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
@filisildaanino572511 ай бұрын
It's a bead made from a freshwater clam or mussel shells from the Mississippi River in THE USA!!!
@sugarmuffin31911 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?
@raraavis778211 ай бұрын
@@sugarmuffin319 I think, it's different types of oysters, native to different parts of the world, that make different colored pearls.
@bonniecreevy264211 ай бұрын
Does it hurt them? Do they have nerves?
@raraavis778211 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?
@zachross354110 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.
@lunaskisses9 ай бұрын
our bodies do actually do this
@lunaskisses9 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_potion9 ай бұрын
@@lunaskissesheh human pearls
@frenchrevenge64069 ай бұрын
This reminds me of the story of an old woman with a stone baby inside her
@lunaskisses9 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."
@reek368510 ай бұрын
If I'm asleep, do not insert a nucleus into my gonads
@DrowSkinned10 ай бұрын
Douely noted 😂
@petemavus294810 ай бұрын
@@DrowSkinned*duly
@georgemorley102910 ай бұрын
I hate it when that happens.
@Foxxnioxx10 ай бұрын
Bro fell asleep first at the sleepover 💀
@taraleighcUK10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@sammysanchez106510 ай бұрын
Falls asleep first at the sleepover, wakes up with a nucleus inside your gonads.
@T1Oracle8 ай бұрын
Produces a perl necklace...
@PraiseTheLordyourGodJesus8 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.
@bonniejosavland32278 ай бұрын
@@T1Oraclewell one pearls of a future earrings necklace ring or pendant 😮
@dream69queen577 ай бұрын
@@bonniejosavland3227k
@esmizaragoza50376 ай бұрын
i love that album sammy sanchez😢
@qm62869 ай бұрын
Imagine having a painful canker sore and aliens harvest you for it 💀
@bonniejosavland32278 ай бұрын
Seek help😢
@TheGuardianssorrow7 ай бұрын
Most of the footage in this video comes from an Oyster farm that extracts pearls without harming them.
@esgy56147 ай бұрын
I am sure you interviewed the oysters and they told you it was painful
@victorgalloway97706 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@speedlimit68696 ай бұрын
Harvest you from your gonads
@balls2jawls10 ай бұрын
I like the idea that every pearl has one tiny soul bound to it
@michelehemlokhexwhite431010 ай бұрын
Each NATURAL pearl!
@devontesavage273810 ай бұрын
Just like a soul gem from skyrim
@balls2jawls10 ай бұрын
@@devontesavage2738 exactly
@dannyboygregory-mccormick915710 ай бұрын
Pearls are like little coffins. That’s pretty metal.
@Mystic276010 ай бұрын
_a soul_ _for a soul_@@devontesavage2738
@tf2engineer10 ай бұрын
One of our ancestors really looked at an oyster and said "mmm lemme eat this shell full of snot and guts"
@magsmcgarrigle9817 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. 👍😁☘️
@SyahidanIbnMokhtar7 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.
@emberyoung2187 ай бұрын
My feelings exactly. Who was the human who looked inside of an oyster and thought "yum, that looks delicious" 😋
@SyahidanIbnMokhtar7 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.
@lisareitzel75017 ай бұрын
My opinion of oysters too...snot and guts. Great description.
@adrianburrell62179 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.
@jedstanaland289711 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.
@MENTALTAKEDOWN10 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
@castleanthrax183310 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.
@JmKrokY10 ай бұрын
Ok
@Kai8898810 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?
@theirishviking927810 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
@KrowtennetworK11 ай бұрын
I thought pearls were like a kidney stone for oysters.
@draconian_dragons658811 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_1111711 ай бұрын
Based oyster torture
@WxBuggin11 ай бұрын
Gonads and strife
@SB19ATIN0011 ай бұрын
More like pimples
@katamine1111 ай бұрын
Not really no. There’s not really a direct equivalent in humans, or really anything even close, afaik.
@william699523 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 👍
@thefbiman2116Ай бұрын
It's why natural pearls of any kind are so expensive.
@AkumakoCross10 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.
@Danka4210 ай бұрын
any jeweler that claims "pearls are white" is a shitty jeweler 🤦♀️
@TheMayniyak10 ай бұрын
Take it to universities instead to the marine biology department, we are more open minded in research and love learning new things!
@AkumakoCross10 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!
@someonewithaphone310810 ай бұрын
If a jeweler thinks all pearls are white, they're shit at their job
@damondiehl563710 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.
@nicj535410 ай бұрын
"do you like the encased parasite necklace I got you? It comes with a bracelet" ❤️
@PrimeReborn778 ай бұрын
My exact first thoughts. Natural pearls are way more expensive but they inhabit parasites 💀
@LolGamer58 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)
@KateCat4208 ай бұрын
@@LolGamer5 Idk why but this makes me feel better
@LolGamer58 ай бұрын
@@KateCat420 Thats why i had to check, was like "no fkn way are all pearls dead and encrusted parasites" lol
@blueberry7668 ай бұрын
@@LolGamer5 he just said that oysters filter out sand tho 🧐
@layamercer47007 ай бұрын
Your the first I've bumped into that explains. How people have a hand in making some pearls.I appreciate that ❤.
@BabyBlondie3119 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.
@thebluedragon4937 күн бұрын
If your grandmother has pearls she might be your grandfather
@quinnsarrazin220111 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
@castleanthrax183310 ай бұрын
Was it a sphere or an irregular shape?
@AHHHHHHHH2110 ай бұрын
@@castleanthrax1833probably irregulat
@HandsomeBastard10 ай бұрын
What a story 🥱
@Zincmentomint10 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeBastardgeez dude
@LittleLilaKatBoo10 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeBastardsomeone’s jelly that they didn’t get a pearl from their aunt 😏🤣💯
@wouldyoulikefrieswiththat931010 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
@WellISaidIt10 ай бұрын
Isn't that stealing. They are the restaurant owners oysters so his property and whatever comes out his?
@Kat3101710 ай бұрын
@WellISaidIt what would the owner do with a couple pearls? The owner probably lets him keep them
@WellISaidIt10 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.
@lulolie10 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.
@WellISaidIt10 ай бұрын
@@lulolie it's still theft however you try to justify it.
@prof.scheere693310 ай бұрын
Love this interstellar song
@Okrawek-_-6 ай бұрын
Same, it’s just such a good vibe ❤
@Natasha263 күн бұрын
It is so overused though. I really people listened to Aphex Twin, Authecre, Boards of Canada, and the likes.
@jocelyngarvin1887 ай бұрын
Interstellar sounds again!!!😊 Love this soundtrack!!
@YoutubeIsRetarded68910 ай бұрын
Oysters are badass. "Oh you have come to harm me... allow me to make you beautiful for your effort."
@Midnight_Lantern9 ай бұрын
Thats not basass its stockholm syndrome
@kunaihanaki8 ай бұрын
@@Midnight_Lantern the giggle i let out lmaoooo
@Midnight_Lantern8 ай бұрын
@@kunaihanaki but did you laugh or snicker?
@kunaihanaki7 ай бұрын
@@Midnight_Lantern im not sure! but i snickered this time after i saw it again
@salaciousBastard7 ай бұрын
@@Midnight_Lantern I don't know how it's Stockholm Syndrome when the oyster had the last laugh.
@proleterriert807510 ай бұрын
No body talking about how good that sand looks holy shit.
@444.TheStar9 ай бұрын
Ikr 🤤
@theweedeater18429 ай бұрын
i hate sand, its course its rough and it gets everywhere
@legoyoda669 ай бұрын
@@theweedeater1842Hate is a path to The Dark Side.
@jamesc3719 ай бұрын
I was looking for this comment for too long!
@nissasandoval9 ай бұрын
First thing I saw was the sand.. 😊😊😊😊
@Born1e10 ай бұрын
Im so glad you keep them alive and take the pesrls carefully without killing the oyster :))
@Eldot31529 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.
@CajunKing50410 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..
@novawolfe734810 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_Tzu9 ай бұрын
@@novawolfe7348covid did kill some,ha
@beccaahogaan8 ай бұрын
ummm did he not take that opportunity to run it up
@CajunKing5048 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.
@emberyoung2187 ай бұрын
@CajunKing420 glad you have such an amazing memory. Sounds like it was a fun night.
@JP-ll9yk11 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!
@slappy894110 ай бұрын
Not all of them.
@greyscalesx10 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.
@Boxofcare66610 ай бұрын
Did you even watch the video…
@andromedaspark224110 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-ll9yk10 ай бұрын
@@Boxofcare666me?
@Hehwhwuwhw8 күн бұрын
That sand looked so scrumptious
@reneelemos7659 ай бұрын
His voice is nice. Could listen to him talk all day. 👏❤️
@dhooter10 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. 👍🤘
@mirandaandrews287210 ай бұрын
Yes its not pleasent😁
@ajcastellon590310 ай бұрын
The sandy clam. Now that's an image.
@gaztellprime10 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.nakni81710 ай бұрын
@@ajcastellon5903, I have an almost overwhelming urge to Google that term. No, I absolutely will NOT do so.
@lemmingscanfly510 ай бұрын
@@ajcastellon5903sounds like a friendly family restaurant tbh.
@brookepearson10 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
@IMjustAGirlInTheWorld19837 ай бұрын
Natural pearls are so beautiful too
@miriam94199 ай бұрын
I love the look of natural pearls. The organic shape is so beautiful.
@UT1TEXAS11 ай бұрын
I learn so much from this channel lol
@greyscalesx10 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.
@katieedwards592610 ай бұрын
Which is a shame because a lot of times it’s inaccurate.
@UT1TEXAS10 ай бұрын
@@katieedwards5926 I respect your opinion but could you possibly point out something that is flawed in this video?
@tieflingcody749310 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
@MohammadAliDayyani9 ай бұрын
Man I love this world. So many beauties here, both man made and natural❤
@amyb782310 ай бұрын
That sand looked so clean and pretty. I hope I get to see sand like that one day.
@FarawayFragrance10 ай бұрын
I mean, a grain of sand can be the catalyst for natural pearls but they take so much longer to form
@vidademikey979010 ай бұрын
No. They literally said oysters are good at keeping sand out.
@FarawayFragrance10 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
@johnnygreenface419510 ай бұрын
@@vidademikey9790people are generally good at not leaking blood. Still happens
@lovechild87210 ай бұрын
@@vidademikey9790yes they do. sand gets in through the cracks the same way parasites do. stay in school
@PandaFan244310 ай бұрын
@@vidademikey9790 They are "good" at keeping sand out not "perfect" at keeping sand out.
@cirkle8627 ай бұрын
Thanks I was always told it was sand. I appreciate the knowledge!
@dwaynedavis89127 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.
@whitestarlinegoodnight10 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.
@xxvertcerizexx7 ай бұрын
It would have simply died in your stomach lol
@marcusdayne48627 ай бұрын
If chewed up probably gave you a good source of protein. But if swallowed whole idk it survived in the oyster 😐
@Elsie144k7 ай бұрын
I don’t think I will ever eat a raw oyster again.
@destinyagnew50806 ай бұрын
That's scary u make my skin crawl just thinking bout it
@annixity6 ай бұрын
i once ate a grape and turned out a dead spider was on it.
@EnbySnakey3 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…”
@milenabozdeff64329 ай бұрын
That’s actually so cool It’s like your own little encapsulated bug
@tkc112911 ай бұрын
Yo, that "nucleus" was huge.
@Shalyn-ln9tu10 ай бұрын
A nucleus doesn't have to be microscopic
@tkc112910 ай бұрын
@@Shalyn-ln9tu Yeah, but it means the pearl is 95% plastic.
@Shalyn-ln9tu10 ай бұрын
@@tkc1129 it's not plastic... that's not how it works
@willrobson726510 ай бұрын
@@tkc1129I believe the nucleus is made of oyster shell that has been recycled
@AHHHHHHHH2110 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
@Kagebushin0110 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 >.>
@Goldenroses93010 ай бұрын
People when they realise their food existed in the planet😱😱😱😱😱
@SEPTEMBER-epilepsy9 ай бұрын
@@Goldenroses930dude hes talking about the pearl not the food itself
@Goldenroses9309 ай бұрын
@@SEPTEMBER-epilepsy I know
@Kruegernator1239 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.
@Kagebushin019 ай бұрын
@@Kruegernator123 thankfully I bit down with my molar so it didnt feel like I broke my tooth
@juliegeagan-chevez19924 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
@PintuMahakul6 ай бұрын
👍 Wonderful natural product show. We highly appreciate your effort and time. Thank you.
@catbirdler11 ай бұрын
What was that orange, multi-legged creature that was fished out 😬
@teetree666111 ай бұрын
Pearl Oyster Shrimp. Fairly common parasite.
@catbirdler11 ай бұрын
@@teetree6661 thank you!
@lilvampire743911 ай бұрын
A little guy
@OriginalChick11 ай бұрын
Ur mom
@purplepedantry10 ай бұрын
The former Yank Chief.
@carlysimon605510 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..
@notyourordinarygran10 ай бұрын
The weird shaped ones are mostly freshwater pearls.
@carlysimon605510 ай бұрын
@@notyourordinarygran yea I know..😊
@kristinsellers63907 ай бұрын
Wow these pearls are wholesome 😮
@swindlesys6 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
@valkyrie106610 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!
@keepdancingmaria10 ай бұрын
What good is a photo so tiny you need a microscope to see it? That's what a microscopic photo would be.
@christopherwellman236410 ай бұрын
@@keepdancingmariayou're what a microscopic photo would be
@curlyhairdudeify10 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_Amelia7 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-ld1tw7 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
@LyricSnowe10 ай бұрын
This guy sounds like he is so tired of life. Someone give him a hug. Not me but someone.
@timmytam80726 ай бұрын
😂
@kylesadirtbag593710 ай бұрын
The weird things humans do to artificially create value
@pyroplayz56423 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
@tienatle80510 ай бұрын
Feeding frenzy told me oysters are apex predators.
@blufferoniandcheese362810 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
@chattycatty333610 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 ❤
@pamelarice244410 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👍👊😉
@lankymaccrazyhair26410 ай бұрын
I bet that parasite really regrets trying to infect that oyster.
@snowmiaow10 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.
@CrazyHLady11 ай бұрын
So... pearls are oyster acne
@OriginalChick11 ай бұрын
No
@LiberPater77710 ай бұрын
_Wth_ do you and *220* other people think acne is?....... 😐
@pemerich298910 ай бұрын
How
@AnthonyBlamthony10 ай бұрын
Wtf do you think acne is?😂
@castleanthrax183310 ай бұрын
So... you're kinda stupid, eh?
@willjoyce50139 ай бұрын
The nuclei make the natural ones seem way more impressive, I thought they used much smaller starting sizes
@kathybrandt606011 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.
@katamine1111 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.
@datheoryof10 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.
@asapkazz86735 ай бұрын
That sand you picked up looks awesome to touch
@Baseds_Backup_Account11 ай бұрын
I just couldn't help but remember that scene from SpongeBob when he mentioned Filter Feeding tbh.
@ZoruaHunter10 ай бұрын
I can't help but remember that scene where an oyster hatched from a pearl
@emanuelberaru434511 ай бұрын
Loving these pearl vids, im making a comic set in the sea so these fun facts are great for source content
@taitran64029 ай бұрын
Those round pretty pearls have parasite souls in them 💀
@drxavier187010 ай бұрын
Imagine having your immune system towards parasites to crystalize them and turn it into valuable substance, wish i could do that
@MaxxsHandle10 ай бұрын
So pearl jewelry is basically a shell covered bead
@user-ux2rv3ub8m10 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the knowledge your putting out there❤
@itsastrality10 ай бұрын
So you're tellin me that a natural pearl is a literal dead, decomposed parasite. My appreciation for life has been ruined.
@sethwilliams766310 ай бұрын
This soundtrack from Interstellar makes anything seem breathtaking.
@nishupiki11 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.
@katamine1111 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.
@castleanthrax183310 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."
@MavSavMorgan10 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
@evilsharkey895410 ай бұрын
Well, you don’t want to put a huge nucleus in a little oyster. It needs to be mildly irritating, not disabling.
@petemavus294810 ай бұрын
@@evilsharkey8954 Too large for insertion can cause harm. 😜 Sorry but... ya know... 🤣
@nekograce791410 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.
@sukuntee7 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.
@CasseroleBlast7 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!
@andysixxstalkerangeloftrag583310 ай бұрын
Imagine being that parasite trying to slowly eat away at something to d...th, and then it happens to you instead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jezebulls11 ай бұрын
Hans Zimmer can make footage of a murder seem epic.
@iGaveLiaHIV11 ай бұрын
murder is usually epic
@BoneGoddess11 ай бұрын
Hans zimmer makes everything epic. The man is epicness
@KhaleesiX310 ай бұрын
@@iGaveLiaHIVyea, you're a special one😴
@SAOS45131610 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-ln9tu10 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
@saablazer16586 ай бұрын
So basically a cultured pearl is just 99% old rounded shell and 1% pearl.
@user-sl8dk3us3j7 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 :(
@rylandfrederick43110 ай бұрын
It can be anything, as long as it fits and irritates the oyster enough
@dennis-The-menace10 ай бұрын
Learned something new today, thank you.
@nusratagnes-du1ih13 күн бұрын
The casual use of the word "gonad" made me spit my drink out. God.
@BobRossCat23 күн бұрын
The parasite inside the pearl: MICHEAL, DON’T LEAVE ME HERE
@EddVCR11 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!
@castleanthrax183310 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.
@SAOS45131610 ай бұрын
Depending on circumstances they might have a cooldown period but a single oyster may be farmed many times for pearls.
@MavSavMorgan10 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
@mrjones272110 ай бұрын
@@castleanthrax1833I’m an incorrigible lifelong pedant, and even I thought your comment was useless.
@castleanthrax183310 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.
@katieann790311 ай бұрын
What's the nucleus made of?
@kamokapearl11 ай бұрын
Recycled oyster shell! We’ve found this produces better quality than any other material
@newbinhell304311 ай бұрын
@@kamokapearlthat's awesome and pretty smart. How long or how many times can an oyster be used to make pearls?
@katieann790311 ай бұрын
@@kamokapearl that's really interesting thank you for the reply
@kosaciecsyberyjski11 ай бұрын
@@newbinhell3043as long as the oyster is healthy and well fed it can create pearls, there's no age limit for it
@newbinhell304311 ай бұрын
@@kosaciecsyberyjski thanks
@amberphilpot54657 ай бұрын
I'm so glad oyster farming has become so much more humane than in years past.
@Your-Mums-Favourite-Son6 ай бұрын
That’s cool I always wondered why and how they make pretty little silver balls surrounded by a horror movie
@evilsharkey895410 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?
@AckzaTV9 ай бұрын
dental tools, he has a video for that , just pressure.
@RAMROD184710 ай бұрын
Well after watching this ive definitely decided im never eating oysters.
@TheeOne4.4410 ай бұрын
And I feel a little bad about wearing Pearls🥺
@RuminantPrimeАй бұрын
So, what's your Job? - I fight turtles. (Works as a diver protecting oysters in a pearl production plant)
@cryptic6969Күн бұрын
Imaging the feeling of finding the first one ever
@missyroberts699210 ай бұрын
I found a small pearl in an oyster at Red Lobster.... And forgot it on the table lol
@ashleyrichards519410 ай бұрын
Omg🤣
@Danka4210 ай бұрын
nice tip 😉
@TheDemonGamerOfFleetStreet10 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.
@heatherscott39507 ай бұрын
Yeah apparently they've been adding beads to oysters since 1942 for the production of pearls to become faster and better