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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sriram on June 04, 2018, 08:55:02 AM

Title: Crayfish escape
Post by: Sriram on June 04, 2018, 08:55:02 AM

Hi everyone,

Here is a video of a crayfish that escapes the hotpot by sacrificing one of its claws.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44346081

Shows how even such creatures are conscious, intelligent and determined to survive.   

Many of them are boiled alive. How cruel people can be!

Sriram 

Title: Re: Crayfish escape
Post by: Robbie on June 04, 2018, 09:06:51 AM

Saw that too sririam.  Gladit escaped but one hopes its escape was notshort lived.
It has always beyond my comprehension how anyone could eat something killed so cruelly, before  i was veggie. I hope this will make people think - doubt it as we are sold the idea that they feel nothing.  I've never believed that.

Title: Re: Crayfish escape
Post by: Rhiannon on June 04, 2018, 09:20:47 AM

According to the man who took the film he’s now keeping the crayfish in an aquarium in his home.

I remember seeing lobsters in tanks in restaurants all the time when I was growing up. Doesn’t seem so common now. I’ve necer believed that they couldn’t be killed humanely before cooking. Like you, Robbie, certain practices bothered me long before I gave up eating meat.