On Jul 21, 2:48?am, PeterLucas > wrote:
> Blair P. Houghton > wrote in news:I%goi.110680$2f1.69235
> @fe10.news.easynews.com:
>
> > Zippy P > wrote:
> >>Hi, just wondering if oysters are still alive when you eat them. Raw
> >>oysters I'm talking about.
>
> > They better ****ing be.
>
> LOL!!!
>
> I usually pick them straight off the rocks and open 'em up and throw 'em at
> my face :-)
>
> Can't get any more alive-er than that :-)

As soon as you sever their abductor muscles and mantle bivalves die,
the same as if your throat were slit and your heart severed from your
body. Bivalves do have a heart and blood (a clear fluid).