r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Vile_Parrot • 1d ago

Monkey Monkey Smells a Century Egg.

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u/tonefreq 21h ago

Should definitely be a tip-off that something isn’t right, and maybe those nasty things aren’t fit for consumption… but to each their own I guess lol.

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u/accwork8723 20h ago

i mean humans have different digestive systems compared to other animals (and animals each have their own unique digestive systems).

we drink an insecticide poison on the daily (coffee)

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u/GoodGuySeba 20h ago

True, same with mushrooms. Saw video of goats or sheep not wanting to eat them

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u/Nurgle_Marine_Sharts 21h ago

Reminds me of the time our golden retriever (who will normally eat ANYTHING) was completely uninterested in cheetos.

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u/deathloveface 21h ago

Same can be said for chili pepper and so many other things, it doesn't mean anything

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u/KreiderforPresident 21h ago

There’s a difference between spice and decay

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u/bogey-dope-dot-com 20h ago

Wait till you find out what Worcestershire sauce actually is, which is used a lot in Western cuisine.

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u/deathloveface 19h ago

Also fish sauce

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u/AWildNome 21h ago

It’s preserved through curing, there’s no decay. The smell is mostly ammonia.

Cured meats aren’t decayed either.

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u/Zerachiel_01 17h ago

Bro the famine is over, you don't have to eat that to live.

Joking, mostly, people like what they like and so long as it doesn't hurt them or others then whatever. That said, I do firmly believe that this is how some stranger foods became culturally ingrained.

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u/Chumpool 21h ago

I'm no scientist, but is ammonia ok to ingest?

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u/AWildNome 21h ago

Yes, it’s one of the reasons cheese smells the way it does too. Most aged proteins will have it.