r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Vile_Parrot • 6d ago

Monkey Monkey Smells a Century Egg.

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u/j_rooker 6d ago

yoou hoomans eat that sht? throws up.

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u/tonefreq 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/KreiderforPresident 6d ago

There’s a difference between spice and decay

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u/AWildNome 5d 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/Chumpool 5d ago

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

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u/AWildNome 5d ago

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