Reference for Chullin 72:7
הוכשרו ואפילו למימני בהו ראשון ושני אמאי
[I should have said that] in that case only was it necessary for the food to be first moistened by water, [for the law regarding corpse uncleanness is not so rigorous], inasmuch as a lentil's bulk of a corpse will not convey uncleanness; but with regard to reptile uncleanness, inasmuch as a lentil's bulk of a dead reptile will convey uncleanness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is here stated nevertheless that by the mere slaughtering, without moistening by water or other liquid, food can transmit uncleanness to the first and second degrees; the same, it is suggested, is the case with sacred esteem, thus providing the answer to the question raised by R. Simeon b. Lakish.');"><sup>3</sup></span>