CHINA — In a video gone viral on Chinese social media, a crayfish is seen sacrificing its claw in order to escape death by boiling hot pot.<br /><br />The video was posted on Weibo, aka Chinese Twitter on May 28, Taiwan News reports.<br /><br />Jiuke (九可), the person who posted the video, said that they had ordered a big serving of live crayfish, which was supposed to be boiled in a giant bowl of spicy hotpot.<br /><br />He commented that one of the crayfish caught his attention when it slowly crawled out of the boiling hot cauldron, determined to survive.<br /><br />In the video, it appears the crayfish uses its right claw to detach its left claw in order to successfully make its escape.<br /><br />Comments on social media were overwhelmingly sympathetic to the poor crustacean.<br /><br />Jiuke assured social media users that he took the crayfish back home and is now raising him in an aquarium.
