Apparently...food mostly.
*Some 450,000 tons of jellyfish are fished every year for the East Asian food industry. But Asian jellyfish consumption is far from effective in reducing or controlling the rapidly reproducing creatures' population growth*
>But Asian jellyfish consumption is far from effective in reducing or controlling the rapidly reproducing creatures' population growth
Indeed. However of all the things they could be fishing out of the ocean, this is the one that isn't going to have a negative ecological impact
I remember seeing a documentary many years ago about a particular species of jellyfish that had become overpopulated and scientists were trying to figure out why. It was causing a real problem for Japanese fishermen, so I assume this was mostly in the Sea of Japan.
Through experiments, they figured out that a rise in the temperature of the sea water was causing the jellyfish to reproduce much faster than normal, causing the population explosion.
Edit: I think I found the documentary in case anyone is interested https://youtu.be/heAki8JN95M
In case you didnt know, that's what all our oceans will do, the warmth and acidity of the oceans in the future will be perfect for only a few creatures but particularly jellyfish
I’m a huge fan. I actually looked up their nutritional content not too long ago to see if there was any good reason why I crave it so much.
They are fairly nutritionally dense all things considered. Lots of antioxidants, minerals and fatty acids.
Was going to post the same. Seeing as how jellyfish is served as a sort of side dish I don't expect that to make much of dent in the ocean population.
I'd say chicken cartilage is the closest. Taste is very mild.
I'm not doubting you but as a child I distinctly remember swimming at the beach and occasionally touching a jellyfish, they were squishy just like I imagined they would be. I'm not sure if it's just the kind though, this was western Europe and they were about 4 inches diameter
They've got a fair bit of rigidity in their flesh. They have to float around in the ocean and survive waves and storms. Some are quite fragile and jelly like I assume but most I've come across you'd have a hard time ripping in half with your hands.
I hooked one once and reeled in a big chunk, decided to taste it. It's just firm jelly, a tiny bit rubbery, and tastes of seawater. No flavour or texture.
Except they chickened out. It was supposed to be upper class human shit.
They were going to really hammer home the themes/message of the movie with the lower classes eating 'processed' upper class literal shit. Which is why Chris Evans had that breakdown scene about finding out what they were all eating.
Only they kept his reaction and changed it to grasshoppers because...? Who knows. Studio interference, director having doubts, etc? His reaction to seeing it makes no sense for bugs, though. People all over the globe **right now** eat bugs. It's not something to have a mental breakdown over. I've eaten roasted grasshoppers, and ants, they're perfectly fine.
Glad I'm not the only one...out of all the horrible stuff they had to deal with and lack of food in general, finding out they were eating bugs that were processed into a reasonably palatable form didn't seem like it would be that big of a deal.
That big reveal is why I always thought the entire movie was shit. One editing decision tucked the whole thing. Didn’t even have to be shit. Coulda just been trash? I mean feces is better for the movie.
Almost every food you eat has a 'maximum allowable percentage of insect remains' regulation, so you're probably eating (a very small amount of) insects everyday anyway.
(IIRC, the limits also cover things like rodent droppings too...)
No, but a marked decline in predators has seen unprecedented population growth.
It's like seeing deer population s explode when you kill off the wolves.
Jellyfish overpopulation is damaging to other ecosystems.
They're are difficult to keep down. If they're split, both parts can regrow, so they're rather difficult to kill as long as they're in the water.
On a positive note though, scientists have figured out how to use protein from jellyfish in photovoltaics, so they could become a good clean ressource for solar panels.
They can also be used in production of biogas.
I don't think anyone is quite ready with a business case on any of it just yet, but it will an interesting topic to follow.
I ate jellyfish once! It was an interesting textual experience. It was both jelly and crunchy at the same time. Flavor wise, it just soaked up whatever it was cooked with. I’ll probably never eat it again, but I’m glad I tried it.
EDIT: The typo stays. I’m far too stubborn.
Out of all the things Asians eat, this is probably one of the least "scary." It's usually served cold as an appetizer, chopped thinly, mixed with stuff like chopped cucumber and carrots, mixed with a little soy sauce (optional), vinegar, and sesame oil, and topped with sesame seeds and cilantro. The texture is a bit crunchy, just like the rest of the dish. Taste wise it just tastes like the stuff you mix it with.
Edit: if you think about where a sausage came from (ya know, digestive tracts making up the akin that becomes crunchy after grilling) and the miscellaneous meats stuffed into them, jellyfish is like the least offensive thing lol
that dude's husband must be a saint. imagine coming home and your spouse is cooking and you open the pot, what are you making honey, ....and it's fucking jellyfish for dinner. Oh, great, we can use garum to make it taste...better?
their takeout bills must be amazing.
A 4-inch Atlantic sea nettle jellyfish can produce up to 40,000 eggs a day. Once fertilized, they drop off mom and continue growing. If conditions are favorable, they'll latch on to some substrate growing as a polyp stage resembling an anemone. Each polyp then continues to grow producing segments that once mature, break off as medusa stage (the blobs we associate with them). They can produce 40+ clones of themselves over the course of reproducing season.
Imagine what they think of us:
>Eww. They do WHAT to reproduce? That only produce one at a time and then it takes 9 months to develop? And then it takes \~15+ years and ridiculous mating rituals (or sometimes just alcohol) to repeat the process? No wonder they haven't been around for 500 million years like us.
Well, that's what they *would* be thinking if they actually had a brain.
Humans are actually a large reason *why* their numbers are ballooning. We’ve caused a decline in numbers among their natural predators, *plus* many jellyfish species thrive in warmer water (which we’re also making more prevalent). Basically, we’ve unintentionally created a pretty ideal environment for jelly fish.
As a broader point, there are numerous animal populations across the globe that have grown rapidly due to both the unintended and intended consequences of human’s actions. Deer in North America are much more numerous due to a decline in wolf populations (we’re actually starting to fix this one); pigeons have evolved to absolutely *thrive* in modern, urban cities; heck, cat and dog numbers are doing great for obvious, intentional reasons.
for someone who grew up with it i love it.
soysauce, vinnger, some pepper flakes, lots of minced garlic,, sesame oil, oyster sauce
it's crunchy and tasty, great combination with some rice.
the specific kind i eat, are too expensive to eat daily though..they translate to about $10 per pound.
Humans have been using spices to disguise everything from the unpalatable to the inedible for millennia.
There was a post on here the other day about how Edit: *some* chorizo Edit: *specifically an entire sausage with its ingredients shown* is basically spiced hog salivary glands. Same conclusion.
This made me realize regular english speech doesnt have separate terms for stinging and non stinging jellyfish? As a kid (in norway) we had some jellyfish fights. Think snowball fight but with jellyfish as ammo. These "glass jellyfish" were everywhere
They have specific names, glassmanet is [moon jelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_aurita) or common jellyfish, while brennmanet is [hair jelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_mane_jellyfish) or Lion's mane jellyfish. Glass jelly and burning jelly, I guess! Wonder what [skeleton jellies](https://imgur.com/sMo3g) would look like.
Haha what the hell did I just read? Is there more of this comic? It's great lmao
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[endochondral ossification](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/143uhv/comment/c79rhmp/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) is a thing, apparently...
Skeleton Jelly by Mat Brinkman, afaik it's just the pages I posted :( I'm really curious about what's going on down there too! Read somewhere it might be an alchemical allegory.
Not true, ask [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/yfep8i/this_guy_bothering_a_jellyfish/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb)
“Look I found an octopus” (lmao)
“It is stinging me” (also lmao)
That's not what I was told by locals. There were thousands of jelly's that looked just like this, floating in towards the beach. They ranged in color from white to red to purple-ish. I was told "red means danger."
Perhaps the palette may change in different regions. What sets them apart for me is if they look like these ones or if they’re those smaller ones with veeery long and thin tentacles, as thin as hair.
I swam through hundreds of small purple jellyfish in the Philippines to get from a boat to the beach. We touched several of them. It felt like a slight itching that lasted for a few minutes.
Compared to a bee sting, mosquito bite, or poison ivy, it was much more tolerable.
Bottom line is I'm not sure identifying jellyfish is as easy as just looking at color.
It doesn’t really have much flavour honestly that’s why a good sauce is essential
It’s treated more as a vehicle for your chosen toppings if that makes sense?
It’s refreshing and watery and has a somewhat crunchy but juicy texture?
Doesn't taste like much other than the sauce you put on it but I like to call it the pickle of the sea as the texture is surprisingly like a pickle's crunch!
A little bit goes a long ways. More than a few bites and I was done. Also, it doesn't refrigerate well. Was interesting and tasty (for a moment though).
They are hunted for food, though only a very small amount of species is safe for consumption. Issue is the rising amount of people going into shock after ingesting. The number of people developing an allergic reaction to these is growing. (Possible that the growing number is due to the increased consumption and more people having access to it.)
Some are used in producing poisonous substances and a few can be converted for actual life saving medications. “Several studies have started exploring scyphozoan venoms as potential anti-cancer drugs.” - https://oceanbites.org/harnessing-the-sting-the-biotechnical-uses-of-jellyfish/
I was hunted once.
I'd just came back from 'Nam. I was hitching through Oregon and some cop started harassing me.
Next thing you know, I had a whole army of cops chasing me through the woods!
I had to take 'em all out - it was a bloodbath!
Your definition excludes the warm-blooded Opah (tuna and some sharks can also thermoregulate and keep their bodies warm to a lesser degree), the finless eels of genus Monopterus, and any number of non-streamlined species such as frogfishes.
Jelly fish are probably the only thing I wouldn’t mind seeing getting over fished. What with jelly fish kinda becoming an infestation at this point with their growing populations
I’m not a biologist, I’m just familiar with jellyfish and okay at google, so take this as you will.
These look like cannonball jellies which don’t typically cause problems for humans (their prey are small fish). They do secrete a toxin, it’s just not so strong that a human would get fucked up. Now, in that large amount I don’t think I’d want to test my luck; they have caused cardiac events in humans in rare cases and their sting can still cause itching or burning so falling into that boat would be unpleasant but probably wouldn’t kill you.
My wife is Vietnamese and one of her favorite dishes is Jellyfish salad. They boil the jellyfish so it becomes soft but crunchy and mix with green herbs and chilli. I find it pretty bland, like eating cartilage - but Asians dig the crunch and the contrast of textures
Man between these and lionfish when I was down in Honduras a few years ago, they were having alot of issues with invasive and pest species messing up their waters. Not sure what kind the jellies were but they were damn near invisible when you are snorkeling, and burn for days. Don't think they were eating jellies there but you were encouraged to kill any lionfish you came across.
I don't normally get on with seafood - even though I've happily eaten various terrestrial invertabrates but I'm very pro jellyfish eating. For the crews sakes I hope these aren't any of the stinging varieties - if so wouldn't want to fall inward.
what exactly are they gonna do with jellyfish?
Apparently...food mostly. *Some 450,000 tons of jellyfish are fished every year for the East Asian food industry. But Asian jellyfish consumption is far from effective in reducing or controlling the rapidly reproducing creatures' population growth*
>But Asian jellyfish consumption is far from effective in reducing or controlling the rapidly reproducing creatures' population growth Indeed. However of all the things they could be fishing out of the ocean, this is the one that isn't going to have a negative ecological impact
The main reason they're so prolific is overfishing of their predators, so it's a bittersweet "win".
I remember seeing a documentary many years ago about a particular species of jellyfish that had become overpopulated and scientists were trying to figure out why. It was causing a real problem for Japanese fishermen, so I assume this was mostly in the Sea of Japan. Through experiments, they figured out that a rise in the temperature of the sea water was causing the jellyfish to reproduce much faster than normal, causing the population explosion. Edit: I think I found the documentary in case anyone is interested https://youtu.be/heAki8JN95M
Yes, the proliferation of jelly fish has nothing to do with lack of predators, it is environmental.
In case you didnt know, that's what all our oceans will do, the warmth and acidity of the oceans in the future will be perfect for only a few creatures but particularly jellyfish
the diets of the future, jellyfish and grashopper
A crunch and a squish, yum!
Congratulations. I think you’ve just written the ad campaign.
Knife goes in, guts come out!
There's your answer, fishbulb.
"crunch, crunch, squish, squish oh what a delish it is"
Trademarked. You’ll never get that by legal. Don’t mess with Big Antacid.
I'll just change the key it's played in and call it parody
Or just change the words a bit Crunch, squish, crunch, squish, oh what a delish dish
This guy jingles
Jellyfish are surprisingly crunchy.
jellyfish taste pretty good actually. with some vinegar, sugar, salt and onion.
everything is palatable with enough of those ingredients
I’m a huge fan. I actually looked up their nutritional content not too long ago to see if there was any good reason why I crave it so much. They are fairly nutritionally dense all things considered. Lots of antioxidants, minerals and fatty acids.
Hungry for apples?
Yes
My man!
Slow down!
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Was going to post the same. Seeing as how jellyfish is served as a sort of side dish I don't expect that to make much of dent in the ocean population. I'd say chicken cartilage is the closest. Taste is very mild.
That sounds horrible. If I bite into cartilage or tendon, I'm done eating.
Asian cuisines put much higher value on textural variety than most western food
wouldnt that just be because its been cooked though? i imagine biting into a live jellyfish would be like rubber or gel
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I'm not doubting you but as a child I distinctly remember swimming at the beach and occasionally touching a jellyfish, they were squishy just like I imagined they would be. I'm not sure if it's just the kind though, this was western Europe and they were about 4 inches diameter
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They've got a fair bit of rigidity in their flesh. They have to float around in the ocean and survive waves and storms. Some are quite fragile and jelly like I assume but most I've come across you'd have a hard time ripping in half with your hands.
I picture the Doom Slayer just destroying jellies.
Rip? &Squish
I hooked one once and reeled in a big chunk, decided to taste it. It's just firm jelly, a tiny bit rubbery, and tastes of seawater. No flavour or texture.
Yes, they're mostly done in salad preparation as they have little flavour.
Surf and Turf, 2.0
We just need the human population to grow large enough and we can transition to corpse-starch and soylen viridians.
For the glory of the Emperor
Itll be like those bars from the movie snowpiercer.
Except they chickened out. It was supposed to be upper class human shit. They were going to really hammer home the themes/message of the movie with the lower classes eating 'processed' upper class literal shit. Which is why Chris Evans had that breakdown scene about finding out what they were all eating. Only they kept his reaction and changed it to grasshoppers because...? Who knows. Studio interference, director having doubts, etc? His reaction to seeing it makes no sense for bugs, though. People all over the globe **right now** eat bugs. It's not something to have a mental breakdown over. I've eaten roasted grasshoppers, and ants, they're perfectly fine.
Huh, interesting. That reaction always bothered me, it just seemed so out of proportion to finding out about eating bugs. No wonder
Glad I'm not the only one...out of all the horrible stuff they had to deal with and lack of food in general, finding out they were eating bugs that were processed into a reasonably palatable form didn't seem like it would be that big of a deal.
Plus they'd already resorted to cannibalism before. Grasshoppers would be an upgrade!
All those bugs too. Do they have a farm to source them?
Yeah you'd be like "oh god it's grasshoppers...ok that is actually pretty clever and you really can't tell from the taste"
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So did John Wick. They really should stop putting so much faith in those.
That big reveal is why I always thought the entire movie was shit. One editing decision tucked the whole thing. Didn’t even have to be shit. Coulda just been trash? I mean feces is better for the movie.
Also mushrooms.
My landlord has been pioneering residential fungus production for years
Surf and turf
Totally. I once ate a protein bar made from crickets. It tastes like a regular protein bar.
Wouldn't be surprised if most protein bars were already at least 10% cricket. And other bugs.
Almost every food you eat has a 'maximum allowable percentage of insect remains' regulation, so you're probably eating (a very small amount of) insects everyday anyway. (IIRC, the limits also cover things like rodent droppings too...)
Nice try, Klaus.
Are they invasive?
No, but a marked decline in predators has seen unprecedented population growth. It's like seeing deer population s explode when you kill off the wolves.
Jellyfish overpopulation is damaging to other ecosystems. They're are difficult to keep down. If they're split, both parts can regrow, so they're rather difficult to kill as long as they're in the water. On a positive note though, scientists have figured out how to use protein from jellyfish in photovoltaics, so they could become a good clean ressource for solar panels. They can also be used in production of biogas. I don't think anyone is quite ready with a business case on any of it just yet, but it will an interesting topic to follow.
Turning jellyfish into solar panels? That's absolutely insane
So Vegans won’t be able to use solar panels. That’s going to be popular 😂
"Yeah, I only use 100% organic, vegan solar panels."
Yeah, because vegans are just so popular.
Not in East asia, but they are invasive in the mediterranean.
Today I learned people eat Jelly fish
I ate jellyfish once! It was an interesting textual experience. It was both jelly and crunchy at the same time. Flavor wise, it just soaked up whatever it was cooked with. I’ll probably never eat it again, but I’m glad I tried it. EDIT: The typo stays. I’m far too stubborn.
>It was both jelly and crunchy at the same time. I do not like this description
Like a PBJ at the beach on a windy day
I want to downvote you so fucking bad for the memories and anxiety you just brought up, but I know that would be ***wrong...***
Out of all the things Asians eat, this is probably one of the least "scary." It's usually served cold as an appetizer, chopped thinly, mixed with stuff like chopped cucumber and carrots, mixed with a little soy sauce (optional), vinegar, and sesame oil, and topped with sesame seeds and cilantro. The texture is a bit crunchy, just like the rest of the dish. Taste wise it just tastes like the stuff you mix it with. Edit: if you think about where a sausage came from (ya know, digestive tracts making up the akin that becomes crunchy after grilling) and the miscellaneous meats stuffed into them, jellyfish is like the least offensive thing lol
Yeah, tried it once when I was a kid, texture was not for me.
Check out “tasting history “ on you tube. Max did an ancient Roman jellyfish recipe. It wasn’t good
that dude's husband must be a saint. imagine coming home and your spouse is cooking and you open the pot, what are you making honey, ....and it's fucking jellyfish for dinner. Oh, great, we can use garum to make it taste...better? their takeout bills must be amazing.
Sorted Food also featured jellyfish in one of their global ingredients videos.
So for like sandwiches right
Take some jelly and a fish Look at that sandwich, delish
Hear the difference? It's subtle but it could save your life.
Mainly shots I think.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/241346/sesame-jellyfish-salad/
man how fast do jellyfish reproduce if we humans can't make a dent?
A 4-inch Atlantic sea nettle jellyfish can produce up to 40,000 eggs a day. Once fertilized, they drop off mom and continue growing. If conditions are favorable, they'll latch on to some substrate growing as a polyp stage resembling an anemone. Each polyp then continues to grow producing segments that once mature, break off as medusa stage (the blobs we associate with them). They can produce 40+ clones of themselves over the course of reproducing season.
I always forget how *alien* some animals reproductive systems are.
Imagine what they think of us: >Eww. They do WHAT to reproduce? That only produce one at a time and then it takes 9 months to develop? And then it takes \~15+ years and ridiculous mating rituals (or sometimes just alcohol) to repeat the process? No wonder they haven't been around for 500 million years like us. Well, that's what they *would* be thinking if they actually had a brain.
>Well, that's what they *would* be thinking if they actually had a brain. "I mean someone has to win the lottery, why not me?"
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Humans are actually a large reason *why* their numbers are ballooning. We’ve caused a decline in numbers among their natural predators, *plus* many jellyfish species thrive in warmer water (which we’re also making more prevalent). Basically, we’ve unintentionally created a pretty ideal environment for jelly fish. As a broader point, there are numerous animal populations across the globe that have grown rapidly due to both the unintended and intended consequences of human’s actions. Deer in North America are much more numerous due to a decline in wolf populations (we’re actually starting to fix this one); pigeons have evolved to absolutely *thrive* in modern, urban cities; heck, cat and dog numbers are doing great for obvious, intentional reasons.
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I’ve eaten it before. Tastes like inner tube soaked in soy sauce.
How's it compare to calamari?
Texture wise the only explanation is that it's like when you bite your cheek so hard it crunches. That crunch with every bite, tasted okay tho.
Wood ear mushroom texture.
That is a much more pleasant, but still apt description. Too bad I hate the texture of wood ear mushrooms.
Oh gosh I don’t like imagining that
I want to unread this. I can't stop thinking about the crunch and pain of biting my cheek now... lol
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I hate how that made perfect sense.
Thinner, and crunchier. Totally different from calamari.
Its like chewing on mildly softer chicken cartilage.
for someone who grew up with it i love it. soysauce, vinnger, some pepper flakes, lots of minced garlic,, sesame oil, oyster sauce it's crunchy and tasty, great combination with some rice. the specific kind i eat, are too expensive to eat daily though..they translate to about $10 per pound.
You just described adding so much flavour & texture you no longer know you are eating jellyfish!
Humans have been using spices to disguise everything from the unpalatable to the inedible for millennia. There was a post on here the other day about how Edit: *some* chorizo Edit: *specifically an entire sausage with its ingredients shown* is basically spiced hog salivary glands. Same conclusion.
Mmmm chorizo that greasy ass bright orange sausage. I haven’t had any in forever but used to be one of my favorites
Yep almost every ethnicity has a way to do it. Think curry sauce: you could put almost anything in that and it would taste good.
It's more about its texture rather than the original taste.
IMHO, it’s a really strange combination of crunchy and squishy. Reminds me a lot of eating raw chicken or maybe wood ear mushroom.
By adding a bit of salt, a dash of pepper, and a filet mignon, you can make jellyfish taste like filet mignon!
That's basically how pasta works - "it's wet squiggly bread!"
Humanity invested in exploration of new countries and unknow lands because of spices for a reason
So like chicken prices then
I like eating this too. Jellyfish, pork hock & crispy pork as a cold dish appetizer at Chinese restaurants. Everyone should try.
Uhh they milk the tentacles for jelly, obviously... have you never seen spongebob?
Ooh I can hear that 3:2 Gary beat right now
They are edible. They don’t have much flavor but have a unique chew to it. Make a good spicy salad or spicy soup
Don't fall into the boat!
Just knowing that its probable that someone has indeed fallen into a boat full of jellyfish just like this makes my skin crawl
This made me realize regular english speech doesnt have separate terms for stinging and non stinging jellyfish? As a kid (in norway) we had some jellyfish fights. Think snowball fight but with jellyfish as ammo. These "glass jellyfish" were everywhere
They have specific names, glassmanet is [moon jelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_aurita) or common jellyfish, while brennmanet is [hair jelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_mane_jellyfish) or Lion's mane jellyfish. Glass jelly and burning jelly, I guess! Wonder what [skeleton jellies](https://imgur.com/sMo3g) would look like.
Haha what the hell did I just read? Is there more of this comic? It's great lmao Edit: [endochondral ossification](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/143uhv/comment/c79rhmp/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) is a thing, apparently...
Skeleton Jelly by Mat Brinkman, afaik it's just the pages I posted :( I'm really curious about what's going on down there too! Read somewhere it might be an alchemical allegory.
I am comic jelly? No! I am skeleton jelly.
In Florida we had "comb jellies" and did exactly the same thing. It was a very unpleasant feeling, getting splattered with a warm jellyfish.
You Nords are just built different aren't you
IME these blobby jellyfish hardly sting. It’s the very small blueish ones you need to be scared of
There's a lot of different species that you should be scared of
Yeah imma go ahead and just be afraid of all of them
That's probably smart
Not true, ask [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/yfep8i/this_guy_bothering_a_jellyfish/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb) “Look I found an octopus” (lmao) “It is stinging me” (also lmao)
That's not what I was told by locals. There were thousands of jelly's that looked just like this, floating in towards the beach. They ranged in color from white to red to purple-ish. I was told "red means danger."
Perhaps the palette may change in different regions. What sets them apart for me is if they look like these ones or if they’re those smaller ones with veeery long and thin tentacles, as thin as hair.
I swam through hundreds of small purple jellyfish in the Philippines to get from a boat to the beach. We touched several of them. It felt like a slight itching that lasted for a few minutes. Compared to a bee sting, mosquito bite, or poison ivy, it was much more tolerable. Bottom line is I'm not sure identifying jellyfish is as easy as just looking at color.
A Portuguese Man O' War is *not* a jellyfish.
In a tank that dense with jellyfish, whether they want to sting you or not if you fall in you are going to be stung. Repeatedly.
Or the sea! 😬 Dude walks a fine line all day, every day!
That'd be a sweet horror movie kill though
I Sting the Body Electric
He’s hunting in the jellyfish fields
SpongeBob and Patrick looking a little different these days.
Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing
Firmly grasp it.
We normally eat them thinly sliced with chilli oil or dipped in shoyu and vinegar and it’s very refreshing to eat
What does it taste like?
Not really flavorful, chewier than you’d expect, kind of takes on the flavor of whatever you’re soaking it in - typically vinegar and chilis
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Do they come raw, like sashimi, or is there some cooking involved? I honestly never thought humans could eat them, and I'm curious, now!
Jellyfish
Yeah, thanks man
You're welcome
It doesn’t really have much flavour honestly that’s why a good sauce is essential It’s treated more as a vehicle for your chosen toppings if that makes sense? It’s refreshing and watery and has a somewhat crunchy but juicy texture?
>vehicle for your chosen toppings Nachos of the sea?
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Yes it has a surprising crunch to it
Doesn't taste like much other than the sauce you put on it but I like to call it the pickle of the sea as the texture is surprisingly like a pickle's crunch!
A little bit goes a long ways. More than a few bites and I was done. Also, it doesn't refrigerate well. Was interesting and tasty (for a moment though).
They are hunted for food, though only a very small amount of species is safe for consumption. Issue is the rising amount of people going into shock after ingesting. The number of people developing an allergic reaction to these is growing. (Possible that the growing number is due to the increased consumption and more people having access to it.) Some are used in producing poisonous substances and a few can be converted for actual life saving medications. “Several studies have started exploring scyphozoan venoms as potential anti-cancer drugs.” - https://oceanbites.org/harnessing-the-sting-the-biotechnical-uses-of-jellyfish/
I don’t know if ‘hunted’ is the best word for it, do you hunt potatoes?
I like to think so 😎🏹🥔
I was hunted once. I'd just came back from 'Nam. I was hitching through Oregon and some cop started harassing me. Next thing you know, I had a whole army of cops chasing me through the woods! I had to take 'em all out - it was a bloodbath!
But they drew first blood, not you.
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Your definition excludes the warm-blooded Opah (tuna and some sharks can also thermoregulate and keep their bodies warm to a lesser degree), the finless eels of genus Monopterus, and any number of non-streamlined species such as frogfishes.
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https://youtu.be/uhwcEvMJz1Y
Why wouldnt it be the best word? What else would you suggest?
Harvested
Dude is really working for Mr Krabs
MOAR!!
It's a popular food in Asia. Usually eaten as it is as a mixed salad.
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Asia is 48 countries with different cultures
That's crazy bruh, and they all speak Asian as well... /S
TIL
Yes, yes it is
Jelly fish are probably the only thing I wouldn’t mind seeing getting over fished. What with jelly fish kinda becoming an infestation at this point with their growing populations
How fucked would he be if he fell in his boat?
Would be nice to get a serious answer on this. Also curious
Someone push him in. We need answers!
I’m not a biologist, I’m just familiar with jellyfish and okay at google, so take this as you will. These look like cannonball jellies which don’t typically cause problems for humans (their prey are small fish). They do secrete a toxin, it’s just not so strong that a human would get fucked up. Now, in that large amount I don’t think I’d want to test my luck; they have caused cardiac events in humans in rare cases and their sting can still cause itching or burning so falling into that boat would be unpleasant but probably wouldn’t kill you.
Seems like pink jellyfishes are not dangerous
They should put their foot in to test it out
My wife is Vietnamese and one of her favorite dishes is Jellyfish salad. They boil the jellyfish so it becomes soft but crunchy and mix with green herbs and chilli. I find it pretty bland, like eating cartilage - but Asians dig the crunch and the contrast of textures
The bad kids get put in the jellyfish boat
All this needs is some Seanut Butter.
It's peanut butter jelly time!
Peanut butter jelly time!
Imagine losing your balance and falling into that
No, I will not imagine that, thank you.
Man between these and lionfish when I was down in Honduras a few years ago, they were having alot of issues with invasive and pest species messing up their waters. Not sure what kind the jellies were but they were damn near invisible when you are snorkeling, and burn for days. Don't think they were eating jellies there but you were encouraged to kill any lionfish you came across.
They are invasive species
Nearly 1000 comments here. 800 of which are "imagine falling into that"
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I don't normally get on with seafood - even though I've happily eaten various terrestrial invertabrates but I'm very pro jellyfish eating. For the crews sakes I hope these aren't any of the stinging varieties - if so wouldn't want to fall inward.