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1.5em"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJajVnJJTsY">Youtube video of the preparation and eating of sannakji</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eating live animals</b> is the practice of humans eating animals that are still alive. It is a traditional practice in many <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asian</a> <a href="/wiki/Food_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Food culture">food cultures</a>. Animals may also be eaten alive for <a href="/wiki/Shock_value" title="Shock value">shock value</a>. Eating live animals, or parts of live animals, may be unlawful in certain <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdictions</a> under <a href="/wiki/Animal_cruelty" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal cruelty">animal cruelty</a> laws. <a href="/wiki/Taboo_food_and_drink" class="mw-redirect" title="Taboo food and drink">Religious prohibitions</a> on the eating of live animals by humans are also present in various world religions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice">Practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="For_shock_value">For shock value</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: For shock value"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several television game shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Fear_Factor" title="Fear Factor">Fear Factor</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Survivor_(franchise)" title="Survivor (franchise)">Survivor</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity" class="mw-redirect" title="I'm a Celebrity">I'm a Celebrity</a></i> feature segments where contestants must eat live animals including <a href="/wiki/Spiders" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiders">spiders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cockroaches" class="mw-redirect" title="Cockroaches">cockroaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grub_(larva)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grub (larva)">grubs</a>. On his show <i><a href="/wiki/Man_vs._Wild" title="Man vs. Wild">Man vs. Wild</a></i>, host <a href="/wiki/Bear_Grylls" title="Bear Grylls">Bear Grylls</a> is sometimes shown eating various insects alive. There have been calls to ban eating animals alive on these shows.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> channel called "Food for Louis" shows <a href="/wiki/Louis_Cole_(YouTuber)" title="Louis Cole (YouTuber)">Louis Cole</a> eating live animals.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Goldfish_swallowing" title="Goldfish swallowing">The swallowing of live goldfish</a> was sometimes practiced within the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traditional_food">Traditional food</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Traditional food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fish">Fish</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Japan, <a href="/wiki/Ikizukuri" title="Ikizukuri">Ikizukuri</a> ("prepared alive") is the preparation of <a href="/wiki/Sashimi" title="Sashimi">sashimi</a> ("pierced food") made from live <a href="/wiki/Seafood" title="Seafood">seafood</a>. The most popular sea animal used in ikizukuri is <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> but <a href="/wiki/Octopus" title="Octopus">octopus</a> is typically the only species that is still moving on the plate. </p><p>Another fish dish invented by a Taiwanese chef from <a href="/wiki/Chiayi" title="Chiayi">Chiayi</a>, is called <a href="/wiki/Yin_Yang_fish" title="Yin Yang fish">Yin Yang fish</a> (also <i>dead-and-alive fish</i>) in which the fish's body (but not the head) is rapidly deep-fried and served while the head is still fresh and moving. It is prepared extremely quickly, with care not to damage the internal organs, so that the fish can remain alive for thirty minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-7_animals_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_animals-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10_animals_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10_animals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview, celebrity chef <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Blanc" title="Raymond Blanc">Raymond Blanc</a> stated that in Japan, he had eaten live <a href="/wiki/Eels" class="mw-redirect" title="Eels">eels</a>. He was advised to add <a href="/wiki/Vinegar" title="Vinegar">vinegar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sake" title="Sake">sake</a>, which made them jump around, and then swallowed them whole.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Frog">Frog</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Frog"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, a video showing a woman in Japan eating a live frog was posted on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> and went viral. In the video, a live frog is seen stabbed alive, stripped of its skin, and its inedible innards removed to be served as fresh sashimi on an iced platter.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, a newspaper reported that a man from south east China claimed that eating live frogs for a month cured his intestinal problems. He also eats live mice and rats.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Zimmern" title="Andrew Zimmern">Andrew Zimmern</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Travel_Channel" title="Travel Channel">Travel Channel</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Foods_with_Andrew_Zimmern" title="Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern">Bizarre Foods</a></i> ate <a href="/wiki/Frog" title="Frog">frog</a> sashimi in seafood restaurant called Asadachi in <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>. Though most of the frog is served dead (and raw), the meal begins by eating the frog's fresh, still-beating heart.<sup id="cite_ref-7_animals_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_animals-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Snake">Snake</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Snake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Consuming the beating heart and blood of live snakes has been a reported practice among some locals and tourists in certain parts of Vietnam, particularly <a href="/wiki/L%E1%BB%87_M%E1%BA%ADt" title="Lệ Mật">Le Mat village</a> in Hanoi.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The practice was documented on <i><a href="/wiki/Gordon%27s_Great_Escape" title="Gordon's Great Escape">Gordon's Great Escape</a></i> when celebrity chef <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay" title="Gordon Ramsay">Gordon Ramsay</a> swallowed the beating heart of a cobra at a <a href="/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City" title="Ho Chi Minh City">Ho Chi Minh</a> eatery.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also consumed by celebrity chef <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain" title="Anthony Bourdain">Anthony Bourdain</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the same city.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But these are considered adventurous food according to Vietnamese standard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Octopus">Octopus</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Octopus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Korea, <a href="/wiki/San-nakji" title="San-nakji">San-nakji</a> is the preparation of live octopus that has been cut into small pieces or prepared whole, and served with its arms still squirming.<sup id="cite_ref-7_animals_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_animals-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The octopus from which the tentacles are cut is usually dead by the time of serving; however, the animal's highly innervated limbs continue to writhe due to continuing nerve activity.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sea_urchin">Sea urchin</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sea urchin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sea_urchin" title="Sea urchin">Sea urchins</a> are prized as a delicacy in many places worldwide (particularly in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for their briny-flavoured <a href="/wiki/Gonads" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonads">gonads</a>. The gonads are often eaten raw, such as in <a href="/wiki/Sushi" title="Sushi">sushi</a> (typically called <a href="/wiki/Uni_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uni (food)">uni</a>). Some people prefer to eat them immediately after they are cut open.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Scissors are often used to avoid the protective spines whilst cutting the animal open. The gonads do not move, even when taken from the live animal.<sup id="cite_ref-7_animals_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_animals-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shrimp">Shrimp</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Shrimp"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In China, <a href="/wiki/Drunken_shrimp" title="Drunken shrimp">drunken shrimp</a> is a dish that can be served live, although it can also be prepared with dead shrimp.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When served live, the shrimp, usually 10 per serving, are first doused in a strong liquor which makes them less likely to struggle while being swallowed and also creates a flavourful <a href="/wiki/Marination" title="Marination">marinade</a>. A plate is typically held over the bowl to prevent the shrimp from leaping out as they are much more active than when served as <a href="/wiki/Odori_ebi" title="Odori ebi">Odori ebi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7_animals_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_animals-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10_animals_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10_animals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Odori_ebi" title="Odori ebi">Odori ebi</a> ("dancing shrimp") is a type of Japanese sashimi that contains young shrimp, usually only one individual per serving. The shrimp has its shell removed and sometimes its head as well. These can be deep fried and served alongside the rest of the shrimp, which is still moving its legs and <a href="/wiki/Antennae_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antennae (biology)">antennae</a> while being eaten. The shrimp only dies when chewed.<sup id="cite_ref-10_animals_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10_animals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Oyster">Oyster</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Oyster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Oyster" title="Oyster">Oysters</a> are the most common animal eaten alive, as it is generally their state when served raw.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7_animals_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_animals-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ant">Ant</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A chain of restaurants, based primarily in <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, serves a salad crawling with live <a href="/wiki/Ant" title="Ant">ants</a>. The ants are chilled so that they move slowly, and are supposed to taste like <a href="/wiki/Lemongrass" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemongrass">lemongrass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10_animals_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10_animals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cockroach">Cockroach</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cockroach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Live <a href="/wiki/Cockroach" title="Cockroach">cockroaches</a> were eaten in a competition in Florida in 2012. The winner collapsed and died from <a href="/wiki/Asphyxia" title="Asphyxia">asphyxia</a> due to choking and aspiration of gastric contents.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Larva">Larva</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Larva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casu_Marzu_cheese.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Casu_Marzu_cheese.jpg/220px-Casu_Marzu_cheese.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Casu_Marzu_cheese.jpg/330px-Casu_Marzu_cheese.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Casu_Marzu_cheese.jpg/440px-Casu_Marzu_cheese.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Casu_marzu" class="mw-redirect" title="Casu marzu">Casu marzu</a>, a traditional <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinian</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheep_milk" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheep milk">sheep milk</a> <a href="/wiki/Cheese" title="Cheese">cheese</a> that contains insect <a href="/wiki/Larva" title="Larva">larvae</a></figcaption></figure> <p>One example of eating live larvae is the <a href="/wiki/Witchetty_grub" title="Witchetty grub">witchetty grub</a> of <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Australian">Aboriginal Australian</a> cuisine, which can be eaten alive and raw or cooked.<sup id="cite_ref-7_animals_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_animals-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Casu_marzu" class="mw-redirect" title="Casu marzu">Casu marzu</a> is a traditional Sardinian <a href="/wiki/Sheep_milk" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheep milk">sheep milk</a> <a href="/wiki/Cheese" title="Cheese">cheese</a>, notable for containing live insect <a href="/wiki/Larva" title="Larva">larvae</a>. It is found almost exclusively in <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a>, Italy. Casu marzu goes beyond typical <a href="/wiki/Fermentation_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fermentation (food)">fermentation</a> to a stage most would consider <a href="/wiki/Decomposition" title="Decomposition">decomposition</a>, brought about by the <a href="/wiki/Digestion" title="Digestion">digestive</a> action of the larvae of the <a href="/wiki/Piophilidae" title="Piophilidae">cheese fly</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Piophila_casei" class="mw-redirect" title="Piophila casei">Piophila casei</a></i>. These larvae are deliberately introduced to the cheese. The cheese received attention on <i><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Foods_with_Andrew_Zimmern" title="Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern">Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern</a></i>. Zimmern described the taste of the cheese as "so ammoniated" that "...it scorches your tongue a bit." The cheese is known to leave an aftertaste for a duration of up to several hours.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar milk cheeses notable for containing living insect larvae are produced in several Italian regions.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_prohibitions">Religious prohibitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Religious prohibitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judaism">Judaism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah" title="Seven Laws of Noah">Seven Laws of Noah</a></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talmud</a>, the sixth <a href="/wiki/Noahide_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Noahide Law">Noahide Law</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">שבע מצוות בני נח</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">Sheva mitzvot B'nei Noach</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Seven Laws [of the] Children [of] Noah') sets out a moral and religious imperative not to eat of a live animal. The <a href="/wiki/Tosefta" title="Tosefta">Tosefta</a> contains more explicit language on the subject, stating not to eat "a limb torn from a living animal". </p><p>As a Noahide Law, this law is said to apply to all the "children of <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a>"—that is, all of humanity—as a requirement to ensure a place in the <a href="/wiki/World_to_Come#Jewish_eschatology" class="mw-redirect" title="World to Come">World to Come (<i>Olam Ha-Ba</i>)</a>. The laws of <a href="/wiki/Kashrut" title="Kashrut">Kashrut</a>, on the other hand, set out additional regulations which are binding upon Jews only. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eating_live_animals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eating_live_seafood" title="Eating live seafood">Eating live seafood</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Odorigui" title="Odorigui">Odorigui</a></i>, Japanese term for consumption of live seafood while it is still moving</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pain_in_animals" title="Pain in animals">Pain in animals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pain_in_invertebrates" title="Pain in invertebrates">Pain in invertebrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldfish_swallowing" title="Goldfish swallowing">Goldfish 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