Why did Sukhé slaughter the sheep by putting his hand in its chest?
Most people in the world slaughter animals by cutting their throats, chopping their heads off or shooting them. Mongolians figured out that meat has more flavor and nutrition when it’s still full of blood, so when they slaughter animals they want them to bleed as little as possible. When they reach inside sheeps’ chests they are either squeezing its heart or pinching the aorta to cut off the blood flow to the brain. Sheep usually die in a matter of moments very quietly, looking as if they were robots simply being turned off. Unfortunately most herd animals are too big or suspicious of humans to be slaughtered like this. Mongolians stun other animals with a blow to the head by a hammer or the back of an axe.
