Eating a live octopus

I ate a lot of interesting McDonald's food on a recent trip to South Korea. But the strangest, most intriguing food I tried was live octopus. It was tough, slimy, and still squirming around even after being chopped into tiny pieces. Not to mention the octopus arms suction on to your tongue and throat when you try to chew them.

Produced by Will Wei

[love_narra]

I cringed when he showed the octopus moving on his tongue

[minjunseo]

you people don't understand, the octopus moves because the nerves are still reacting. The octopus is not alive anymore and therefore this video is not correctly named.

[hahalord]

Sadly, i have this bad habit of not chewing foods.

[ryoshin]

Octopus: No pls dont pick me.
*gets picked*
Octopus:

[amandagrace]

I am not a vegan but I feel really bad for that poor octopus:(

[gfbtfbtfilyfxbtyewqqef]

For the people saying "Oh noo I feel bad for the octopus" It's already dead. It's not eaten alive. And for the cutting part, hey the octopus had a few extra hours of life. If it was cooked, it would've probably already been cut hours ago

[pinq]

I understand that people take pity on the octopus, but that’s only because it is not the normal type of food. It’s just as cruel as eating a cow or a chicken if you wanna think of it that way.

[kurraburrito]

I can't imagine the octopus' pain

[tuyettran-tjju]

the title is very wrong, the octopus isn’t alive anymore. It’s just it’s nerves reacting

[maxjehle]

This is probably how people are being treated in North Korea as octopus 🐙

[sega]

The octopus nervous system is comprised of a central brain and each arm has a chain of ganglia that are capable of responding independent of the brain which is why they are capable of moving even when severed from the brain. This doesn't necessarily mean that the arms are "conscious" per se. Even in humans we have a separate nervous system in our gut that responds independent of our brain. Whether or not the octopus is alive at this point depends on whether or not the brain was destroyed.

[alucard]

An octopus limbs can still move for up to an hour after removal from the body

[BangiBoom]

"the suction cups can stick to your tounge and throat so eat with caution"

Hell naw im not even gonna come near that!

[LethalMonarch]

I wanna try it but with a fork cuz I'm a disgrace to my country

[senpaimost]

2:01 that guy Back there is watching you Eating Raw octopus LOL

[hotcakeu]

thats the problem why my stomach is tickly
i ate an alive octopus

[hayoonr]

Ok, everyone, its not actually alive. The nerves are actually just still reacting so its moving, but it is dead. And also, u have to chew extremley hard before it can stick onto your throat. But its actually so good, everyone should try it!

[fungoos]

It's a bit dangerous because it still has active suction cups and it could choke you.

[toazterxd]

i feel bad that octopus because it still alive and u cut it );
rip little buddy

[wolfenzi]

Now imagine this in an eating contest.