Sheldon wrote:
>
> Dave Smith wrote:
> > Zippy P wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, just wondering if oysters are still alive when you eat them. Raw
> > > oysters I'm talking about.
> >
> > Yes.
>
> Wrong.
>
> Only if you swallow them shell and all.


Shucking an oyster involves severing the muscle that holds the body to the
shell. That doesn't kill them right away and more than cutting off a fish's
dorsal fin would kill the fish.




" Oysters are among the few animals that people of the world still eat
alive and raw."

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/zone/underw...r-huitre_e.htm