On social media, many viewers were stunned after a viral video showed freshly cut meat spasming, causing people to rethink eating meat.
A viral video showing freshly cut meat spasming has left many viewers uncomfortable and questioning their dietary choices.
A freshly cut meat spasms after being cut
On social media, the Twitter account “Weird and Terrifying” shared a clip showing a slab of meat erupting into spasms.
The video, originally viral on Facebook in 2020, shows what happens when butchers add salt to fresh meat.
Salt draws out water from the surface and helps preserve the meat, a crucial part of the butchering process.
However, as Reddit user Jackson from the US pointed out, this process has an unsettling side effect.
The experts explain why fresh meat spasms
In the video, the butcher holds the meat up to the camera so viewers can clearly see it spasming.
The meat’s surface bubbles as it reacts to the salt, which seems to make the muscle fibers twitch.
Experts say this phenomenon only occurs with freshly slaughtered meat. The spasms are caused by nerve endings still “alive” in the muscle tissue.
In 2015, a similar video went viral showing meat pulsating in a market in the Philippines.
Lv Suwen, an expert in animal health, explained at the time: “The central nervous system is dead, but the nerve endings in the muscles are still firing.”
This firing results in the visible spasms, but it stops shortly after.
The video quickly went viral, leaving viewers so shocked that it turned many into vegetarians
After Jackson’s video was shared on Twitter, many viewers expressed shock and discomfort.
One user said: That’ll be nice and tender, need that done rare.
A second wrote: Needs some pepper and hot sauce!!
While a third commented: Weird how you called it muscle… this is not a human, right?
Another added: Coulda went the rest of my life w.o seeing this.
Someone else said: Bullshit i can see your hand vibrating. post another video of you not holding it.
The video has since spread to TikTok, where more users have shared their intention to go vegan after watching it.
One viewer simply said, “I’m going vegan.”
Meanwhile, others were visibly disturbed. “My skin is crawling… so unsettling,” one user commented.
The imfact of the ‘spasming meat’ video on meat eaters.
While experts explain the scientific basis behind the spasms, the video has undeniably made many question their eating habits.
For some, it’s a wake-up call, pushing them toward vegetarian or vegan diets. The unsettling nature of the video reminds viewers of the realities of meat production, leaving them to reconsider their food choices.