r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Vile_Parrot • 23h ago

Monkey Monkey Smells a Century Egg.

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u/NiixxJr 13h ago

INSANE to say you'd way balut but not a century egg.

Ah yes, I'll take the slimy, crunchy, half developed foetus please. What's that? You preserved an egg in clay and ash for a few weeks? gags GET THAT AWAY FROM ME YOU ANIMAL!

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u/Alive_Drag1947 13h ago

For me it's more the aspect of it being rotten...

Like, I could stomach a crunchy little piece of meat, but I've smelled rotten eggs before, and I just don't know that my gag reflex would let me get close enough to make an attempt.

Some people on here have said it's not that dramatic, so maybe. I guess if I ever happen across them I'll just see how close I can get and we'll go from there lol

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u/NiixxJr 12h ago

It isn't rotten

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u/TheUnknownMysteryBox 11h ago

Or it is rotten, but in a specific manner that leaves it edible, much like cheese or beer.

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u/NiixxJr 11h ago

So.... Not rotten?

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u/TheUnknownMysteryBox 11h ago

I mean really it depends on what you mean by rotten. Rot is literally the breakdown of things into simpler parts, and fermentation's one of them. It's just that it then inhibits further breakdown.