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Although it is not clear how the fad emerged, various people have made claims. A 1963 letter to The New York Times claimed that it was started by a man named Lothrop Withington Jr.—grandnephew of the noted genealogist Lothrop Withington—who was a freshman at Harvard University and did so to win a $10 bet [2] as part of a bid to become class president.
In April 2012 he posted a video of himself to his YouTube channel Food For Louis that showed him eating a live goldfish. This caused the RSPCA to prepare a case against him under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Since he had previously only eaten invertebrates, the fish was the first incident in which he may have broken the law.
Eating live animals is the practice of humans or other sentient species eating animals that are still alive. It is a traditional practice in many East Asian food cultures. Animals may also be eaten alive for shock value. Eating live animals, or parts of live animals, may be unlawful in certain jurisdictions under animal cruelty laws.
Joshua Coles was fined £300 and banned from keeping fish for five years for swallowing a live goldfish.
The practice of eating live seafood, such as fish, crab, oysters, baby shrimp, or baby octopus, is widespread. Oysters are typically eaten live. [ 1 ] The view that oysters are acceptable to eat, even by strict ethical criteria, has notably been propounded in the seminal 1975 text Animal Liberation , by philosopher Peter Singer .
They’re eating — they’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” the Republican presidential nominee said. The comment prompted a fact-check from ABC News’ David Muir, who said ...
A mukbang (UK: / ˈ m ʌ k b æ ŋ / MUK-bang, US: / ˈ m ʌ k b ɑː ŋ / MUK-bahng; Korean: 먹방; RR: meokbang; pronounced [mʌk̚p͈aŋ] ⓘ; lit. ' eating broadcast ') is an online audiovisual broadcast in which a host consumes various quantities of food while interacting with the audience.
But on a side not, it should be added into the article that in a "Jackass" skit (the tv show), Steve-O swallowed a live goldfish and forcibly regurgitated it back into the fish bowl alive and well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.199.44.251 ( talk ) 02:06, 19 November 2010 (UTC) [ reply ]