Woman finds 'meat' twitching

A woman in China was shocked to find a piece of beef she had just bought was twitching and pulsating. You have to see it to believe it:

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An Aussie butcher has explained that when an animal is slaughtered there are sometimes involuntary spasms from the nerve endings.

We as a society seem to foget too easily that meat comes from a live animal so when this fact is brought into our focus, we are (understandably) turned off by it. The woman who bought this piece of meat was so disgusted that she chose to film it rather than eat it.

But all meat had pulsing nerves once. And veins. And a beating heart. In fact in my opinion this "beef" is not fresh enough. I prefer "meat" that has all it's nerves and veins pulsing and pumping.

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If you're with me that animals should be playing and jumping and getting hugs, rather than dead and twitching on a plate, take the first step to being meat-free today.

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