Eating live octopus is a delicacy in South Korea. "Because it contains virgin [raw] taurine." The scope of live-eating of octopus in the U.S is not yet known. A video that has gone massively viral online shows a live-streaming host trying to film herself while eating an octopus alive. But Ssoyoung's commenters don't have a problem with her eating live octopus, per se, but are rather taking issue with how she's preparing it. More examples may or may not come to light. Seafood is a large part of South Korean culture, including consuming some live creatures. "Eating the live octopus is very good for your blood sugar levels," he said. After trying some on camera, he said the tentacles stick to his mouth and it feels "kind of strange." The Jagalchi Fish Market in Busan is about what you expect from Asian fish markets, the fish are super fresh because they are still alive! He said to stop customers choking, the octopus has to be cut into very small pieces. 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. 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. What was the experience of eating live octopus like? It was the first port of call for the day and we were in need of breakfast… What better than live octopus, well, almost live, it had been dead about 30 seconds when we started eating it and it was still wriggling around the plate!