Eating Octopus might also kill you… or make you pregnant. Our picks of the week from around the web, including the truth about death and good reasons not to eat cephalopods. The 35-year-old man, who was a host on DouYu, one of China's largest live-streaming platforms, had been filming himself drinking alcohol and eating centipedes, geckos and mealworms. I am very against eating live animals, exactly why I don't eat any sea food in most cases. It cost more than most foods and set me back about 10,000 won (roughly 10 USD), but it isn’t exactly the most commonly eaten food. According to CNN Travel, eating live octopus grew in notoriety in large part because of the infamous scene in Oldboy, a 2003 Korean film.In it, Choi Min-sik—the lead actor—eats a whole live octopus. Reportedly, the old man had been asking for help for respiratory difficulty. For some, eating live octopus is said to be good for the blood sugar levels. Your taste and wants should NEVER matter more than humane treatment of animals. Many Korean natives also eat the octopus whole by wrapping it … A woman in South Korea stopped breathing after eating a live octopus, and died 16 days later in hospital. A SOUTH Korean was jailed for life for the murder of his girlfriend, who police first thought had choked to death while eating a live octopus. When you order the dish, they chop it up and season it, and serve it to you as it’s wiggling around on the plate. This makes them unconscious, then you can deliver a painless death. Why you shouldn’t eat octopus - BBC Future Homepage AFP October 12, 2012 2:11pm. Eating wiggling octopus is not a good idea. Apparently, eating your food while it is still alive is a delicacy in some parts of the world. A man, 71, choked to death in Incheon after eating a chopped but wiggling octopus, police said Tuesday. What was the experience of eating live octopus like? 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