"...seal its mouth and tie it tightly under a special table, with a hole in the center, so that only the monkey's head peaked above. Then the monkey's hair was shaved, the skull was cut open, and the brains were eaten while it was still alive. Sometimes the monkey's mouth was not sealed tightly enough, resulting in miserable screams or moans from under the table."

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hit them with the fish bonker and that should ease the pain of the boiling:winkwink:

Great when did GFY care...

Btw, an interesting fact I found out when reading up about hunting legislation:

Hitler?s first dictatorial act, after the passing of the Enabling Act (1933) was to regulate the cooking of lobsters (he was distressed by their screams when tossed into boiling water). Only then did he abolish free trade unions.

http://www.huntfacts.com/hitler.htm

Not trying to use this to take from or give to either arguement, but I found it pretty strange.

Interesting topic - lol

Saw something about this on the Discovery Channel just a week or so ago. They say that lobsters HAVE to be boiled alive because they have some sort of bacteria that takes hold and spreads quickly if they are killed first.

Also - they DON'T scream. The guy said that the noise people hear is air pockets filling with water when they are submerged. He says you can put them into normal temp water and hear the same thing. It's just our own little *guilt trip* for boiling something alive that makes us think that sound is a scream.

Personally I don't like lobster - but hub loves the stuff. My daughter is the type that wants to buy the lobsters at the grocery store and set them free. Kinda hard to do in the middle of the desert though - I think he'd flip his claw at you and say "just boil me dammit!" lol

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Lobsters are incapable of screaming.

The sound that you hear is caused by the lobster's bodily fluids turning to steam and escaping its shell.

Of course its cruel to boil a lobster alive. Its also cruel to boil puppies, kittens, and people alive. People tend to sympathize with cute animals, but just about anything with a nervous system can experience pain.

wether we like it or not that is what is called the food chain. Big fish eats smaller fish, bigger fish eats big fish.

I'll ask them tonight for you what they think about it

Actually the bigger problem with meat these days is all the antibiotics and hormones that are pumped into the animals, not to mention the food and water the animals are fed are contaminated a lot of times.

Same goes for fruits and vegetables. Pesticides and fertilizers are sprayed on plants, the soil used to grow vegetables has been overused it no longer contains the minerals to produce healthy plants naturally. Then the produce is sprayed with wax to make them look better.

If you don't think these chemicals get into your hahahaha you are dead wrong. 100 years ago cancer, diabetes, etc were virtually unheard of in young people, now its almost at epidemic proportions.

Organic is the only way to really eat healthy.

cruel :( , could you imagine be boiled alive? I don't think that you would like it.:BangBang:

fuck i dont like lobster you can boil them

Unfortunately, even organic foods can be contaminated by genetically modified foods. Cross polination is a reality.

off topic...how do these threads come alive after such a long time<?

True, nothing is perfect, but there are pretty strict guidelines for something to be certified organic. For meat the guidelines are:

* No pesticides, antibiotics or hormones.

* 100% certified organic feed and pasture, which means no genetically modified foods seeds or feeds or and is raised without herbicides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

* No nitrates, nitrites or preservatives.

* Animals are never fed animal by-products.

* Freedom of movement for animals, with full access to the outdoors. Humane treatment of animals (defined by the Humane Society of the United States.)

* Farm and farm records are inspected every year by a third party to ensure the standards are being enforced.

So all you lobster mourners are Vegetarians? Don't wear leather shoes or belts..no leather in the car?

That's different.

Better than burning a cat live. imo

another example of human barbarism... it pains me

we definitely have our teeth for chewing through meat but i think there is a humane way to kill every animal

Nah, Unless it's your pet. It's seafood :)

no they are just as likely to get eaten in the sea

damn this is an old thread

By who ?

I don't think lobsters get eaten.

ehh i would never go hunting or such, but i have no problem buying dead animals to eat. its part of life. survival is necessary. even your cute dog would rip apart a small animal if it needed food and you should too.

Nope. I won't wear wool either.

very old!

I gave up meat 15 years ago (I do eat occasional seafood). My motivation was strictly health motivated. Modern meat "manufacture" involves too many steroids, anti-biotics and people with bad production techniques (intentional or not). I fully believe eating meat weakens your immune system.

lol damn, thats harsh

I love eating them but i feel better if they die quickly.

At least you gave it up for health reasons. I don't like it when people call themseleves vegetarians and still eat seafood. :(

Or "animal rights" people who don't eat animals but still wear leather.

Many years ago, yes. But now it's not exactly a nessessity. Same goes for toes. :winkwink:

mmmmmm, lobster. No, it isnt cruel to cook food.

I ate king crab legs for dinner tonight. Twas delicious.

It never ceases to amaze me that some people think that some animals don't feel pain. I actually have a lot of "veggie" buddies who think FISH and INSECTS don't feel pain--hence, they are 'vegetarian' except for seafood. LOL.

I'm not a flaming vegan or anything but let's be real and acknowledge that, yes--all animals can feel pain so let's not use any misunderstanding of that fact as a justification for eating their flesh.

IT IS A FUCKING LOBSTER? do u peolpe eat meat? its all the same omg hahaha.

actually there is a reason why they are killed in this manner which nobody seems to have mentioned. As soon as a lobster dies it releases a chemical which damages the flesh making it much much tougher to eat, hence they are killed and cooked at the same time.

I do not agree with it, it's horrible. But i bet loads of you eat mcdonalds. or chicken breasts from your supermarket. Now you tell me who's had the worse existence?
The lobster who lives his life for free and then dies painfully in several seconds or the chicken trapped in a cage so small it cant move and...well you get the picture.