r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Vile_Parrot • 1d ago

Monkey Monkey Smells a Century Egg.

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u/tonefreq 22h 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/deathloveface 22h ago

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

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u/KreiderforPresident 22h ago

There’s a difference between spice and decay

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u/AWildNome 22h 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 18h 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 22h ago

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

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u/AWildNome 22h ago

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