Why is it gross? Clean skin is clean skin. Once your able to see past the innuendos you'll find there's nothing particulary gross about it. I am not going to comment one way or the other as towards cruelty to the animal. But, It's just flesh, if you were any other carnivore in the animal kingdom you'd be happy to be in that position, rather than "sheepishly" cowering at the connotations of mouth placement...