From keeping giant anacondas as pets to eating live creatures, there are plenty of people around the world who have strange habits. A recent video of a woman munching on a live crab has caught the attention of internet users. The video was shared on Instagram, with several social media users expressing their disgust.
Many users blamed people’s strange eating habits as the main cause of the outbreak of various diseases. Many netizens even claimed that such eating habits led to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Eating live animals is common in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Thailand. This practice is also very common in China. As a result, many Instagram users have criticized these countries’ strange eating habits, which often lead to outbreaks of various diseases.
“Remove China from the map,” one Instagram user wrote in a post.
“Horrible cruelty,” one commenter said.
“Major khana kar li thi aarti a gayi,” read another comment written in Hindi.
“Didi chocolate todi toh aap chaba chaba kal ka rahi ho.”
“Coronavirus started because of these kinds of activities!!!”
“The coronavirus is to blame.”
Many experts believe that the COVID-19 virus may have been transmitted to humans in one of China’s wet markets. According to some reports, a wet market known as the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, is believed to be the source of COVID-19, National Geographic reported.
Wet markets are usually large collections of outdoor stalls selling fresh seafood, meat, fruits, and vegetables. You can also buy live sea creatures, fish, crabs, and other sea creatures to cook with. Some wet markets also sell or slaughter live animals, such as chickens, fish, shellfish, and crabs, on the spot. In China’s South China Market, there was even a section where you could buy wild animals and slaughtered snakes, beavers, porcupines, and even baby crocodiles.
