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Watch How Animals Turn into Delicious Meat (Plus Bonus Shot of Blowtorched Pig!)

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If you’re a vegetarian, close this tab and maybe turn off your computer and take a cold shower. If you’re not, here’s how the meat on your plate gets processed from savage beast to tasty feast!

This highly interesting mini-doc shows off the gear inside a slaughterhouse, from the electric stun rods to a thing called a “pig scalder” that I just learned existed today. It’s pretty gruesome, so maybe reconsider watching if images of giant carcasses being sawed in half bother you. Otherwise, build an appetite and be fascinated. [SkeeterNYC via Reddit]

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