Pearls don’t come from a grain of sand…

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Pearls don’t come from a grain of sand…

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Kamoka Pearl

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@kamokapearl 11 ай бұрын

A nucleus is a small bead made out of recycled oyster shell that is inserted into the oyster and is then coated with nacre (oysters shell) over the course of a year

@filisildaanino5725 11 ай бұрын

It's a bead made from a freshwater clam or mussel shells from the Mississippi River in THE USA!!!

@sugarmuffin319 11 ай бұрын

I came to the comment section to ask this question! 💕 Can you tell me about the different colors and what causes them? Do all mollusks make pearls?

@raraavis7782 11 ай бұрын

@@sugarmuffin319 I think, it's different types of oysters, native to different parts of the world, that make different colored pearls.

@bonniecreevy2642 11 ай бұрын

Does it hurt them? Do they have nerves?

@raraavis7782 11 ай бұрын

@@bonniecreevy2642 Well, they don't have a brain. They're way down the ladder in terms of complexity. They do have a very rudimentary nervous system, though. They react to stimuli. So it's a hard to answer question. If you poke something and it 'flinches' back reflexively, is that pain? Even when there's no brain to actually interpret what's going on and make decisions or have feelings?

@zachross3541 10 ай бұрын

My bio professor explained pearls as like having a constant irritant to your body inside of you that your body reacts to protect itself by encapsulating the entire problem.

@lunaskisses 9 ай бұрын

our bodies do actually do this

@lunaskisses 9 ай бұрын

"The end stage of the foreign body reaction and healing response to a biomaterial is often fibrous encapsulation. This involves fibroblasts creating a vascular and collagenous fibrous capsule that confines the implant and prevents it from interacting with the surrounding tissue." "The foreign-body capsule (FBC) can be advantageous to the patient in many cases. For example, in a study of patients who retained lead bullet fragments, plumbism (clinical lead poisoning) was very rarely found."

@invis_potion 9 ай бұрын

@@lunaskissesheh human pearls

@frenchrevenge6406 9 ай бұрын

This reminds me of the story of an old woman with a stone baby inside her

@lunaskisses 9 ай бұрын

@@frenchrevenge6406 hey this is ALSO a real thing our bodies do!! "A lithopedion (also spelled lithopaedion or lithopædion; from Ancient Greek: λίθος "stone" and Ancient Greek: παιδίον "small child, infant"), or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy,[1] is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside as part of a foreign body reaction, shielding the mother's body from the dead tissue of the fetus and preventing infection."

@reek3685 10 ай бұрын

If I'm asleep, do not insert a nucleus into my gonads

@DrowSkinned 10 ай бұрын

Douely noted 😂

@petemavus2948 10 ай бұрын

@@DrowSkinned*duly

@georgemorley1029 10 ай бұрын

I hate it when that happens.

@Foxxnioxx 10 ай бұрын

Bro fell asleep first at the sleepover 💀

@taraleighcUK 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@sammysanchez1065 10 ай бұрын

Falls asleep first at the sleepover, wakes up with a nucleus inside your gonads.

@T1Oracle 8 ай бұрын

Produces a perl necklace...

@PraiseTheLordyourGodJesus 8 ай бұрын

Ephesians‬ ‭6:10‭-‬18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.

@bonniejosavland3227 8 ай бұрын

@@T1Oraclewell one pearls of a future earrings necklace ring or pendant 😮

@dream69queen57 7 ай бұрын

@@bonniejosavland3227k

@esmizaragoza5037 6 ай бұрын

i love that album sammy sanchez😢

@qm6286 9 ай бұрын

Imagine having a painful canker sore and aliens harvest you for it 💀

@bonniejosavland3227 8 ай бұрын

Seek help😢

@TheGuardianssorrow 7 ай бұрын

Most of the footage in this video comes from an Oyster farm that extracts pearls without harming them.

@esgy5614 7 ай бұрын

I am sure you interviewed the oysters and they told you it was painful

@victorgalloway9770 6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@speedlimit6869 6 ай бұрын

Harvest you from your gonads

@balls2jawls 10 ай бұрын

I like the idea that every pearl has one tiny soul bound to it

@michelehemlokhexwhite4310 10 ай бұрын

Each NATURAL pearl!

@devontesavage2738 10 ай бұрын

Just like a soul gem from skyrim

@balls2jawls 10 ай бұрын

@@devontesavage2738 exactly

@dannyboygregory-mccormick9157 10 ай бұрын

Pearls are like little coffins. That’s pretty metal.

@Mystic2760 10 ай бұрын

_a soul_ _for a soul_@@devontesavage2738

@tf2engineer 10 ай бұрын

One of our ancestors really looked at an oyster and said "mmm lemme eat this shell full of snot and guts"

@magsmcgarrigle981 7 ай бұрын

I can’t say I’ve ever been that unlucky enough to ever get that hungry. Although I’ve eaten them with a few Guinness. Not bad at all. 👍😁☘️

@SyahidanIbnMokhtar 7 ай бұрын

Nah our ancestors cooked them. It's the deviant that eat it raw. Now apply the same standard to meat animals and edible plants. "Lemme eat this blood filled, disgusting many types of body fluids filled flesh " "Lemme eat this dirty plant part that are filled with microorganism, some plant fluids in it that smells bad, some of these plant parts purposes are similar to sperm or even a fetus real quick" Anyone can make that argumentative facetious joke ignoring the nuances.

@emberyoung218 7 ай бұрын

My feelings exactly. Who was the human who looked inside of an oyster and thought "yum, that looks delicious" 😋

@SyahidanIbnMokhtar 7 ай бұрын

@@emberyoung218 unspoiled ones who eat to survive because it's a meat of a living animal, not choosing beggar of a person who thought they can anachronisticly compare their emotional reasoning with survival skills of the forefathers of humankind.

@lisareitzel7501 7 ай бұрын

My opinion of oysters too...snot and guts. Great description.

@adrianburrell6217 9 ай бұрын

The best cultured pearls have the nucleus made of mother of pearl from an oyster shell. For some pearls, the oysters are left to grow for years in the hope of 8-12mm or larger. Seed pearls are rarely harvested anymore as the market is very limited. Large blemish free pearls fetch a good price.

@jedstanaland2897 11 ай бұрын

Pearls aren't always a parasite they simply are some kind of irritating agent. The next thing is that if the oyster lives long enough it can expell Pearls though getting one of those is fairly rare.

@MENTALTAKEDOWN 10 ай бұрын

Yup. It’s a very similar process as in our human bodies. If you get an implant, your body will surround it with cartilage/scar-like tissue to protect the rest of your body from the irritation/foreign body. Clams and oysters do the same thing which results in pearls. Could be sand, could be a parasite, could be a tiny pebble or bone of a fish, etc etc

@castleanthrax1833 10 ай бұрын

Considering how valuable natural pearls are, I'm wondering how many have been "broken" open to see what the irritants are? I couldn't imagine it was a lot, though.

@JmKrokY 10 ай бұрын

@Kai88988 10 ай бұрын

@@MENTALTAKEDOWNso you're telling me these oysters are just grabbing rubbish, coating it in a shiny shell and we go crazy for it?

@theirishviking9278 10 ай бұрын

@@Kai88988welcome to humans We also go crazy for compressed coal And have named the same gem 3 different things because it was a different color

@KrowtennetworK 11 ай бұрын

I thought pearls were like a kidney stone for oysters.

@draconian_dragons6588 11 ай бұрын

He said gonad so it’s more like someone cutting open your nuts to put a bead in then throwing you out into the world then after a year pulling you back and cutting open your sack again to extract an even larger bead, sounds not fun

@ash_11117 11 ай бұрын

Based oyster torture

@WxBuggin 11 ай бұрын

Gonads and strife

@SB19ATIN00 11 ай бұрын

More like pimples

@katamine11 11 ай бұрын

Not really no. There’s not really a direct equivalent in humans, or really anything even close, afaik.

@william69952 3 ай бұрын

I remember seeing little holes in seashells when i was a kid and wondering how they got there. Thanks for clearing it up 👍

@thefbiman2116 Ай бұрын

It's why natural pearls of any kind are so expensive.

@AkumakoCross 10 ай бұрын

Years ago, my mom found a tiny purple pearl in a wild clam she foraged. It's pretty low-grade, being so tiny and not very shiny, but the color is straight *violet*. It's A few times she asked a jeweler to look at it since it seemed so unusual, knowing full well it probably wasn't much if anything, but none would even look at it, saying she was lying or it was fake or not actually a pearl, since pearls are white and clams can't make pearls. We enjoy our weird little family treasure anyway. We know what it is.

@Danka42 10 ай бұрын

any jeweler that claims "pearls are white" is a shitty jeweler 🤦‍♀️

@TheMayniyak 10 ай бұрын

Take it to universities instead to the marine biology department, we are more open minded in research and love learning new things!

@AkumakoCross 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMayniyak That's actually a pretty good idea. I hadn't thought of that. If the opportunity arises, maybe I'll do so. Thanks for the suggestion!

@someonewithaphone3108 10 ай бұрын

If a jeweler thinks all pearls are white, they're shit at their job

@damondiehl5637 10 ай бұрын

Clams can make pearls. I spent a couple summers diving for clams in Wisconsin. The clams were steamed and cleaned to get rid of the guts, and then shipped to Japan. They saw them up into seed pearls (what they put in the oyster to make a pearl). I found pearls in clams. Most were small, a few were large, very few were round. They come in different colors. Fresh water pearls are a thing.

@nicj5354 10 ай бұрын

"do you like the encased parasite necklace I got you? It comes with a bracelet" ❤️

@PrimeReborn77 8 ай бұрын

My exact first thoughts. Natural pearls are way more expensive but they inhabit parasites 💀

@LolGamer5 8 ай бұрын

@@PrimeReborn77 just checked up on it, they CAN inhabit parasites, however it just take any irritant aka old shell piece, sand, etc. to make the oyster form a shell around said object (the pearl)

@KateCat420 8 ай бұрын

@@LolGamer5 Idk why but this makes me feel better

@LolGamer5 8 ай бұрын

@@KateCat420 Thats why i had to check, was like "no fkn way are all pearls dead and encrusted parasites" lol

@blueberry766 8 ай бұрын

@@LolGamer5 he just said that oysters filter out sand tho 🧐

@layamercer4700 7 ай бұрын

Your the first I've bumped into that explains. How people have a hand in making some pearls.I appreciate that ❤.

@BabyBlondie311 9 ай бұрын

My mother showed me her grandmother's pearls once and I didn't understand why they were so valuable if they weren't perfectly round. Now I get it.

@thebluedragon493 7 күн бұрын

If your grandmother has pearls she might be your grandfather

@quinnsarrazin2201 11 ай бұрын

My aunt found a natural pearl once in an oyster we bought for eating, she gave it to me and I still have it somewhere

@castleanthrax1833 10 ай бұрын

Was it a sphere or an irregular shape?

@AHHHHHHHH21 10 ай бұрын

@@castleanthrax1833probably irregulat

@HandsomeBastard 10 ай бұрын

What a story 🥱

@Zincmentomint 10 ай бұрын

@@HandsomeBastardgeez dude

@LittleLilaKatBoo 10 ай бұрын

@@HandsomeBastardsomeone’s jelly that they didn’t get a pearl from their aunt 😏🤣💯

@wouldyoulikefrieswiththat9310 10 ай бұрын

I work at a restaurant that sells oysters and I prep them sometimes and every once in a while I'll come across a pearl I keep them they are really small I've been working at this restaurant for 5 years and I've found 5 or 6 pearls

@WellISaidIt 10 ай бұрын

Isn't that stealing. They are the restaurant owners oysters so his property and whatever comes out his?

@Kat31017 10 ай бұрын

@WellISaidIt what would the owner do with a couple pearls? The owner probably lets him keep them

@WellISaidIt 10 ай бұрын

@@Kat31017 I'm guessing the same thing he would do with a couple of pearls. Taking without permission is stealing, regardless of what the item is or how useful it is.

@lulolie 10 ай бұрын

@@WellISaidIt Either he'd keep it or the customer would. If the owner doesn't have a bin or something for collecting the pearl then it's basically taking garbage, it just happens to be valuable garbage.

@WellISaidIt 10 ай бұрын

@@lulolie it's still theft however you try to justify it.

@prof.scheere6933 10 ай бұрын

Love this interstellar song

@Okrawek-_- 6 ай бұрын

Same, it’s just such a good vibe ❤

@Natasha26 3 күн бұрын

It is so overused though. I really people listened to Aphex Twin, Authecre, Boards of Canada, and the likes.

@jocelyngarvin188 7 ай бұрын

Interstellar sounds again!!!😊 Love this soundtrack!!

@YoutubeIsRetarded689 10 ай бұрын

Oysters are badass. "Oh you have come to harm me... allow me to make you beautiful for your effort."

@Midnight_Lantern 9 ай бұрын

Thats not basass its stockholm syndrome

@kunaihanaki 8 ай бұрын

@@Midnight_Lantern the giggle i let out lmaoooo

@Midnight_Lantern 8 ай бұрын

@@kunaihanaki but did you laugh or snicker?

@kunaihanaki 7 ай бұрын

@@Midnight_Lantern im not sure! but i snickered this time after i saw it again

@salaciousBastard 7 ай бұрын

@@Midnight_Lantern I don't know how it's Stockholm Syndrome when the oyster had the last laugh.

@proleterriert8075 10 ай бұрын

No body talking about how good that sand looks holy shit.

@444.TheStar 9 ай бұрын

Ikr 🤤

@theweedeater1842 9 ай бұрын

i hate sand, its course its rough and it gets everywhere

@legoyoda66 9 ай бұрын

@@theweedeater1842Hate is a path to The Dark Side.

@jamesc371 9 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment for too long!

@nissasandoval 9 ай бұрын

First thing I saw was the sand.. 😊😊😊😊

@Born1e 10 ай бұрын

Im so glad you keep them alive and take the pesrls carefully without killing the oyster :))

@Eldot315 29 күн бұрын

I like this guy he’s not only educational he really treats the oysters with care I hate the other videos that butchers these creatures.

@CajunKing504 10 ай бұрын

When I was around 12 we went to a restaurant in Baton Rouge, La and we had at least twenty people at the table, it was a youth basketball tournament and all our parents were there. Anyway, Ralph and Kacoo's was the name of the restaurant, my dad ordered the fried oyster platter. He at a couple, everything normal, then he but into one and almost choked. He spit out 17 small, natural pearls!! No one could believe it, it was truly unreal. My mom still has those pearls wrapped in the original napkin with the restaurant logo on it. This brought back an amazing memory of me and my dad..

@novawolfe7348 10 ай бұрын

Ralph and Kacoos been dead since covid, man. 😞 it’s depressing seeing the big fish in the permanently empty lot now. I loved that place.

@007_Sun_Tzu 9 ай бұрын

@@novawolfe7348covid did kill some,ha

@beccaahogaan 8 ай бұрын

ummm did he not take that opportunity to run it up

@CajunKing504 8 ай бұрын

@@beccaahogaan No we didn't, my parents weren't those type of people. They didn't let us pay for the meal which was more than enough, that bill was at least 2k. No one was hurt, we all had a good time and that made the night even better.

@emberyoung218 7 ай бұрын

@CajunKing420 glad you have such an amazing memory. Sounds like it was a fun night.

@JP-ll9yk 11 ай бұрын

Crazy to think all those pretty pearls are mummified parasite remains. Must be cool to find a random oyster and find someone else’s pearl!

@slappy8941 10 ай бұрын

Not all of them.

@greyscalesx 10 ай бұрын

Funny you should say that, bc it's untrue and this video is blatent misinformation. Any irritating foreign bodies, big sand grains included, shell pieces etc, can create a pearl. And dead matter is exponentially more frequent than a parasite.

@Boxofcare666 10 ай бұрын

Did you even watch the video…

@andromedaspark2241 10 ай бұрын

I found one formed on a small rock inside my oysters at a restaurant, the day after my son was conceived. Found out later I was pregnant. That was the most amazing omen ever...it is unpleasant to catch in your teeth though. 😂

@JP-ll9yk 10 ай бұрын

@@Boxofcare666me?

@Hehwhwuwhw 8 күн бұрын

That sand looked so scrumptious

@reneelemos765 9 ай бұрын

His voice is nice. Could listen to him talk all day. 👏❤️

@dhooter 10 ай бұрын

They don't always create pearls from that parasite. They will create them from any type of irritant such as the parasite. It can also come from sand that cannot be expelled and yes they are very good at filtering sand but not perfect. Ever eat a sandy oyster or clam? I have. 👍🤘

@mirandaandrews2872 10 ай бұрын

Yes its not pleasent😁

@ajcastellon5903 10 ай бұрын

The sandy clam. Now that's an image.

@gaztellprime 10 ай бұрын

Mmm, you gotta enjoy that gritty texture and earthy flavor profile. \_("^ ^")_/ Sounds better than ground rye and maize in seaside yoghurt.

@jamie.k.nakni817 10 ай бұрын

@@ajcastellon5903, I have an almost overwhelming urge to Google that term. No, I absolutely will NOT do so.

@lemmingscanfly5 10 ай бұрын

@@ajcastellon5903sounds like a friendly family restaurant tbh.

@brookepearson 10 ай бұрын

I actually really like the ones with an unusual shape, they look like they'd be nice to have to just feel them and how smooth they are

@IMjustAGirlInTheWorld1983 7 ай бұрын

Natural pearls are so beautiful too

@miriam9419 9 ай бұрын

I love the look of natural pearls. The organic shape is so beautiful.

@UT1TEXAS 11 ай бұрын

I learn so much from this channel lol

@greyscalesx 10 ай бұрын

@katieedwards5926 10 ай бұрын

Which is a shame because a lot of times it’s inaccurate.

@UT1TEXAS 10 ай бұрын

@@katieedwards5926 I respect your opinion but could you possibly point out something that is flawed in this video?

@tieflingcody7493 10 ай бұрын

Imagine one day a giant just grabs you and stuffs a nucleus inside of your gonads only for a year later they come back like "alright time to fish that bad boy out"

@cristhecris_ 10 ай бұрын

That "parasite" looked alien asf

@MohammadAliDayyani 9 ай бұрын

Man I love this world. So many beauties here, both man made and natural❤

@amyb7823 10 ай бұрын

That sand looked so clean and pretty. I hope I get to see sand like that one day.

@FarawayFragrance 10 ай бұрын

I mean, a grain of sand can be the catalyst for natural pearls but they take so much longer to form

@vidademikey9790 10 ай бұрын

No. They literally said oysters are good at keeping sand out.

@FarawayFragrance 10 ай бұрын

@@vidademikey9790 but sand pearls exist, rubber is very good at keeping water out but some can get in if there’s enough of it

@johnnygreenface4195 10 ай бұрын

@@vidademikey9790people are generally good at not leaking blood. Still happens

@lovechild872 10 ай бұрын

@@vidademikey9790yes they do. sand gets in through the cracks the same way parasites do. stay in school

@PandaFan2443 10 ай бұрын

@@vidademikey9790 They are "good" at keeping sand out not "perfect" at keeping sand out.

@cirkle862 7 ай бұрын

Thanks I was always told it was sand. I appreciate the knowledge!

@dwaynedavis8912 7 ай бұрын

I actually found a natural pearl once, when we were eating oysters on the half-shell. The pearl was more elongated and bumpy than round. I gave the pearl to a lady with whom we were eating.

@whitestarlinegoodnight 10 ай бұрын

That orange spider-looking parasite, I nearly ate one. It was in an oyster that was part of a fresh bushel I bought. Was about to eat the whole thing in one gulp when I saw the little bugger move! I know that sort of thing is a rarity, but it put me off from raw oysters for a while. Still makes my skin crawl thinking about what would've happened if I had eaten it.

@xxvertcerizexx 7 ай бұрын

It would have simply died in your stomach lol

@marcusdayne4862 7 ай бұрын

If chewed up probably gave you a good source of protein. But if swallowed whole idk it survived in the oyster 😐

@Elsie144k 7 ай бұрын

I don’t think I will ever eat a raw oyster again.

@destinyagnew5080 6 ай бұрын

That's scary u make my skin crawl just thinking bout it

@annixity 6 ай бұрын

i once ate a grape and turned out a dead spider was on it.

@EnbySnakey 3 күн бұрын

Love how oysters are like me when I have a problem. “The fuck? Where’d you come from?….guess I’ll just bottle this up…”

@milenabozdeff6432 9 ай бұрын

That’s actually so cool It’s like your own little encapsulated bug

@tkc1129 11 ай бұрын

Yo, that "nucleus" was huge.

@Shalyn-ln9tu 10 ай бұрын

A nucleus doesn't have to be microscopic

@tkc1129 10 ай бұрын

@@Shalyn-ln9tu Yeah, but it means the pearl is 95% plastic.

@Shalyn-ln9tu 10 ай бұрын

@@tkc1129 it's not plastic... that's not how it works

@willrobson7265 10 ай бұрын

@@tkc1129I believe the nucleus is made of oyster shell that has been recycled

@AHHHHHHHH21 10 ай бұрын

@@tkc1129do you want pearls to be tiny? It takes a year for it to grow THAT much, and eventually the oyster will spit it out anyways when it grows enough

@Kagebushin01 10 ай бұрын

I got a pearl while eating oysters on the half shell at a restaurant. So glad to know now what it was made of >.>

@Goldenroses930 10 ай бұрын

People when they realise their food existed in the planet😱😱😱😱😱

@SEPTEMBER-epilepsy 9 ай бұрын

@@Goldenroses930dude hes talking about the pearl not the food itself

@Goldenroses930 9 ай бұрын

@@SEPTEMBER-epilepsy I know

@Kruegernator123 9 ай бұрын

That happened to me when I was eating raw oysters in Galveston, except I bit into it. I thought I broke my tooth.

@Kagebushin01 9 ай бұрын

@@Kruegernator123 thankfully I bit down with my molar so it didnt feel like I broke my tooth

@juliegeagan-chevez1992 4 сағат бұрын

We used to find tons of pearls inside mussels we harvested. They were more like freshwater pearls but some of them were very pretty

@PintuMahakul 6 ай бұрын

👍 Wonderful natural product show. We highly appreciate your effort and time. Thank you.

@catbirdler 11 ай бұрын

What was that orange, multi-legged creature that was fished out 😬

@teetree6661 11 ай бұрын

Pearl Oyster Shrimp. Fairly common parasite.

@catbirdler 11 ай бұрын

@@teetree6661 thank you!

@lilvampire7439 11 ай бұрын

A little guy

@OriginalChick 11 ай бұрын

Ur mom

@purplepedantry 10 ай бұрын

The former Yank Chief.

@carlysimon6055 10 ай бұрын

I like the weird shape of real pearls..perfectly rounded pearl is the same as all pearls that are sold..but a weird shape is different and unique..still amazing what you do..

@notyourordinarygran 10 ай бұрын

The weird shaped ones are mostly freshwater pearls.

@carlysimon6055 10 ай бұрын

@@notyourordinarygran yea I know..😊

@kristinsellers6390 7 ай бұрын

Wow these pearls are wholesome 😮

@swindlesys 6 ай бұрын

loved how they didn’t kill any of the oysters in the video, i always see people ripping and tearing them open instead of a catch a release type deal

@valkyrie1066 10 ай бұрын

Wow. That makes natural pearls like amber, in a way. It would be great to get a microscopic PHOTO of the parasite inside the half-sectioned pear!

@keepdancingmaria 10 ай бұрын

What good is a photo so tiny you need a microscope to see it? That's what a microscopic photo would be.

@christopherwellman2364 10 ай бұрын

@@keepdancingmariayou're what a microscopic photo would be

@curlyhairdudeify 10 ай бұрын

I once found a bunch of tiny pearls. I was eating green lipped mussels at a restaurant, and I kept "chewing sand"..... And it turns out they were tiny pearls.

@Yassmine_Amelia 7 ай бұрын

I'm just glad that they're not killing the oysters The other day I saw a guy splitting open those poor oysters to get the pearl

@NuKim-ld1tw 7 ай бұрын

I always thought pearls were really rare. Then I started seeing all these videos of people cultivating pearls and I thought I was wrong my whole life! Beautiful explanation and love the gentle care put it the work

@LyricSnowe 10 ай бұрын

This guy sounds like he is so tired of life. Someone give him a hug. Not me but someone.

@timmytam8072 6 ай бұрын

😂

@kylesadirtbag5937 10 ай бұрын

The weird things humans do to artificially create value

@pyroplayz5642 3 ай бұрын

Imagine being a parasite going inside a clam and thinking easy but instead u get locked up forever and get turned into a gem

@tienatle805 10 ай бұрын

Feeding frenzy told me oysters are apex predators.

@blufferoniandcheese3628 10 ай бұрын

i used to shuck oysters at my old job, i have like three tiny little natural pearls that i found, they're pretty neat

@chattycatty3336 10 ай бұрын

Just wanna say, I know they are how you make your money, but I still appreciate how gentle you handle the oysters when inserting/ removing pearls ❤

@pamelarice2444 10 ай бұрын

39 years old and just had my mind blown by this video. I can't believe, pearls are parasites and NOT grains of sand. Whoa🤯🤯🤯 thx fir the vid👍👊😉

@lankymaccrazyhair264 10 ай бұрын

I bet that parasite really regrets trying to infect that oyster.

@snowmiaow 10 ай бұрын

When was kid I chose an oyster and got a ring made from it. I still feel bad that the oyster was torn apart alive and then thrown away to die.

@CrazyHLady 11 ай бұрын

So... pearls are oyster acne

@OriginalChick 11 ай бұрын

@LiberPater777 10 ай бұрын

_Wth_ do you and *220* other people think acne is?....... 😐

@pemerich2989 10 ай бұрын

How

@AnthonyBlamthony 10 ай бұрын

Wtf do you think acne is?😂

@castleanthrax1833 10 ай бұрын

So... you're kinda stupid, eh?

@willjoyce5013 9 ай бұрын

The nuclei make the natural ones seem way more impressive, I thought they used much smaller starting sizes

@kathybrandt6060 11 ай бұрын

I got a natural pearl ones eating an oyster. It’s pretty good size. It’s like a 7 mm and it’s very beautiful. I never knew that there would be a dead creature in the middle of that pearl. Thanks for the information. No really thank you.

@katamine11 11 ай бұрын

Probably was still a cultured pearl and that oyster just somehow ended up being harvested/ sold for consumption instead. Natural pearls are exceedingly rare, especially that big. If it really was a natural pearl, it would be worth thousands of dollars at that size. Maybe even over 10k. I hope you kept it.

@datheoryof 10 ай бұрын

Lmaoooo. People fight & kill over things that mean more to the world itself which makes it priceless & worthless at the same time. The science that makes it happen is priceless. The fact people put a price on it so it can be worn as jewlery makes it worthless.

@asapkazz8673 5 ай бұрын

That sand you picked up looks awesome to touch

@Baseds_Backup_Account 11 ай бұрын

I just couldn't help but remember that scene from SpongeBob when he mentioned Filter Feeding tbh.

@ZoruaHunter 10 ай бұрын

I can't help but remember that scene where an oyster hatched from a pearl

@emanuelberaru4345 11 ай бұрын

Loving these pearl vids, im making a comic set in the sea so these fun facts are great for source content

@taitran6402 9 ай бұрын

Those round pretty pearls have parasite souls in them 💀

@drxavier1870 10 ай бұрын

Imagine having your immune system towards parasites to crystalize them and turn it into valuable substance, wish i could do that

@MaxxsHandle 10 ай бұрын

So pearl jewelry is basically a shell covered bead

@user-ux2rv3ub8m 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for all the knowledge your putting out there❤

@itsastrality 10 ай бұрын

So you're tellin me that a natural pearl is a literal dead, decomposed parasite. My appreciation for life has been ruined.

@sethwilliams7663 10 ай бұрын

This soundtrack from Interstellar makes anything seem breathtaking.

@nishupiki 11 ай бұрын

Is there a limit to how big the nucleus can be? What I mean is, do bigger pearls have a bigger implanted nucleus or is there a standard limiting nucleus size.

@katamine11 11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure the nucleus is roughly always the same size and bigger pearls are just from the oyster having it in them longer. They typically just use grains of sand, which don’t vary in size much. Especially in areas where the sand is very fine, powdery sand like in most tropical regions, which is where most oyster farming happens.

@castleanthrax1833 10 ай бұрын

I've seen nucleii ranging in size from a small ball bearing to one that's about the size of a marble (huge oysters about 9-10 inches diameter). You'd be surprised how little natural material makes up a pearl. Almost all of it was "implanted."

@MavSavMorgan 10 ай бұрын

The size of the nucleii will depend on the size of the shell, big pearls are a bit of luck honestly but big pearls tend to come from older shell on their second or third pearl cycle. Some small oysters will surprise you with a big pearl here and there though

@evilsharkey8954 10 ай бұрын

Well, you don’t want to put a huge nucleus in a little oyster. It needs to be mildly irritating, not disabling.

@petemavus2948 10 ай бұрын

@@evilsharkey8954 Too large for insertion can cause harm. 😜 Sorry but... ya know... 🤣

@nekograce7914 10 ай бұрын

I have a natural pearl necklace and I love the imperfection of it. It was a gift from my job for my…10th year of work.

@sukuntee 7 ай бұрын

I respect how these pearl harvesters (to what i think is happening…) is harvesting pearls without need to kill them in order to open just enough to retrieve the pearls again. Both win.

@CasseroleBlast 7 ай бұрын

Idk seems to me the rarest and therefore most valuable pearls are the ones made naturally. Valuable by the standard of being hella badass!

@andysixxstalkerangeloftrag5833 10 ай бұрын

Imagine being that parasite trying to slowly eat away at something to d...th, and then it happens to you instead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jezebulls 11 ай бұрын

Hans Zimmer can make footage of a murder seem epic.

@iGaveLiaHIV 11 ай бұрын

murder is usually epic

@BoneGoddess 11 ай бұрын

Hans zimmer makes everything epic. The man is epicness

@KhaleesiX3 10 ай бұрын

@@iGaveLiaHIVyea, you're a special one😴

@SAOS451316 10 ай бұрын

They are not killing the oysters. If they had brains they'd probably be annoyed by being poked but they don't and are not harmed by pearl culturing. In fact they're better off at a pearl farm than just in the wild. They're interesting animals despite being so simple. :)

@Shalyn-ln9tu 10 ай бұрын

Killing means they can't continue to produce... that completely defeats the purpose. It's not hurting them, and they aren't dying

@saablazer1658 6 ай бұрын

So basically a cultured pearl is just 99% old rounded shell and 1% pearl.

@user-sl8dk3us3j 7 ай бұрын

I found a natural pearl once during a family dinner. i remeber feeling so lucky to find it lol. It was very small and white. Unfortunately, natural pearls are very fragile so as soon as i held it in my hand it crumbled :(

@rylandfrederick431 10 ай бұрын

It can be anything, as long as it fits and irritates the oyster enough

@dennis-The-menace 10 ай бұрын

Learned something new today, thank you.

@nusratagnes-du1ih 13 күн бұрын

The casual use of the word "gonad" made me spit my drink out. God.

@BobRossCat 23 күн бұрын

The parasite inside the pearl: MICHEAL, DON’T LEAVE ME HERE

@EddVCR 11 ай бұрын

After harvesting the pearl, do you implant another nucleus into the oyster to have it make pearls again? I never knew that natural pearls always have decomposed animal inside!

@castleanthrax1833 10 ай бұрын

They don't ALWAYS have a decomposed creature inside. To say ALWAYS, you'd pretty much have to cut open EVERY naturally occurring pearl.

@SAOS451316 10 ай бұрын

Depending on circumstances they might have a cooldown period but a single oyster may be farmed many times for pearls.

@MavSavMorgan 10 ай бұрын

If they're healthy after harvesting they'll be put back again with a new bead inside up to two extra times and then after that they are killed and the pearl meat is harvested aswell as the shell for things like pearlescent paint. Pearls are harvested once they've been in the water for 2 years so an oyster that has produced 3 pearls would do it over 6 years and then get killed. At least here in Australia with silver lip oysters

@mrjones2721 10 ай бұрын

@@castleanthrax1833I’m an incorrigible lifelong pedant, and even I thought your comment was useless.

@castleanthrax1833 10 ай бұрын

@mrjones2721 Yet your comment is even less than useless. I was pointing out that many natural pearls start life as irritants other than tiny creatures. Many are just pieces of sand or grit. You keep being a pedantic mate: you'd have no personality at all, otherwise.

@katieann7903 11 ай бұрын

What's the nucleus made of?

@kamokapearl 11 ай бұрын

Recycled oyster shell! We’ve found this produces better quality than any other material

@newbinhell3043 11 ай бұрын

@@kamokapearlthat's awesome and pretty smart. How long or how many times can an oyster be used to make pearls?

@katieann7903 11 ай бұрын

@@kamokapearl that's really interesting thank you for the reply

@kosaciecsyberyjski 11 ай бұрын

@@newbinhell3043as long as the oyster is healthy and well fed it can create pearls, there's no age limit for it

@newbinhell3043 11 ай бұрын

@@kosaciecsyberyjski thanks

@amberphilpot5465 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad oyster farming has become so much more humane than in years past.

@Your-Mums-Favourite-Son 6 ай бұрын

That’s cool I always wondered why and how they make pretty little silver balls surrounded by a horror movie

@evilsharkey8954 10 ай бұрын

Do you use any kind of substance or drug on the oyster to relax the shell closing muscle and make it easier to open, or do you have to pry it open?

@AckzaTV 9 ай бұрын

dental tools, he has a video for that , just pressure.

@RAMROD1847 10 ай бұрын

Well after watching this ive definitely decided im never eating oysters.

@TheeOne4.44 10 ай бұрын

And I feel a little bad about wearing Pearls🥺

@RuminantPrime Ай бұрын

So, what's your Job? - I fight turtles. (Works as a diver protecting oysters in a pearl production plant)

@cryptic6969 Күн бұрын

Imaging the feeling of finding the first one ever

@missyroberts6992 10 ай бұрын

I found a small pearl in an oyster at Red Lobster.... And forgot it on the table lol

@ashleyrichards5194 10 ай бұрын

Omg🤣

@Danka42 10 ай бұрын

nice tip 😉

@TheDemonGamerOfFleetStreet 10 ай бұрын

This is what I know......some form of irritant gets under or inside of the oysters shell like a parasite but it don't have to be specifically a parasite. Then slowly over time the oyster secretes a substance called aragonite and conchiolin these apparently make up their shells. This creates what's known as nacre which is basically mother of pearl. This covers the irritant and over time and many many coatings you get a pearl. Cultured pearls are not nearly as expensive as real pearls they are nor as rare for one.