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A desperate crayfish has been filmed removing one of his own claws in a bid to escape from a pot of boiling soup.
The video footage, which has been viewed more than a million times on Weibo, was taken at a restaurant in China – one of the world’s largest producers of crayfish.
It shows the crustacean climbing from the pot, before pulling off his claw, and scuttling away.
WARNING: Some may find the video upsetting
Took him home
Viewers of the film – which was uploaded to Chinese platform Weibo by a user called Juike – supported the crayfish, branding him ‘brave’ and hoping he would survive.
According to reports, one user said: “Don’t eat him, seeing how hard he’s trying to survive.” Another implored the restaurant to ‘let him go’.
Juike, who posted the video, said: “I let him live, I already took him home and am raising him in an aquarium.”
