creeped out. I haven't gone back.
by ppseafield 8y ago
One of the reasons I went back to being a vegetarian (and then became vegan) was a video of something like this. I was so creeped out. I haven't gone back.
- foobiekr 8y agoNot a vegetarian but needless cruelty is repellent.
- chrischen 8y agoIf you watched the video they explain that the animal’s brain has already been removed, so anything after that is not felt by the squid.
- kijin 8y agoI can see why it messes with our intuitions, though. Most of the other animals we eat don't flop around like that unless they're still alive and in distress. Except the occasional headless chicken. Chickens are weird.
- chrischen 8y agoYes, which is a great wait to reveal someone who does it to make themselves feel better vs the actual welfare of the animal.
- saagarjha 8y agoIt's dead.
- ppseafield 8y agoIt wasn't always dead. It was caught, killed, and its brain was removed. And then its corpse was made to flail about wildly in a bowl. I find it, if even only the last part, creepy.
- saagarjha 8y agoOnce the animal is dead, I don't see how there's any cruelty involved. You are welcome to find it creepy, or object to the killing of the animal in the first place, but it's certainly not feeling pain by having its corpse being made to dance around.
- ppseafield 8y agoSorry, I thought you were replying to me, but you were replying to that other comment. I agree that the dead are spared cruelty, and this wouldn't be considered cruel.
- thatsnotmyusern 8y agoIt may have been this: "Adding salt to freshly cut muscle causes it to spasm." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCeA72UFg3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCeA72UFg3Q
- ppseafield 8y agoNo, it was a dancing squid corpse video, but ..... Thanks? :(