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* In a [[Filler]] episode of ''[[Naruto]]'', a ninja disguised as Kabuto links his heart to Naruto's. Any damage to his heart also happens to Naruto's. The guy ''pulls his heart out of his chest, arteries intact'', and as such it is still beating. The scene (which was essentially impossible to tone down in a way that doesn't make the scene incomprehensible) is why they put a [[Content Warnings]] at the beginning of the episode.
*** Near the end of the episode, {{spoiler|the ninja in question is revealed to be a ''female'' - the same one that had tried killing Naruto and co. in the previous episode. From the context of said episode, she most likely ''died'' soon after using what her accomplices referred to as a dangerous technique, but considering that a later scene (if not the next one) shows that said accomplices had brought her to Orochimaru, known by fans to have some medical experience...}}
** In Shippuden, [[Psycho for Hire|Kakuzu]] tears the hearts out of his enemies and absorbs them into his own body to extend his life. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100731032931/http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/336/05/ In a modified] [[Gory Discretion Shot]] one can see him holding a still-beating heart in his hand.
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', series villain Naraku controls one his subordinates, Kagura, by keeping her heart with him at all times. If she displeases him, he [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortures]] her by squeezing it.
* This, along with many other horrifically [[Gorn|violent]] happenings, occurs in the first 10 minutes of the anime, ''[[Elfen Lied]]''.
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* ''Extremely fresh'' snake hearts are a delicacy in Vietnam, and swallowing them on camera is a popular stunt among tourists. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovwj0FYN0Qg Look if you dare.] A great many amateur [[YouTube]] videos document the same phenonemon.
** In Japan Frog Sashimi is served with the heart still beating (also considered a delicacy).
* On a lighter note, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026201721/http://history.missouristate.edu/jchuchiak/aztecs40.gif Aztec sacrifices] involved ripping out the heart while it was still beating. Yeah, [[Truth in Television|it happened]].
** Debated. This may be a case of an [[Unreliable Narrator]]. The Spanish reported that this was how Aztec sacrifices were performed, but the method of removing the heart does not seem conducive to the kind of quick removal necessary (ie they went through the ribs, which would take some time to break). Furthermore, most Aztec artwork shows the sacrifices being decapitated, not having their hearts ripped out. So, many scholars now believe that the Aztects beheaded their sacrifices, and removed the hearts much later.
* One rather strange Darwin award involved a guy trying to ('''[[NSFW]]''') {{spoiler|use a bovine heart as a sex toy using a car battery to make it beat, and he ended up electrocuting himself}}.
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