A mother experienced utter disbelief when the poultry she was preparing for dinner disintegrated into strands resembling spaghetti.

Clarifying that pasta was not part of the evening’s meal, she shared a Facebook post depicting the raw chicken she was rinsing, which was falling apart in her grasp.

“I believe it’s that imitation meat,” she stated in her now widely circulated post, which is motivating internet users to consider a vegan lifestyle.

Alesia Cooper, a resident of Irving, Texas, recently posted a troubling image of a chicken breast expressing its discontent regarding its impending fate on a dinner plate on March 21.

Cooper stated, “I have been contemplating whether to share this, but since I had to witness it, so must you all.” The post, which features a picture of the chicken disintegrating into strands resembling spaghetti, further elaborates: “A couple of weeks ago, while preparing dinner for my children, I was cleaning the meat as I usually do, and when I returned to continue cooking, it had transformed into this (SIC).”

A mother of two, who reveals that she bought the chicken breast from the budget supermarket Aldi, states: “I believe it might be imitation meat, but I am not entirely certain… I haven’t prepared chicken off the bone in quite some time.”

Internet users quickly took to the comments section to share their thoughts, with some speculating that the chicken was either 3D printed or cultivated in a petri dish.

“One commenter suggested, ‘That’s lab-grown chicken; it’s a new method of producing chicken that emerged in response to the bird flu and resource shortages over the past few years. Last year, it was announced that a way to create chicken in a lab had been developed, and that’s what is currently available in stores.’”