Eating Sannakji (live octopus) in South Korea

[@moonmin7315]

For all of you wondering, NO, IT IS NOT ALIVE. But also it’s just the muscles moving.

[@rgdd.3866]

They also eat them alive

[@ce9jt]

They chop them off while the octopus is alive.

[@sega310982]

When I say "dead", I mean that the organism as a whole is functionally dead, with no consciousness or coordination. Yes, the tissue is still alive, but the octopus itself is "dead" as the brain has been removed. It's like seeing a dead cow's heart beating after it has been decapitated. The cow itself is dead, but the heart tissue is technically still alive. In any case, the organism has moved on to the next life.

[@EdHutchings]

Even a detached arm can reach and grasp, avoid painful stimuli (except being eaten) and, like fully formed octopuses, change colour.

[@christiejkj]

I'm korean and I ate this. It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

[@nicks6488]

this dish can be deadly if one of the suction cups sticks to your air path ur done

[@Supirbemo]

Thats why you need soju

[@retizaplayz988]

What

[@mrbignose888]

I think more people died eating nuts

[@inu671]

Moving since it was probably, and should have, been cut up recently. It's like going to a sushi restaurant and seeing that slice of fish twitch on your dollop of rice. It's a sign of freshness. My Korean mom hates this dish, though. She thinks it's pretty disgusting how the suction cups get stuck in your mouth which is kinda funny since she grew up eating seafood.

[@MAGNUSWAKERS]

"Live Octopus" is a bit of a misnomer here as the limbs are severed from the brain and this is simply the activation of the bioelectical currents energy stored in the muscle fibres reacting to the salts which causes the energy to release, resulting in the involuntary twitching similar to that of Frog Legs. There is actual live versions of the dish, which I abhor since the point of food is to kill and survive not to relish in it's suffering...though "some" say it increases the flavour.

[@KimsFakeName]

It IS alive and suffering in the process. This is absolutely disgusting, and the people lying and pretending this is not cruel, are even more disgusting!

[@Sofi-v8z]

​@@KimsFakeName r u retarted? If u humanely kill an octopus, it will be dead it cannot physcially feel anything. These tentacles still move cuz of what the the guys stayed above. Dumb bitch😊

[@Invisibli_ty]

​@@KimsFakeNameits just the muscles and nerve endings that are moving, its not actually live.

[@김규민07]

​@@KimsFakeNameu r so stupid that's not alive

[@vespenevapor1348]

@@Invisibli_ty pretty sure they have brains in their tentacles, but who am I to say.

[@abadgaem]

The squid is dead but the salt in the soy sauce is causing the neurons to depolarize.

[@456thiago]

They did "kill it". It doesn't feel anything and it's heart is not beating. So it is legally dead.

[@DJ_Tenioso]

Maybe this is what they should have used in those Star Trek scenes where a Klingon is eating.

[@nobuyukinyuu]

I bet the worms were cheaper, i just have to wonder if any of the actors did the real deal

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

Thats a live octopus tenacles not fully not dead.....cut to peices and still moving, served very quick. .. infact you can choke if eating it due to the suctions.

[@kwabenasa]

@i8mud4you lol np it says it in the description btw 'My friend Sarah's first bite of sannakji, a Korean dish that consists of live octopus tentacles.'

[@Pokemon4WoT]

Good god I don't know whether it's disgusting or epic.

[@2das]

Disgusting 🤢 Btw., how's life?

[@Invisibli_ty]

Could be a little bit of both what'd ya say? If somebody offered me 10,000 to eat this i would. I mean, 10,000 is still 10,000 am i right?

[@guru332]

The octopus is dead, its so fresh, that the neurons are still firing using the last stores of ATP energy in the muscle tissue, which is causing the moving. Its similar to cutting off a chickens head, or moving frog legs in salt.

[@Shicility]

@i8mud4you Sannakji is made of live octopus.

[@sega310982]

Still, it's no longer conscious.

[@sega310982]

Not necessarily. A set of ganglia is not enough for perception of pain.

[@SinfulMentos]

@konniewithakay ironically, thats what's making it move by reactivating the neurons in it.

[@USFighter]

@Nippergod It's a Korean dish.

[@jkeuwk]

One hopes. Hard to guess in human terms. It's definitely still capable of reflexive movement, at least, and therefore at least the basics of pain. Whether any individual part still has the capacity to comprehend what said pain actually is would be pretty impossible to tell.

[@jkeuwk]

Actually, not so much. In octopi, more than half of the neurons in the central nervous system are located in its tentacles, very unlike a cow. So really, this is more like a cow's head blinking after it's been decapitated; not alive for long, but still alive and processing information in a limited capacity.

[@alex-wh1fv]

That is truly scary...wow i wouldn't even eat that if they paid me 10,000$

[@DJ_Tenioso]

seriously though, if they were to put it into a klingon eating scene, would the censors allow it?

[@abevic5183]

Anybody else on a sannakji marathon since the mrballen vid🤣

[@pumpkinheadghoul]

I'd love it, but my 10 year old would probably throw up in his own plate.

[@almondcoconuts]

holy calamari

[@AwestaKhalid]

how is it still moving if it's been cut up into pieces?

[@Nothanks42]

For everyone wondering it is not actually alive, it is recently killed and specific things like soy sauce cause the muscles to react and appear alive.

[@코메안24]

It's delicious

[@stuckinvoid348]

But what if it's still moving inside or making us so sick 😷😷😷

[@viksra]

Is this Sannakji, a South Korean dish?

[@trafficas92]

Where is that restaurant?

[@itsawooha]

Thank god I'm allergic to octopus. I have a good excuse to never put that shit in my mouth.

[@starlinej]

Wow, I didn't know humans ate Gagh.

[@echolot]

she's cute

[@fusionhunter]

It's not dude, it was freshly cut up and served instantly. The body parts are still alive. Not a nerve reaction in this dish.

[@davidliu323]

How do the tentacles stay alive? Are they alive??

[@mouselinguist]

They're not actually alive. The nerves in the tentacles still react to salt, causing them to squirm.

[@davidliu323]

mouselinguist ??? But why???? ;-;

[@mouselinguist]

David Liu because science. blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2011/07/28/instant-zombie-just-add-salt/

[@mouselinguist]

TL;DR version: When a creature dies, its neurons don’t stop working right away. So long as there is still enough energy in the cells, the neurons will work. Said neurons react to one key ingredient: salt (soy sauce is very salty). Salt - or sodium chloride - is chock full of sodium ions. This overwhelming dose of sodium ions is enough to trigger the still-working neurons into firing, signalling the muscles to contract.

[@davidliu323]

mouselinguist Thank you :D

[@goombapizza6335]

Aside from the gross-out factor, this video proves why Korean-style metal chopsticks are useless. Everything slides right off of them.

[@Chickokiko]

@viksra Yep

[@devilmemnoch]

just pick it up with ur hand

[@djpresha703]

love the reddit influx x-comments

[@jefftank3300]

Think of it as when you cut the head off a chicken

[@aliyahayward3828]

oh ma god...

[@IAmRodyle]

@mypam08 Hahaha! Indeed, indeed.

[@Robstailey]

so they cut the tentacles off the octopus...what happens to the head? does it die? or do they have like octopus tentacle farms where they dismember octupusse- err, octo...pie?... and then wait for them to regenerate(they can do that right?) new ones? either way that's not really a nice thing to do to such an intelligent creature.

[@godsruins]

its not alive, the salt in the soy sauce causes an action potential.

[@halorser]

and eating fast food isn't?

[@kkulriot]

Yummy

[@FannsteiN]

Saber que eso que se mueve es pulpo me anima más a comerlo =0 .

[@samirSch]

Animated dish. Awesome for children.

[@sega310982]

It's not alive.

[@xxnagatoyukixx]

oh oh oh ooh goooood T_T

[@cloakerunit2805]

veins. and nerves.

[@sega310982]

It is killed. It`s just excess energy.

[@akiheman]

DOUBLE YUCK

[@Rafcyk]

Aaaaaah I'm hungry!

[@professional-gt-gaming4874]

Ça a l'air très bon jadorerais faire l'expérience avec eux , mais es ce qu'il va la prendre sa bouchée ?? ça semble a difficile 😄🤣🤣

[@elmiraviking]

They only serve their gagh fresh.

[@angelsoulblade]

@BobagemLixo Ah I see you know your GAGHs!

[@Flalaski]

Q'plah!

[@JaraShakila]

Aku di thn 2024

[@BlackFlashDrive]

@Nippergod LMFAO

[@melissawright1979]

Although I'm against eating animals alive. I also want to try this?

[@kwabenasa]

@i8mud4you cause its still alive fool

[@MrWhiseguyy]

Very nice!!!!

[@PikminGhost]

looks tasty but I don't think I have the heart to eat it

[@angelsoulblade]

@BobagemLixo Sure, no problem. QAPLA!

[@ShaithMaster]

Thanx my brotha

[@thuongvi20]

huhuhu pity them

[@miaeyu3976]

If its dead, it’s not fresh any more. That’s why the octopus is eaten alive.

[@oh7ohoh]

yum yum....live one is much better than cooked one. ^^ I want to go back to Korea.

[@DJ_Tenioso]

@angelsoulblade QA TLHO'!

[@TriGuy51]

I just threw up

[@shadows987987]

It is dead.

[@FinalFlameXD]

Oh my Katy Perry! Almost made me chunder

[@Piraeus1967]

🤤😱😵😫

[@Liberaltedjo]

she's sweety

[@brown958]

Big nope.

[@Dangles1337]

@pepeotf45 im from america and i eat everything living. DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS

[@howibeatshaqlilbowwowsbasketba]

That's hardcore.

[@BiohazardMoon97]

Can you not see it's cut up into small pieces? It's DEAD. The little parts of it are still squirming around because of nerves. Same as if you were to cut a chickens head off, usually the body is still moving.

[@yunniemon]

That looks good. OAO

[@angelsoulblade]

@BobagemLixo GAGH!!

[@14kskim]

im hungry now

[@CosmicFear.]

I hate to octopus

[@vispo2]

fakn discusting :G

[@DJ_Tenioso]

Respond to this video... QAPLA BATLH JE!

[@mgk22]

No she wouldnt have died from eating this. If the octopus was alive then yes there was a chance but this octopus is already dead so no chance

[@DJ_Tenioso]

@angelsoulblade FILDEN GAGH! and TORGUD GAGH!

[@DaveeeeXx]

EWWWWW

[@danm4502]

Lol, the people that claim that because the limbs are separated from the head, the octopus is dead and feels no pain are kinda wrong. The brain of an octopus is spread throughout its body. Each arm has it's own part of the brain as such. And octopuses do feel pain!

[@dainerduff-dings]

dan m They feel pain, but not in the limbs that have been cut off, you need nerve connections to feel things

[@konniewithakay]

KILL IT WITH SOY SAUCE

[@kovi-sr2kl]

It's like my favorite food, klingon GAKH:):)

[@Brisbae]

Seems gimmicky and doesn’t look that tasty

[@MangoPuff]

Good one. LOOL

[@sega310982]

It is dead. It's just nerves.

[@chelcierhodes3536]

The devil is a damn lie🤢🤢🤢

[@WSPUNIT]

that is discusting

[@AshleyPeatBraaap]

waste of time

[@ShaithMaster]

Actually we tend to kill everything outside of America. Kind of a cheap shot though, not real clever.