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| | "Recently there have been a lot of rats... Guangzhou people are rich and like to eat exotic things, so business is very good," it quoted a vendor as saying, referring to the capital of Guangdong province, where people are reputed to eat anything that moves.<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/19852455/ns/business-small_business/t/mmm-rodents-china-feasts-rat-infestation/ Mmm,rodents. China feasts on rat infestation], NBC News</ref>}} | | "Recently there have been a lot of rats... Guangzhou people are rich and like to eat exotic things, so business is very good," it quoted a vendor as saying, referring to the capital of Guangdong province, where people are reputed to eat anything that moves.<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/19852455/ns/business-small_business/t/mmm-rodents-china-feasts-rat-infestation/ Mmm,rodents. China feasts on rat infestation], NBC News</ref>}} |
| | + | === Eating of live mice in China === |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[China and atheism]] and [[Asian atheism]] |
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| | + | ''The Daily Mail'' reported: |
| | + | {{Cquote|An Asian man has been filmed dipping a live baby mouse into a bowl of sauce before eating it. |
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| | + | The disgusting footage showed the man picking up a baby mouse with chopsticks before calmly devouring the squeaking rodent that was still moving. |
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| | + | The revolting meal, which was accompanied by a plate of tomatoes, is reportedly considered a delicacy in the Guangdong province of southeast China. |
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| | + | The government banned the dish, but it can still be found in backstreet restaurants. |
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| | + | The practice has been given the gruesome name of 'Three Squeaks' because the mouse squeaks when it gets picked up by a diner, again when it gets dipped into the sauce and finally as it dies... |
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| | + | In November 2015 a shocking video of newborn mice being prepared to be eaten emerged online. |
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| | + | The footage is believed to have been shot at a restaurant in Guangdong, south China, where mice are a specialty. |
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| | + | The video showed the mice next to a pot of broth being dipped into a plate of sauce. |
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| | + | A separate footage of a man actually eating the mice was also posted online. |
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| | + | The man was seen with a plate of the baby rodents in front of him. |
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| | + | After smothering the still-wriggling creatures in a brown sauce, he put one in his mouth and chewed on the mouse.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7927747/Asian-man-dips-baby-mouse-bowl-sauce-eating-ALIVE.html Disturbing footage shows diner calmly dipping a baby MOUSE in a bowl of sauce before eating it alive as part of banned Chinese delicacy known as 'Three Squeaks']</ref>}} |
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