Diver Cliff Hawk compares 3 popular methods for opening sea urchin (Uni). If you'd like to buy some live San Diego red sea urchins, email Cliff at chawk909@gmail.com
Yeah although some species are, this Red Sea Urchin's spines are essentially totally harmless. I do exactly what he's doing here all the time so I can attest that the spines aren't actually sharp, they won't cut you or anything. They're actually pretty blunt, buuuuut they're thin, so as he said if you press down on them to hard it will hurt. But there is no risk of being injured just by gently handling them.
With urchins like this worst case scenario is they grab you. And yeah Urchins can grab things with their spines. At the aquarium I used to work at we called then Sea Urchin Hugs. Basically their spines close on and object to act like feelers to see what’s touching them and if it’s edible
Aye, Anything That Moves, It's Edible. That's How Our Ancestors Sees It, Food Doesn't Come By Easy Back Then, As Of Today. Not Only That, War, Drought, Long-Distance Migrations... Could Be Accountable For Our Eating Habits Today. Sea Urchin's Source Of Diet Are Coral Reefs, So We're Essentially Saving The Environment Just By Eating Them. Edit: I Just Spent An Hour Searching For "How Sea Urchins Became Humans' Delicacy" On The Internet. However, My Efforts Are In Vain, As I Could Not Find Out The Origins Of How Sea Urchins Became Our Delicacy. But Hey, This Means There's A GREAT BIG STORY Waiting For Whoever's Reading This Comment With Big Ambitions, An Adventurous Attitude And A Film Crew To Go Out There And Discover It! Making It Into An Interesting Documentary Or Online Article! Great Adventures Are Waiting Ahead Of You!! Anyhow, For Anyone Who Had Read This Far, Thank You For Your Time And Patience, Stay Awesome And Stay Safe Out There, Especially During This Anxiety-Inducing Pandemic, Peace Out And Much Love.
@@sumared Us white people invented the internet, we discovered electricity, we invented cars, we got humanity to the moon, we came up with airplanes, rockets, lasers, radioactivity, we invented most medicines. So yeah we most likely found out how to eat sea urchins as well.
They don't got a brain so they cant really think like us and their nervous system isnt complex enough to feel pain so it's pretty accurate for him to say that it felt like it got colder lol
@@IdioticCanadian They aren't sentient, meaning that they aren't aware of their own existence. It's impossible to really understand this concept as a human, but most animals on Earth are closer to plants or fungi than they are to humans when it comes to intelligence
“Dude look what i found” “What is that?” “Idk some spiky ball lol” “What about it?” “Lets eat it” “...” “...” “We have veggies and deer meat alre-“ *”LETS EAT IT”*
I was thinking the same, like people are hunting for fish, they see a spiky ball and they're like HMMMMM, WHAT'S THAT I SEE. *guts it and eats everything inside*
Some urchin facts Sea urchins also eat coral, so really we're doing the coral reefs a favor by eating them as they dont have alot of natural predators (otters, starfish, triggerfish, wolf eels and lastly us) The black sea urchin has poison in its spikes, you do not wanna get stabbed by em They cant feel pain Sea urchins produce tons of eggs, somewhere within the million range
oof really? i got stabbed a lot by a black sea urchin when i was young, i was trying to catch it and hold it with my hand but my hand was small and it keeps slipping away, i was wearing a rubber gloves but it pierced through but i didnt give up kept repeating it until my hand was bloody, btw i was never able to catch it.
pfft sea urchins are amazing plus they're highly invasive almost everywhere they are, and they can destroy ecosystems. so its only right to eat them all.
@@sulpherbratigh7936 nah Humans know something is harmful , it's not like they didn't think about it . "pointy things are bad , because it can hurt , so no eating spiky ball , but what's inside of it?"
Well, now I know how to eat sea urchin. In fact, now I know that they're even edible. Completely useless to 99% of people. But when I'm all alone on an island with a volleyball named Wilson I'll be happy I watched this video.
I prefer a dark room only lit by a large spotlight aimed down at the urchin before asking “WHERE ARE THEY?!!” The urchin usually cracks after that question
Sea urchin: I have specifically evolved a hard shell and spikes so predators can't touch me. Human with straw: Wow, fancy little natural cocktail glass you got around yourself!
Sea Urchin: oh? You’re approaching me? Well come as close as you like! *gets picked up with the individual not being penetrated by its spikes* Sea urchin: SH*T
when I was like 7 or something I've always been interested in this video, not because of wanting to eat a sea urchin, but how quick, easy, and satisfying the video is
They dont know whats happening. They still alive.....they just feel like its getting colder.....and colder. Jokes aside that stuff actually looks tasty.
@Cypher五毛usuh Could already be, 2020 has gone really unlucky right now, and if people ever get stranded on an island of urchins this video would already be beneficial
Reminds me of a scene I saw in a movie: Yep, he stepped on a fire urchin *Fire Urchin* Stepped on me? Stepped on me?!?! Are you kidding me?!?! The guy was dancing on me!!! Look at this: broken, broken, gone, gone, gone, broken!!
Welp if I ever get stuck in a situation where urchins are the only thing available and only then, I thank you sir for the preparations of that particular situation!
Sea otters also eat these things, but they don't have knives. They straight up bite into the fucking things like they were an apple. Sea otters are hardcore.
they can’t feel pain and they don’t have a brain. they basically don’t even have the capability to understand what happened to them, so it’s basically business as usual until they literally can’t function anymore. kind of sad until you hear that a single one of them can create over 10,000 more of them. brainless little spiky balls floating all throughout the ocean...
@@Mzdos Obviously they have a nervous system, there’s just no brain. The entire nervous system acts as a very primitive brain instead, called a “diffuse nervous system” or “ diffuse nerve net”.
@@willemdadrip1511 it wouldn't make sense for him to say "bleeding" if it was a joke. that's like saying you're bleeding when you're just taking a piss or crying or something lmao
