WATCH: Deep-fried fish starts twitching on plate

Footage has emerged of a deep-fried fish appearing to twitch and move around while on a serving tray.

Seen next to three other fried fish, it begins to move, enough that it partially opens and its cooked meat can be seen.

A woman can be heard screaming and saying "Oh no, no no! It's cracking".

The video is said to have been taken in Hengyang, Hunan Province in southern China.

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Viewers online suggested the fish was still twitching because it had been fried alive.

"Give it another five minutes or so, the fish will be cooked," one user said.