Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
VIVISECTION
vivisection
(noun) the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)
The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Source: Wiktionary
Viv`i*sec"tion, n. Etym: [L. vivus alive + E. section: cf. F. vivisection. See Vivid, and Section.]
Definition: The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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