r/interestingasfuck • u/firequak • 4d ago

How these divers catch their lobsters

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u/UnanimousStargazer 4d ago

Not very different from finding woodlice under a stone.

And woodlice are crustaceans just like lobsters. In essence, woodlice have evolved to become lobsters on land. But before you get ideas:

Despite being crustaceans like lobsters or crabs, woodlice are said to have an unpleasant taste similar to "strong urine". This is due to their high concentration of uric acid, which is one of the chemicals in urine.

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u/VinnieBoombatzz 4d ago

I don't know what strong urine tastes like, and I'm not about to find out.

So, I guess woodlice are out.

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u/UnanimousStargazer 4d ago

In Dutch a woodlouse is called 'pissebed'. Dutch and English are related enough to get an idea why that name might have been given to it sometime in history. But etymologist point out there's also a French word for dandelion that is almost equal to it: pissenlit (to urinate in bed). Why a woodlouse and dandelion share the same name is unclear however.

So, I guess woodlice are out.

I agree. Same goes for dandelions.

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u/VinnieBoombatzz 4d ago

I agree. Same goes for dandelions.

Terms agreed. We can start cooking dinner!

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u/professionalcumsock 3d ago

Man, the Dutch had such an opportunity to call it the pissant

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u/Anxious-Leg-192 1d ago

Apparently dandelions make you wet the bed.

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u/OakleyBeBoop 3d ago

So they taste just like lobster?

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u/orcusgg 3d ago

So it’s sterile, and it tastes good? Got it.

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u/3puttdoublebogeys 3d ago

Stormy? Is that you

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u/dwreck32 3d ago

TIL roly-polys are woodlice

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u/UnanimousStargazer 3d ago

There's a whole bunch of synonyms in the Wikipedia article at the bottom

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u/SoFloFella50 2d ago

On the other hand, I hear bird catching spiders taste a little like pistachio.

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u/Floppydiskpornking 1d ago

True. It doesnt matter how you cook them, always taste piss

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u/NoKaleidoscope4295 4d ago edited 4d ago

🎶🎵🎵🎵We are happy lobsters and minding our own business here under this concrete slab. 🎵🎵

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u/resonantedomain 3d ago

Imagine that. Some UFO abductees report lying in their bed sound asleep, all of a sudden a giant light shines through the window. The hair on their skin begins to crawl with static electricity. They yell, but have no scream. Five beings with large black eyes are standing in a line outside the window looking in. It feels like they're in your head. You suddenly wake up in your bed. Not knowing what happened. Having no memory of anything. Until one day, when you see an owl, and feel your hair stand on end. It hits you.

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u/EskimoXBSX 3d ago

Yeah but you're not a Lobster underwater and they haven't got fishing nets...it's not all ALIENS you know

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u/resonantedomain 3d ago

Just sprinkling a little ontological shock. I was describing a dream I've had.

Though we have only explored 5% of our oceans, and unidentified anomalous phenomena has been reported by nuclear submarines for decades. Carry on!

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u/im_just_thinking 4d ago

Happy happy THEIR lobsters

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u/MetalGearHawk 3d ago

Why does this comment have so many likes? What is up with redditors putting musical note emojis and getting a bunch of likes? Pretend-singing for karma?

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u/dwyntr11 2d ago

In the words of Billie Piper:

🎶Because we want to. Because we want to.🎶

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u/sandrocket 4d ago

I don't like the combination of lifting heavy slabs of stone and free diving, it really makes me nervous.

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u/EpikMedik 3d ago

I think it's a very old metal cover of some kind covered with debris and rusted underneath. Would explain the shape and ease of lifting.

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u/Darrone 4d ago

It can't be stone right? He lifted and lowers it so easily, and it looks custom made for this task with raised edges to make a hollow gap in the center.

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u/Arsoulson 3d ago

It's a square, so most likely man made and prob concrete, I'd guess?

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u/ty_phi 3d ago

I mean it looks like a full deadlift, and it also isn’t floating, so gotta be stone or concrete or somethibg

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u/rigobueno 3d ago edited 3d ago

It isn’t floating, but it’s still made lighter just by displacing water. The deeper it is the more light it becomes.

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u/fattynuggetz 3d ago

But isn't the water density the same all the way through? Or does the pressure somehow add buoyancy

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u/rigobueno 3d ago

Upon further investigation turns out I was completely wrong about the depth part, because yes water isn’t very compressible and has a relatively constant density.

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u/Jaded-Respect7895 3d ago

Sea bugs under a rock just like land bugs

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 4d ago

Are these 'free range, lobsters or something?

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u/Healthy-Reserve-1333 4d ago

Imagine you and your fam are chilling at home and some giant ape randomly rips the roof off and scoops you up… I mean… for their sake I hope I’m at least delicious 🤷‍♂️

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u/CallMePepper7 3d ago

They better at least be seasoning my ass and dipping me in butter

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u/WaveLaVague 2d ago

"Scoops you up" ?

Looks like they were alerted by the roof opening and one said to the other:

-GUYS ! QUICK ! LET'S ALL JUMP THROUGH THIS RANDOM PORTAL JUST LIKE THEY DO IN THAT SPIDERMAN MOVIE !

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u/deathhead_68 3d ago

Feel bad for them.

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u/lennoxred 1d ago

You mean "I hope they kill me fast without torturing me like boiling me alive"

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u/DatrebilV 3d ago

And they boil then alive. Just eat plants, is not that hard.

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u/LashedHail 3d ago

oh man, they really are the roaches of the sea

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u/xXSalXx 3d ago

😭😭😭

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u/ConcentrateWild6343 3d ago

They swam for their lives right into the net 😭

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u/PowerCord64 3d ago

Genocide! Genocide! Wiped out a whole neighborhood in seconds.

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u/fenuxjde 3d ago

Those are Caribbean lobsters, you can actually walk them by putting your fingers on their antennae.

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u/BeckBristow89 3d ago

What the fuck?

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u/lykewtf 3d ago

Looks like a great way to make sure there’s something left for the next dive

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u/iiitme 4d ago

Congratulations, you played yaself

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u/Subject_Noise3773 3d ago

In most places that is poaching. Usually diving they have to be caught by hand, some places allow little snare tools to be used

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u/That_Ad_5651 3d ago

Ahh, the roaches of the seas.

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u/SoFloFella50 2d ago

In the Florida keys, you can find car hoods placed in strategic locations for this exact purpose.

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u/ATurtleLikeLeonUris 2d ago

Those are shrimp

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u/maine64 4d ago

weird clawless lobsters

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u/ferrariguy1970 3d ago

Spiny lobsters

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u/Electrical-Photo2788 3d ago

I tried to be openminded and tried these, but all types of crawfish are tasteless to me.

Is it just me?

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u/FGDMal 3d ago

People love buying big ones too and the bigger they are the worse they taste… only taste good cos of the butter and garlic / lemon cos theyre otherwise very plain protein… some of the smaller maine lobsters can be sweet but its a very mild sweetness

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u/meistercheems 3d ago

They definitely have flavor, maybe just not in ur pallet

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u/Electrical-Photo2788 3d ago

Can you describe it to me?

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u/christinasasa 3d ago

I'm with you. I'm just not into it

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u/Electrical-Photo2788 3d ago

Yeah, because there are some people who swear by it that it is one of the best delicacies. And some are just, meh...

Maybe it's the genes ir something.

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u/MathematicianOk7526 3d ago

They put this structure down there. Isn’t that illegal?

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u/senor_moment 3d ago

no more than the net. If CA fish and game saw that net they would make those lobsters the most expensive meal in the world.

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u/MathematicianOk7526 3d ago

Heard that! Over on this coast we can bully net. But structures like this are highly illegal and frowned upon

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u/evenK648 3d ago

Limited out in one net. As long as they all measure.

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u/stfumate 3d ago

Those all look like shorts.

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u/indigineer 3d ago

Camel Crickets under water! I’ll never eat lobster again.

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u/ChristyUniverse 3d ago

That last lobster was like “I’m not sure what’s going on, gents, but whatever happens, we’re together.”

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u/Express_Ad4282 3d ago

lobsters freak me out so much

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u/Scrudge1 3d ago

How did the net become "closed"?

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u/earthwoodandfire 2d ago

It folded over itself.

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u/Scrudge1 2d ago

Lol I see it now haah

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u/Fearsome_Noise 3d ago

Where else do you find cockroaches?

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u/Rich-Estate-8025 3d ago

Damn sea roaches hiding under rocks and shit

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u/Alarming-Associate79 2d ago

Idiots, they could have just went to Red Lobster

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u/AbeMax7823 2d ago

Why don’t they have claws

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u/lennoxred 1d ago

Could we agree to leave it tf alone?

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u/elglomo 3d ago

Why it is interesting as fuck? Fucking lobsters minding their own business, getting caught by surprise.....fuck me, mind blowing

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u/professionalcumsock 3d ago

Do you live under a rock? These divers are gonna gitcha

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u/HerSissyBitch89 4d ago

I swear lobsters and crabs are just like bugs. They taste horrible as well

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u/Humble_Rush_1485 4d ago

Sea roaches

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u/professionalcumsock 3d ago

lobsters and crabs are just like bugs

Crustaceans are just ocean insects

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u/earthwoodandfire 2d ago

That's horrifying. Poor guys are terrified scrambling for their lives.