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A video supposedly showing a piece of raw meat twitching its way off of a dinner table went viral in July 2019. This video was shared by several different outlets under a variety of captions, but most referred to it as the zombie chicken video: The video first starting circulating on Chinese social media sites such as Weibo around June 2019. When the video reached English outlets about a week later, it was frequently accompanied by jokes about zombie chicken. However, when Hong Kong News covered this video on June 17, reporters identified the animal as a recently skinned frog. An early posting from the 笑一笑没烦恼 (Laugh, no worries) Facebook page also identified this zombie meat as frog. These sources don't appear to have any first-hand knowledge of the incident, however, so we should take their claims with a grain of salt, too. Speaking of salt ... This video shows an extremely fresh cut of meat. While this animal is certainly dead, it's neurons are still active and seem to be reacting to sodium ion, a chemical compound that can be found in salt and soy sauce. When the Scientific American looked into a similar video back in 2011, they explained: Scientific American was commenting on the following video from 2009. While the reaction in this footage is not as severe, it does show how salt can cause a raw piece of meat to twitch: An article from Brain Stuff further explained why these dead animals appear to dance when salted: While we have been unable to track down the exact origins of this video, this footage likely was filmed at a restaurant that practices ikizukuri, which is a method of preparing live seafood. This method of preparation is most commonly used with fish, but octopus, shrimp, lobster, and frogs can also be prepared this way. In 2012, a restaurant in Tokyo found itself in the path of protesters after a video showing the making of a live frog sashimi dish went viral. Here's how Fox News described that video (which can be seen here): Although we can't confirm many of the details about this zombie chicken zombie frog video, it certainly falls within the realm of plausibility.
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