Chinese Eating a Fish That’s Still Alive

Animal rights campaigners have criticized the Chinese over their extreme eating habits after a video of diners eating a live fish became a hit on the internet. The video, in which a part-fried fish is shown breathing and wriggling on a plate as it is being slowly eaten alive in a restaurant, has been posted on the video-sharing website YouTube. In order to keep the fish alive chefs cook its body but wrap its head in a wet cloth to keep it breathing, before covering it in sauce and serving in on a plate. The YouTube video shows diners, who are laughing and joking, prodding the fish while it is still moving, before picking it apart with chopsticks.

Peta, the animal rights group, called the video, which had more than 120,000 views on YouTube in a week, "disgusting".

A spokesperson said: "Every honest person should be shocked when anyone mocks or abuses a helpless dying animal."

It is not the first time that the Chinese have been criticized for their extreme eating habits. They also claimed for offering monkey’s brains to eat.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIvb75Rhjs