Cut yet alive: Rare mackerel incident at Malpe harbour stuns onlookers


Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (TP)

Udupi, Jan 27: A rare and surprising incident was reported at Malpe Harbour in Udupi, where a mackerel fish was found alive even after being cut.

A customer had purchased mackerel from a woman vendor at the harbour and requested her to cut it.

While the vendor was cleaning and cutting the fish and placing it in a tub, one of the fish was seen wriggling, indicating that it was still alive.

The unusual sight left people present at the harbour shocked and astonished. Several bystanders recorded the incident on their mobile phones.

The video has since gone viral on social media, drawing widespread attention and curiosity among netizens.


 

 

 

  

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  • Sudhakar, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 27 2026

    It's spirit has not left the body completely.

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  • Frwdo, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 27 2026

    It is not alive. The nerves are causing it to twitch. This is how the nervous system has evolved. Gen Z classifies this as alive.. Oldies may recall those days if a snake was killed it would be cut ✂️ into 3 or 4 piece. If not done so if a person stamped on the dead snake it would bite him

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai-Mangalauru

    Tue, Jan 27 2026

    This is a well documented phenomenon in medical science, although this looks very prominent & prolonged; that a fish's heart often continues to beat for a significant amount of time after it has been cut out of the body or after the fish has died. This phenomenon occurs because fish cardiac muscles possess a high degree of automaticity, meaning they generate their own electrical impulses (via a pacemaker near the atrium) and can contract independently of the brain or central nervous system.

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