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FUCKING. DISGUSTING.

Animal rights concerns - notice

I have removed this notice. The notice referred to the talk page. The talk page does not contain any discussion on that matter - apart from the discussion on "alive" cooking. As such I think if there are documented animal rights concerns, a notable campaign against Balut or whatever then such information should be added, but a blanket notice without further info is inappropriate - unless we want to add it to every single food related page. Refdoc (talk) 13:53, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fight Quest

Just wanted to note that although I do not have a link, the new Discovery Channel show Fight Quest just recently (within a week of 1/14/2008) featured consumption of balut as well!

Boiled "alive"?

I've removed the word "alive" from the phrase "boiled alive" in the first paragraph. Using "alive" sounds sensationalist, as if the editor who originally placed the word there (who was anonymous, by the way) did so only to provoke debate over the cruelty of the practice, or highlight the fact that people are boiling a "living" creature. Let's not turn this culinary article into a debate about duck abortion! 172.141.180.67 (talk) 16:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So just to avoid controversy you changed the phrasing of an accurate term? They are in fact boiled alive. What purpose does sugar coating that serve? Western culture eats eggs. Western culture eats ducks. Only a moron would have a MORAL problem with this. Wikipedia shouldn't be catering to the morons. 207.154.101.184 (talk) 06:14, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It is sensationalist. I don't exactly hear people saying they 'boiled a baby chicken alive' or 'pureed a living embryo into an omelette' when they're preparing 'normal' chicken eggs.--Astepintooblivion (talk) 13:42, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Normally, eggs aren't fertilized, AFAIK. Or at least not developed. I agree that the wording is sensationalist, though.--Cyberman TM (talk) 10:43, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's utter rubbish to describe the word "alive" as sensationalist. It is an entirely accurate and scientifically correct term for an embryo. It is alive and not dead. Since the only objection to it is that it "sounds provocative" (which is not a legitimate reason to remove a fact), I've put the word back in. --Hibernian (talk) 15:43, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is the crux of the abortion debate, at least in the United States. To deign to provide an answer whether an embryo is alive or not is not NPOV. That word has no place in this article.65.175.234.67 (talk) 05:32, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's totally incorrect on several counts. First of all, I highly doubt that it is ever at question whether a human embryo is alive, of course it's alive (how else would you possibly describe it?), but that's a totally different question as to whether it has Human rights (which is actually the crux of the abortion debate). In this context, the word "alive" is referring to the scientific fact that it "possesses life", it has no moral judgment as to the rights of the lifeform. It is not NPOV, it is a very straightforward scientific fact. --Hibernian (talk) 02:56, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Putting the NPOV tag on this article, because all traces of this opinion have been scrubbed from the article. 180.189.162.58 (talk) 00:34, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree here with the NPOV, show reliable sources that this is a controversy or that they are boiled "alive"? Otherwise the NPOV gets removed... It's hardy a dispute since this hasn't even been discussed in nearly a year... — raekyt 00:47, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Whether alive or not, "fertilized duck embryo" makes no sense. Eggs are fertilized, and embryos develop from them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.153.30.69 (talk) 19:54, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Often trigger screaming

The eating of a Balut can often trigger off a fit of screaming, one notable example of this was survivor contestant Denise, Screamed, then didn't even finish it, she was subsequently sick.

This is out of context, and doesn't read very well. The event described may be rewritten and moved to the "In popular media" section. However, the "often trigger off a fit of screaming" claim should be deleted. Fireartist (talk) 16:13, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eating a duck embryo is unethical, just like a lot of Asian culinary habits. EWW —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.188.76.70 (talk) 22:15, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's retarded. By extension, eating a born animal would be even more unethical since the animal would have a developed brain that can feel pain when it is slaughtered. These embryos do not. Or do you mean the younger the animal, the more unethical it is to eat it? In that case, eating regular eggs should doom us all to hell. I think what you were really trying to say was "Eating a duck embryo is weird, gross and alien to me, merely because it's not common in my culture." Succubus MacAstaroth (talk) 17:27, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wow this is...disgusting...o_O ResMar 23:43, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We should be careful. Does it developed a brain or nervous system already? Do you agree the boiling pain is not worth the taste? Some farms offered eggs with dead embryoes and if it is not dead long the hygiene problem is not much. And we have unfementalited eggs and chicken killed less painful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjueh8259 (talk • contribs) 11:42, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Magnetic resonance imaging

The existence, age, and size of the fetus are determined using the ancient Chinese science-art of magnetic resonance imaging.

Citation? Street sellers certainly don't use MRI machines (see Magnetic resonance imaging) Fireartist (talk) 16:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They use a lightbulb, FYI. I am not going to put the fact into the article however, to someone in the know, shining a light through the egg can give a pretty accurate idea of the developmental stage of the foetus. Oh my gosh, it's a S N A I S Y ! What's a Snaisy? 18:01, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious joke is... really obvious. Though it would have been funnier if it DID say shining a light through it. 72.200.151.13 (talk) 05:52, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously needs inline citations

Ebaychatter0 (talk) 03:38, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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