Why Sea Cucumbers Are So Expensive | So Expensive
Ғылым және технология
While ordinary vegetable cucumbers cost $3 per kilo, sea cucumbers can cost over $3,000 per kilo. These animals are prized as a delicacy in Asia, and are used by pharmaceutical companies to treat diseases like cancer. Unfortunately, over-harvesting now threatens many sea cucumber populations.
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Why Sea Cucumbers Are So Expensive | So Expensive
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They live in saltwater, which leads me to believe they should be called Sea Pickles.
@DecibelAlex
5 жыл бұрын
that's actually not dumb
@UnknownUser314159
5 жыл бұрын
Well played Sir
@oneproudpeacock6901
5 жыл бұрын
pickles are like baby salted cucumbers so...
@mirandapow2230
5 жыл бұрын
faroshscale haha
@jaydenrose6gaming676
5 жыл бұрын
@GamingTV no if they live in salt water they can't be slugs salt damages slugs and snails
1)take cucumber 2)throw in the sea and let sit 2 weeks 3)?? 4)profit
@uncommonman6210
5 жыл бұрын
Haha omg
@UserName-tb7vj
5 жыл бұрын
Wrong but super funny
@yamori8046
5 жыл бұрын
wouldn't that make it a pickle tho?
@Rin-le7cx
5 жыл бұрын
😂👏🏼😂👏🏼😂👏🏼
@jidahsmith162
5 жыл бұрын
Claudio Andrei 😂😂👍🏼
I love that the main problem of us making more and more species extinct is that they get more expensive because they're getting rare.
@jinvonastrea1141
2 жыл бұрын
Supply and demand aka Capitalism
@daskallu
2 жыл бұрын
And for what? Rubbing them on your joints to fix arthritis? lol
@gtifighter
2 жыл бұрын
@@jinvonastrea1141 Capitalism isn't supply and demand, that's Free Market Economy. Capitalism is the private ownership of the means of production, instead of state-owned (government owned-) / publically owned (the public owned-) or corporate owned (although most corporations are "privately owned" as soon as they sell shares of their company publically ie. "going public" on the stock market, allowing anyone and everyone to own a part of the company by choice making them factually publically owned) means of production, which would be socialism. I read this misconception soooo many times and it really hurts my brain when Capitalism is again blamed for things that aren't even it's fault. All a capitalist wants is to own his own company, or maybe a family owned company where he owns the machinery and raw materials/resources to produce the product for profit. All those animals, plants, whatever living being that is exploited and hunted until extinction? That's on human greed. The "look they are eating X so we have to try X now too!" or "look, everyone bought a Y so we have to buy a Y as well!"
@freshnorthwest6756
2 жыл бұрын
its typically 1 or 2 countries that force this crap cause of their magical fake medicines n other lala land crap.
@njd4291
2 жыл бұрын
@@freshnorthwest6756 one or two? How about more than half of all countries push psychological remedies. Now that I think about it, all of them do.
Once I touched one and they are hypnotizingly soft. I sat there with my hand in 30 degree water for 20 minutes fondling a giant sea slug
@someguy8732
3 жыл бұрын
That's just weird
@abutterynoodle9347
3 жыл бұрын
@@someguy8732 You’d understand
@BugOnAChip
3 жыл бұрын
Water freezes at 32 degrees genius
@someguy8732
3 жыл бұрын
@@BugOnAChip civilized people use celsius genius
@abutterynoodle9347
3 жыл бұрын
@@BugOnAChip wader
No one at elementary school. 8 years old Steven Purcell : I'll be the best sea cucumber expert.
@wakkjobbwizard
4 жыл бұрын
WolraadWoltemade 1652 yes
@faviollerena9996
4 жыл бұрын
Jajajjaa lmao
@nophiontrollbringer661
4 жыл бұрын
His father, expert for regular rocks: "Didnt know I raised a failure."
@meghanachauhan9380
4 жыл бұрын
@WolraadWoltemade 1652 I prefer spanking
@skyinuri8868
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
"What's the WiFi password?" "It's on the back of the router." Back of the router: 2:15
@dud166
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@pussinbootsisme8983
3 жыл бұрын
Well, this one actually deserves more likes😂😂
@praveenkumar-qm8fs
3 жыл бұрын
This joke is worth than the sea cucumber itself
@King45321
3 жыл бұрын
@FBI ima call the cia on you
@NashTheGreat
3 жыл бұрын
Overused joke
I love how cheerful your youthful Zillennial voiceover sounds while she convinces us how super fun, cool, and quirky it is to treat living, near-endangered animals like sea cucumbers like a commodity and nothing more
@_TkiT_
Жыл бұрын
Yeah cause its just cucumbers. So why care about them?
@leonzhu5452
10 ай бұрын
Your point? It taste good and I’m gonna continue eating it
@Jordan-wc6nh
9 ай бұрын
@@leonzhu5452 Sea Cucumbers subsist off of nothing but literal shit on the bottom of the sea floor, and taste exactly like what they eat. So I think you're lying.
@leonzhu5452
9 ай бұрын
@@Jordan-wc6nh you wouldn’t know unless you try it yourself, taste is subjective
@GGWP-gm5cq
2 ай бұрын
@@Jordan-wc6nhIt tastes like nothing actually. The thing by itself is bland. Kinda falls down in the same category of shark fin. Majority of the taste that is associated with dishes cooked with this ingredient do not come from the sea cucumber/shark fin itself. The fact these things are just tasteless is also the reason why they have a tendency to be in stews with extremely rich-tasting stock. People eat them mostly for the texture and sometimes for the allegedly health benefit. You can find a lot of similar things in East Asian or even South East Asian cuisine. People sometimes eat things because they r fun to bite into/chew on, not necessarily because they have some otherworldly taste of their own.
I ate one of these at a fancy wedding in HK and it's gotta be the most disgusting thing I've ever had the misfortune of eating!
@zulkifli2038
2 жыл бұрын
Go eat your hamburger and fries then.
@yes9571
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry that you may not have liked that dish, but seriously this thing just tastes bland without sauce its not disgusting.This thing absorbs sauce extremely well, and the worst thing that could happen is that it becomes too salty. It is impossible for this dish to taste "disgusting" (well, unless they ducked up the sauce)
@JuliaSlayed
2 жыл бұрын
My Dad Tried It He Said It Was Normal But I Am Still Disgusted
@davinlim9212
2 жыл бұрын
@@zulkifli2038 chill lmao, he's probably just not used to it just like how many asians aren't used to western dishes
@bb-od9ku
2 жыл бұрын
I never knew these things cost a lot I'm shocked
i swear there’s an expert for everything, there’s probably an expert for the piece of dust under your cabinet
@MisuOfArabonaClan
4 жыл бұрын
could you be uneducated more silently
@iWh15tl3
4 жыл бұрын
The Vacuum
@cervanogarcia8928
4 жыл бұрын
mee sou he has a phd
@nazare334
4 жыл бұрын
mee sou Ok mister yale
@ab5680
4 жыл бұрын
@@MisuOfArabonaClan ok mister Cambridge.
Who was the one who looked in the ocean. Saw one of those things...and decided to just eat it?
@mayitbe6606
5 жыл бұрын
Hector Cabrera Chinese
@techtubee8041
5 жыл бұрын
Bear Grylls
@alisonzunguze8183
5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 Right!!!!
@BedroomPianist
5 жыл бұрын
The Cantonese especially. There's a saying in Cantonese, "If its back faces the sky, it's edible".
@Youneedalex
5 жыл бұрын
Dr.Science both...
Imagine diving for a sea pickle that turns out to be a old turd and then drowning because u went too deep
@HungryWanderer86
2 жыл бұрын
Turds float..
@snowy016
2 жыл бұрын
Its not drowning, its the bends from pressure
I used to seeing them everywhere in Greece as a kid. Never thought to myself wow these look tasty or expensive. Also how do people risk their lives to catch them? They are just sitting there close to shore just grab them with your hand.
@MrBuckman420
2 жыл бұрын
They explained it is because they're becoming harder to find so people are diving deeper and risking the bends
@komradentomolog7701
2 жыл бұрын
But don't they shit their organs out if you touch them?
@swarmeddan1836
2 жыл бұрын
@@komradentomolog7701 what no? they just spit out really sticky stuff
@komradentomolog7701
2 жыл бұрын
@@swarmeddan1836 i was always taught that they shit out their organs and that they regenerate.
@RetroPiero
2 жыл бұрын
@@komradentomolog7701 there is a worm type creature that does that, just not this one here.
and thats how an endangered species is made
@k.r1543
5 жыл бұрын
Merlin rich people kill them
@budzmanson2747
5 жыл бұрын
Facts
@tasnimah.k1540
5 жыл бұрын
And pollution for othe animals
@tasnimah.k1540
5 жыл бұрын
*other
@MeetTheSmythes
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that. Thanks for the education. My learning curve looks much better now.
"they are so expensive,people would risk their lives to get hold of one" *Shows a man diving down, grabbing one and casually going up*
@Pynkfoxx_
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@kausalyakavuri
3 жыл бұрын
Or what lol! U want them to show a man who dives deep and then dies??😂😂😂
@kausalyakavuri
3 жыл бұрын
@Alen Horiba 😂😂😂
@bins1
3 жыл бұрын
Then you try. That's like a couple hundred meters below surface. These guys are skilled divers without even the right equipment.
@bins1
3 жыл бұрын
@Alex Tremo most exotic sea cucumbers don't just lie around near the shore. They usually live like 50 meters below the ocean floor
"It wasn't until the 1980's..." Displays a black and white picture 😭
@TightyWhiteyTrash
2 жыл бұрын
Yea like we didn’t have technicolor back then yet? 😞😫😤
There was heaps of these at a certain local beach in the Philippines. Now recently I came back there and they're very rare now, along with sea urchins. I remember maybe around 2007 the locals did a massive harvest of sea urchins, the water was red. Now they're only here and there, not abundant
Alternate title: "How many times can we show you the same 5 sea cucumbers in a blue bucket and get away with it? Click to find out!"
@Inpreesme
3 жыл бұрын
Emily G Trying To stretch out two minutes worth of material
@octobsession3061
3 жыл бұрын
I also wonder why
@SenorTucano
3 жыл бұрын
Three
@Ch0cHead
2 жыл бұрын
Was hoping someone would comment this...!
@The_Bird_Bird_Harder
2 жыл бұрын
There is also a shortage of sea cucumber bucket footage reels. It's getting harder to shoot them down each year without pucket guns.
"The more they're harvested the rarer and more expensive they become" I think you got your priorities wrong
@octobsession3061
3 жыл бұрын
Even I as a mafia boss, agree with you
@melon4738
3 жыл бұрын
Even I as a melon, agree with you Nice diavolo is here
@dokaplan1
3 жыл бұрын
Came to the comments after that sentence. This is a trend in this video series that I've noticed like with the stone claw crabs..."Population is dropping drastically leading to even more problems harvesting [substance]...oh and also they're going extinct."
@MHMHMH97
3 жыл бұрын
@@dokaplan1 it really is saddening, the human greed knows no bounds
@danlorett2184
2 жыл бұрын
They didn't. They're emphasizing that the rarer they become, the bigger the incentives to fish them. It's a feedback loop.
In Asia, literally anything that breathes is a delicacy
@radhikasingh4011
3 жыл бұрын
Lol truly said but this thing looks disgusting. Idk why would anyone eat this ?
@sallylemon5835
2 жыл бұрын
In *China
@bigstone1293
2 жыл бұрын
And Europe
@Sarah-qx4vz
2 жыл бұрын
@@sallylemon5835 well Thailand is pretty damn bad so you have to include it
@bhavay819
2 жыл бұрын
Some literally call this innocent LIVING creature "Cucumber"-A SALAD🥗
You know it's going to be a good video when you start with the comparison of a vegetable with an animal as a bait. Well done, whoever you are.
your telling me a long fat stick sometimes with things poking out of it is more expensive than my computer?
@user-rn8wp8xi5y
5 жыл бұрын
Cheap pc m8
@ajm0208
5 жыл бұрын
Its 2000
@G5xgajsjY793
5 жыл бұрын
Computers dont take 2-6 years to reach a marketable size and you dont have to go dive for them on the ocean floor
@putnamehereholdmadoodle
5 жыл бұрын
@@G5xgajsjY793 but you do have to update them and they can stimulate a cumber
@LittleRainGames
5 жыл бұрын
A life vs silicone and plastic.
funny how harming the ecosystem wasn't once mentioned as a problem
@j.r.1903
4 жыл бұрын
asians can get away with stuff that europeans can't. imagine an english chef serving bluefin tuna in london?
@DRKNT640
4 жыл бұрын
They want the video available in China and if you mention the Chinese government is destroying the planet they’ll hunt you like a dog
@milkyinga2622
4 жыл бұрын
@Ford Mustang GT selfish way of thinking
@milkyinga2622
4 жыл бұрын
@Ford Mustang GT and you are proud of that? Disgusting
@athansios
4 жыл бұрын
Ford Mustang GT i can concur, the planet can go to hell as long as i stay alive lol
In Asia, particular in malaysia, we used it as minyak gamat to treat wounds. also, some said it could also helps in atherosclerosis treatment
Some people have way too much money to spend
Every time I hear "they are about to go extinct" I always respond with "Then stop."
@joshbentley2307
3 жыл бұрын
..... and then families in developing nations begin to starve to death because they can’t get enough money to feed themselves.
@flamevix
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshbentley2307 There are always other ways.
@joshbentley2307
3 жыл бұрын
@@flamevix Lmao. 9 million people a year die of starvation, I’m pretty sure if there were lots of business opportunities for them they’d take them. But wen you’re brought up in a crumbling nation and shiting in holes in the ground there aren’t that many opportunities for people.
@kirbed9486
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshbentley2307 sea cucumbers aren’t their only sources of food but I hear your point
@joshbentley2307
3 жыл бұрын
@@kirbed9486 😂 They aren’t eating the sea cucumbers! There selling them to get rice, bread, fruits ECT.
Shit, can’t believe I once stepped on 3000$ while walking in the sea
@greypenda
5 жыл бұрын
You walked on a kilo of sea cucumber?
@eeveevulpix4141
5 жыл бұрын
Crap!!!
@justatotallynormalsylveon71
5 жыл бұрын
@@eeveevulpix4141 how are you a eevee vulpix
@justatotallynormalsylveon71
5 жыл бұрын
@Penguins Rule there goes a new shipping
@justatotallynormalsylveon71
5 жыл бұрын
@Penguins Rule also i see what you mean there's tons of furry artwork of those two pokemon
2:20 "..to treat joint problems" shows a guy with no hand. Well played.
"Mystical Dragon Slug" is my new favorite phrase
If it moves, It is edible - Chinese
@cultok
5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@almac9203
5 жыл бұрын
Chinese don't eat horses and that's about it.
@rothschildianum
5 жыл бұрын
@@almac9203 Chinese are just not picky eaters.
@sadplane6814
5 жыл бұрын
_Classic china_
@sadplane6814
5 жыл бұрын
this comment is underrated
Sea cucumbers also cleans the oceans. It has many benefits for our waters.. I hope it doesn't goes extinct..😭
@BlacknWhitePhoenix
5 жыл бұрын
It won't go, as people see a benefit to it.
@Baybieangel209
5 жыл бұрын
@@BlacknWhitePhoenix I hope your right.🙂
@sakatagintoki5562
5 жыл бұрын
Humans are assholes. Sea Cucumbers could be extinct at any moment. It's sad but it's true. ☹
@Baybieangel209
5 жыл бұрын
@@sakatagintoki5562 your right.. I just rewatched the video. At 3:15 its saying the amount of sea cucumbers are getting less, pretty much.. ugh makes me mad. Humans are the main reasons why so many things are gone...
@Baybieangel209
5 жыл бұрын
@@firuu645 I'm not sure. Farming might not be as healthy as being in their natural environment.. also we need them in the oceans to clean our ocean... I think it would be a good idea for them to farm the ones they want to eat and not hunt the ones in the ocean so it could populate. 😊
Amazed to know that there is a cucumber called - Sea Cucumber! Would love to try one day!!
Thank you for giving insight
Sea cucumbers exist: ....... Humans: They look tasty Sea cucumber: Uh oh
@obamaisdaddy6595
4 жыл бұрын
Like with any food
@MikeyZeov
4 жыл бұрын
that was really bad
@509ryan
4 жыл бұрын
not funny
@kaiizce15gaming15
3 жыл бұрын
Chinese*
@sketchystudios7624
3 жыл бұрын
Pew good thing Muslims don't eat like so weird things no offence just saying .................I am OK with chicken 🐔
I dont see myself ever wanting to eat these 😬
@peteryeung111
3 жыл бұрын
Just so you know. Depends on how you cook it. By itself, it tastes bland. They are usually simmered with tasty soup or stir fried with other ingredients and sauce it up. It just tastes like jello with a fishy taste and texture. It looks gross, but the health benefits of eating these are well known. That being said, I think the high price will only drive it to near extinction, if strict harvesting regulations are not put in place. It's already showing decline in numbers.
@fluffypenguin6695
3 жыл бұрын
@@peteryeung111 good to know there are wild ones where I live and i have touched one before. Did you know they puke there guts when they get scared?
@kristinadelosreyes5300
3 жыл бұрын
@@fluffypenguin6695 wft such a fragile creature they should left alone at least 10 to 20 year's to regrowth their population i cant denied we need them for medicine but we need to stop consuming them for food when their on a brick of extinction. Right?
@jimmyjohnson6892
2 жыл бұрын
Amen to that,I don’t care what they cook it in 🤮
@teesigz
2 жыл бұрын
Yah they are disgusting slugs
This man been obsessed with sea cucumbers his whole life and finally got his flowers
I didn't know anyone ate Sea Cucumbers until recently. I see them all the time scuba diving and now I want to try one.
Animal: *exists Humans: let's kill it for its magical powers!
@motorola9956
3 жыл бұрын
Its called learning from life. There is health in every nutritious meals. It benefits everyone eating certain food ingredients that have nutritional values like the sea cucumber.
@ygotsvlog3762
3 жыл бұрын
@@motorola9956 its called creating lies
@tiggerisdumb
3 жыл бұрын
@@ygotsvlog3762 no
@francistein8409
3 жыл бұрын
@@motorola9956 well youre right there, but humans are greedy. the video said that in mexico the harvest drops so low ita was very rare to find one
@SpecterNeverSpectator
3 жыл бұрын
Animals would do the same if they could, in fact they already do, they just don't have the ability to do it massively, unless it somehow gets into a place in which it's presence can bring other animals into extincion.
My big sister must really like sea cucumbers. She has a battery powered one in her nightstand drawer.
@onetrickyboi839
5 жыл бұрын
kimmer6 hey kimmer?
@jaysonvic5278
5 жыл бұрын
Is it fishy? If it is then it is really a sea cucumber. Try to smell it
@sherifitzgerald6886
5 жыл бұрын
Good one😉
@kimmer6
5 жыл бұрын
jason, it smells like a shithouse door off a tuna boat.
@viman4207
5 жыл бұрын
@@kimmer6 umm..
Am I the only person noticing the importance of the sea cucumber itself is being ignored in this article until the last 10 seconds?
They are an essential part of the ecosystem that prevents algea blooms and filtering the ocean floor.
Because there are more uses with a sea cucumber
@MaRCuSiZM
5 жыл бұрын
lol
@gojiraproductions7576
5 жыл бұрын
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@nguyenquocbaokhang1963
5 жыл бұрын
*insert Lenny face*
@worldwidehandsome8326
5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@jannydj2393
5 жыл бұрын
‘
So that’s why Spongebob idolized Kevin so much
@kevinisenzo7945
4 жыл бұрын
Hey
@radjadawamindra697
3 жыл бұрын
Hiiii, Kevin
@BreachBando
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@dewinovita9323
3 жыл бұрын
Hollyshhhh it Make sense now 🤣
i just realized i had this for breakfast maybe twice a week for as long as i can remember
What i always step on these back in Guam they’re everywhere lol
Omg we saw these when we went snorkelling in Japan! Can't believe how expensive there are!
@JesusisKing03
5 жыл бұрын
You should've grabbed a few, I'm sure your vacation would've been covered😉
@kirstyhill1493
5 жыл бұрын
Millennial Travel Confessions i went snorkelling in japan too, in okinawa with my uncle that lives there. i saw about 3 and didnt say anything, i dont want to sell the poor creature it deserves to stay there even if i could re-vamp my entire room with the price of one
@noobacegamer6255
5 жыл бұрын
Hmm... Maybe you should check local animal protection laws...
@galinababadzhanyan2108
5 жыл бұрын
I heard that the Fukushima radiation spills contaminated the entire Pacific Ocean.
@sethwong1813
5 жыл бұрын
It may be just a regular poop from a fisherman.
Calling a sea worm sea cucumber WTF why we don’t call earth warms land bananas
@digiquo8143
3 жыл бұрын
Because they're not technically worms, they're more closely related to starfish.
@Light-cy1gp
3 жыл бұрын
hahahahah😂😂 thats exactly what i was thinking? at first i thought they were talking about normal cucumbers
@iq_pi7211
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man you got me
@raerae555
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@Francorocco
3 жыл бұрын
@@digiquo8143 then they should be called star-cucumbers
The most delicious one was the one I caught skin diving down 30+ ft on the sandy bottom. It was a pretty good size one and we made dinner with other fishes we caught. including one Moray eel, which was incredible delicious.
I remember in the 90's I could see thousands of Sea Cucumbers in the beaches where I live, I don't even have to walk far from the shore to see one, Now I am lucky if I could see one.
Is that Kevin from SpongeBob?? That green one with glasses and the crown.
@goatw0rship
5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@pennenoodles
5 жыл бұрын
I really thought Kevin was a pickle 💀
@rouymalic4463
5 жыл бұрын
touch - Patrick
@atalijimenez
5 жыл бұрын
Omg lol
@evaaa757
5 жыл бұрын
Yes
I went to China on a business trip once. I met a client, who was very wealthy, for dinner at his house and part of the meal was sea cucumber soup which had one of these Japanese sea cucumbers floating around. Obviously I ate it and it didn’t really taste like anything haha.
@peacebro9859
5 жыл бұрын
lol
@baconbits6538
5 жыл бұрын
Tastes like chicken
@yee6295
5 жыл бұрын
R/that happend
@xxx6555
5 жыл бұрын
it usually tastes like anything you added such as salt, sugar, spice, etc. because it actually tastes bland
@jamieharrison192
5 жыл бұрын
Idk if I could do it. I don't like tough chewy meat.
2:13 I whould wanna her the narrators bloopers on those 2 words, hahah!
Thanks you for the video
They'd have to pay me to eat that.
@Cam-pt9ex
4 жыл бұрын
Wellington S Firebrand for real
@nicolejames1877
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that shit looks disgusting
@tobitt_6028
4 жыл бұрын
It’s not actually that bad
@bananamilk1976
4 жыл бұрын
Wellington S Firebrand cultural differences, understandable
@serena1725
4 жыл бұрын
i tell you it looks just like that but its really good
2:18 Pretty sure sea cucumbers aren't going to fix that guys "joint problems".
@haloskaterkid
5 жыл бұрын
I don’t get it
@hibye-by3yb
5 жыл бұрын
@@haloskaterkid look at his left hand or lack of one
@TWolf-gt6if
5 жыл бұрын
See you in hell
@kittenmimi5326
5 жыл бұрын
I know I shouldn't laugh, but... 😂 And his joint also looks like a sea cucumber
@breadscream6619
5 жыл бұрын
Noice
This this totally new for me, wow !
This makes me feel better about myself lol
Sea cucumbers also play a role in maintaining the ecosystem balance, specifically for pH level of the water and for the growth of hard corals as well
Here in my island in the Maldives, if people come to know about the price of a sea cucumber, they'd become extinct within days.
@ZhuGeLiang6969
5 жыл бұрын
well u just invited people to go there.... delete this comment ASAP.. 😢
@soulfreaz
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I just let my employers know.
@OffGridInvestor
5 жыл бұрын
See that's THE LIE. Because they actually AREN'T EXPENSIVE. We have plenty in Australia and export them to china. You can eat them at restaurants here and they're not very expensive. But they taste TERRIBLE. like rotten seaweed.
@OffGridInvestor
5 жыл бұрын
@@ZhuGeLiang6969 There's MILLIONS of them here in Australia and they're WORTH NOTHING which proves that you believe all this crap. The Chinese will eat anything and sea cucumber tastes like rotten seaweed. They're not in short supply because ONLY CHINESE would eat something that bad.
@OffGridInvestor
5 жыл бұрын
@@soulfreaz and they'll find out they're not worth much and you can get tinned ones from Australia.
i wish i knew it sooner i just found those things in the side of Beaches sometimes they are at the rifts
Can we talk about how the fisherman are probably getting payed less than $10
@Aaronjames2007
3 жыл бұрын
No one is forcing them to fish Edit: also they probably love what they do and don’t care how much they’re payed
@allisonarts7540
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aaronjames2007 the fisherman might not have a choice, in some places jobs are really really scarce and you’ll take what you can get. Also I’m pretty sure everyone, especially these fisher man care about their paycheck, $10 definitely isn’t a lot, and think about all the bills and other expenses they have to pay. There are definitely lots of issues in the industry
@Aaronjames2007
3 жыл бұрын
@@allisonarts7540 10 dollars might not be a lot where you and I live but it could be a decent amount where they live
@enriquecabrera2137
3 жыл бұрын
@@allisonarts7540 so because there are no other jobs. Magically the remaining jobs can pay more?
@Francorocco
3 жыл бұрын
you can feed your family for a week in some countries with $10
You sure those arent whale poops?
@ultralooter
5 жыл бұрын
Mash Z whale poop is worth even more lmao..
@luhueychua3468
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Whale poops?!
@vanko3792
5 жыл бұрын
Whale poop is 68k a kilo lol
@recongo3958
5 жыл бұрын
Sir I'm looking serious buyer we have a cucumber for sale I'm from Philippines
When my South Koreans grandpa was alive, he loved to eat sea cucumbers with his soju lol. Dang, I miss my grandpa.
I saw one while Scuba Diving once and it made me happy. Sad people eat them, they help our oceans.
I once saw a wierd sea cucumber and just poked it
@nicksalivio849
5 жыл бұрын
It's a snake! But weird....
@ariezon
5 жыл бұрын
don't do that again next time, it could be poisonous.
@goldiful9439
5 жыл бұрын
you could have been rich...
@xanderg6987
5 жыл бұрын
If I saw that dragon one I’d Lowkey take it
@maggiep9007
5 жыл бұрын
which end did you poke it in? Would you recommend?
Why is everything Japanese have to be expensive 😂
@abhinavbharadwaj9620
2 жыл бұрын
Including the olympics 😂
@kiren3168
2 жыл бұрын
Pretentious aristocracy
@abhinavbharadwaj9620
2 жыл бұрын
@@kiren3168 meaning?
@hentaimaster6221
2 жыл бұрын
@@abhinavbharadwaj9620 meaning they pretend to be the masters of whatever they do.
“Why are sea cucumbers so expensive?” ACNH: “Imma pretend I didn’t hear that”
Oh...so unlike ordinary cucumbers, they're actually animals.
I thought the beginning cucumbers in the water were sea cucumbers
@mrldhimself
5 жыл бұрын
Sme
@datboi7860
5 жыл бұрын
Wholesome Lad same
@MrAlwaysRight
5 жыл бұрын
No those are land cucumbers. They dont even have eyes *or* an anus.
@mash-hudafirdaus1900
5 жыл бұрын
me too🙄🙄🙄🙄
@MashZ
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah those are some weird cucumbers
Stop lying they are only 150 bells in Aninal Crossing And that’s dirt cheap
@sussy6628
4 жыл бұрын
Haha 😂
@kyleenguyen9590
3 жыл бұрын
Snoi Med the sad thing is after 1 hour after getting a enchantment table I almost got a stack
Ive tasted it once and its deliscious, i had the black color, chewy, it was in San Romegio, it has a wide shallow sea up to the feet only
these "Why so expensive" series is so genius
0:02 "Cucumbers usually cost around 3 dollars a kilo" *shows 1 dollar*
@tet1714
3 жыл бұрын
Under not around
@Ballu12345
3 жыл бұрын
🤣👀
@ELFCloudGamer
3 жыл бұрын
I completely saw that as $3
@romainemontrelle9632
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@hjkjlk8707
3 жыл бұрын
😂🤣🤣🤣😆
We just keep on finding a way to screw with every animal.
@Tequliah
5 жыл бұрын
If only we could drop a few nukes on the most populated human civilizations now.
@Nayr747
5 жыл бұрын
We are literally Earth's sixth mass extinction event. Humans are a plague. We're wiping out all life on the planet.
@tresjolieme81
5 жыл бұрын
TheRobloxNoob I agree because take one animal out and it effects the whole food chain
@tresjolieme81
5 жыл бұрын
They should be farmed and harvested. This could be a food source for important ocean wildlife.
@m1m1kb12
5 жыл бұрын
You guys don't understand that we are also animals too? Species go exist all throughout history with or without our intervention. survival of the fittest, foid chain etc
I didn’t notice that I’ve been eating the worlds most expensive sea cucumber when I was five and I loved it(I live in Venezuela and my family is quite poor)I never got to ask my mom how she got it
These things are cool af... They crawl up your arm... Weird experience. Well worth it 👌
Just call em sea pickles man.
@APEX-qv7rm
5 жыл бұрын
Its a Sea Penis
@somerandomdudewithachannel325
5 жыл бұрын
Sea tube
@siyacer
5 жыл бұрын
Seanis
@lully77
5 жыл бұрын
@@siyacer, 🤣🤣🤣
@Paolo-uq3fc
5 жыл бұрын
@@siyacer this is pretty funny lmao
There are so many here in the Philippines. We just ignore it
@lodiengojo7285
4 жыл бұрын
ignore it ka jan punta ka sa amin sa masbate binibilad yan at iniexport
@missnoname8170
4 жыл бұрын
One of many reasons why China wants to take our sea
@haihai9022
4 жыл бұрын
I went to Lady Musgrave (I think I spelt that wrong) a couple years back and there was quite a few
@annandonly8343
4 жыл бұрын
lodie ngojo totoo dito samin banda sa Gensan at Sarangani binabalewala lang nila yan, nanguha kami during low tide wala naman kaming idea pano kainin binalik nalang namin sa tubig
I saw the man on the boat with zoom in sea cucumber 3x 😆
Wow! In our island there is a lot of this 🏝️💞👍but we don't know how valuable it is....
love how they're talking about how expensive they are and i got one thrown at me when i went diving 😭
@Emma-ng4bx
3 жыл бұрын
Bro same. I remember swimming where I'm from and seeing the bottom FILLED with these
@anja6548
3 жыл бұрын
lol yeah there are tons of them
@jesscorbin5981
2 жыл бұрын
Ladies, Imma need coordinates.
I went to Bermuda when I was a child. There, I was able to hold a sea cucumber while at a touch area of an aquarium. It was such a fun experience, my parents couldn’t pull me away! They were soft, almost like a putty, and really just a fascinating little guy. Hope we can find a way to balance their potential medical value with their inherent value as beautiful creatures!
@2hot2handle65
2 жыл бұрын
@@lofimiata And they aren't beautiful either. Sea cucumbers? More like alien sea slugs.
@CupcakkeTheQueen
Жыл бұрын
@@2hot2handle65 They are, see some sea cucumber species on Google
You’re telling me I had a 3,000 pet as a kid that I found from the sea in Mexico
Sea cucumbers are common in chinese cuisine where i grew up eating them when id go to traditional chinese restaurants with my grandma. For those wondering it has a jelly like texture though the taste is hard to describe
RIP Kevin the sea cucumber.
@Kai791
5 жыл бұрын
😂
@lettyhanson526
5 жыл бұрын
Now I'm stuck with his laugh in my head at 2 30am thanks lol
It's a sea turd
@hannibalnectar
5 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Gautier An expensive sea turd
@theboyntonbuddies
5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that too.
@theboyntonbuddies
5 жыл бұрын
It looks like a turd
@APEX-qv7rm
5 жыл бұрын
@@theboyntonbuddies Asians will eat anything
@Rhoxe
5 жыл бұрын
@@APEX-qv7rm sounds pretty racist to me, time to report
Ow.. I already eat that fancy dish many times and did not even realize.
Until today, I thought this is a vegetable, as I saw them in eating shows. 🤣🤣
I remember as a young child my siblings and I would often go to the beach and would pick them up to play with them and put them back when we left. Never would have thought they were worth so much.
@randominternetperson8464
3 жыл бұрын
The sea cucumbers while the kids are holding them: Internal screaming
@AG-en5y
3 жыл бұрын
Same except me and my brother would just dump it on the sand when it’s time to leave
They look so gross! Could never imagine eating them!
@Juan-mj3bm
5 жыл бұрын
Looks creepy
@metaphorgucci6175
5 жыл бұрын
Taste jelly
@lilyjaboh
5 жыл бұрын
Yall missing out lmao. Sea cucumbers are used to treat acne/pimples, can be extract as a medicine for cold, cramps, and you can have it as a warm soup with chicken bits and eggs and it taste like mushrooms.
@maggiep9007
5 жыл бұрын
@kxr No, Sea snails are sea slugs.
@B1SQ1T
5 жыл бұрын
GamingTV I had them before and I honestly don’t really like them lol
wow so fresh view
Sea cucumber helps in cleaning the oceans. I read that in a book , don't know it's right or wrong.
Damn I caught one when fishing one time and threw it back... of course I see this after that😂
@MeetTheSmythes
5 жыл бұрын
Okay.
@uploaded113redone
5 жыл бұрын
@BrianByonVEVO The $3000 japanese sea cucumbers are endangered and very rare , you will probably never find one , but regular sea cucumber only sells for $20-50/pound so it's still valuable enough to keep and get some beer money
@ras4782
5 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@bravemonkey455
4 жыл бұрын
You a liar!!!
@daddy8884
4 жыл бұрын
I poked a Hole in one when i was 6
"You drove our species into endangerment, *TEST FAILED* "
@Kassandra101
5 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for this comment
@drinkmilk6024
5 жыл бұрын
Ok, I love this comment XD
@bernavillegas9729
5 жыл бұрын
Nope not again
@kauekairony990
5 жыл бұрын
Where is that from?
@kevinnguyen4468
5 жыл бұрын
CQ cumber is just trying to do his job
I’ve seen one in a display case once. I must say I feel like I shouldn’t even touch the secondary glass case that encased it at all. That shxt so expensive~~
In the Bahamas, we also call this “Seacock” 😆
Sea cucumbers may be expensive, but their still a lot cheaper than having a girlfriend
@evaristegalois6282
5 жыл бұрын
Not that I would know, I still haven't had a girlfriend yet ...
@runningcoyote3897
5 жыл бұрын
It is
@jacklabue3593
5 жыл бұрын
True that
@joyusa3182
5 жыл бұрын
Wait what...what does a sea cucumber have to do with girlfriens unless you um...
@MrMannyhw
5 жыл бұрын
You are wrong. Wife is more expensive.
Rare animals: exists* Asains: cowabunga it is!
@Jordan-se4oh
4 жыл бұрын
Bro can you respect asians tbh
@iron8136
4 жыл бұрын
Can u not be racist to asians
@-schattenpflanze-3755
4 жыл бұрын
@@iron8136 its not racist it's a fact, Chinese eat everything even other Chinese people
@taxidermi3d
4 жыл бұрын
- Schattenpflanze - how’s it a fact? you can’t assume what every asians’ diet is. im Chinese and i don’t eat like half of what white people think chinese eat
@origamifox5180
4 жыл бұрын
Jordan is he lying?
Lol, I've got some of those in my backyard (I live on the beach)
Never knew these guys where rare, these guys where everywhere on the island i used to live on.
0:28 If this was his house, he would have a pretty interesting conversation explaining why he has such strange photos hanging around.