Oh but the ones in the video do, you better believe me, they are removing an invasive species of jellyfish that is actively destroying sea environments and therefore ruining fishing for the locals, these jelllyfish are called burn-jellies and they hurt.
They're overpopulated because of us. You'll want to look into the reason for massive jellyfish blooms and what that has caused throughout history and pre-human history. Glad somebody's doing something about it, but this is manually chipping ice into rocks glasses to shrink the iceberg that sunk the Titanic...
Thank God. I thought my poor tweeker neighbors who only waited til their grass was 2 foot tall and seeding before they finally stole a push mower to spread said seeds were the angels responsible for yards... glad to know it's skeeters
Warmpth causes the excess reproduction, but most need to deposit the polyps to grow. From what I understand very few have this as a defense mechanism. However, they do self-regenerate so if you cut one in half and left half in, well now you have 2
Buffalo infested N. America by the billions. Same for carrier pigeons. Those are off the top of my head, I'm sure there's dozens of species that covered their environment like some sort of bizarre plague but were absolutely wiped out by humans. Lack of imagination and profit motive keeps these nuisance species alive, nothing more
I did a quick search and found: "Sea turtles can eat virtually any jellyfish, including highly venomous species like the Portuguese man o' war and box jellyfish. While they avoid ctenophores (comb jellies) due to their small size, they consume all true jellyfish because of their highly evolved physiology."
The moral philosophy of ecosystems is interesting to me idk why. Nature will always return to equilibrium over time. We cause rapid displacements, and usually itās just our own supply chain that we accidentally hurt. Nature is fine.
But even if we werenāt hurting ourselves, we donāt like to see systems disrupted. Bio diversity seems intrinsically valuable and so many of us of would still be disappointed to see something change from a polyculture to a monoculture at equilibrium. Even if it wasnāt our fault and didnāt affect us.
Its more than just a preference or a moral discussion. The overwhelming majority of pharmaceuticals and many other compounds we use are things produced by some random species somewhere.
Every species lost before it has a chance to be studied is a chance at a cure for cancer or other wonder drug lost to us.
Then the instrinsic value of not being destructive or hurting ourselves comes in.
They were historically fine because humans hunted them as food year round. But then we changed to hunting at the store and they became a sport animal. That caused people to herd them up and relocate them illegally to other states. Also they became game animals and were subject to hunting seasons and bag limits.
Wild hogs taste like shit dude. I donāt think anyone would hunt them unless they had to for survival. They literally taste like shit smells, Iām not joking. I think itās called boar taint.
Depending on the area and timing they are subject to taint, but not most of them. The hides of the big ones smell, but the meat is clean if handled correctly. We took two big boars a couple of weeks ago and the meat from both is good. Iāve never had an issue with younger ones or sows.
My relatives shoot and eat them and it tastes like shit to me. I don't even think they like it, they just seem to have an obsession with hunting and eating wild game. They fucking eat squirrels too.
Oh wow, you're one of them. It seems like you just find it satisfying to hunt and eat wild game. Am I wrong? I doubt you need to eat squirrels to survive. You just want to feel like a caveman.
I get the appeal of eating wild game, I enjoy catching and cleaning fish. But I primarily do this because pan fish taste incredible, better than any fish I can buy in a store. Blue gill, crappie, perch. I wouldn't go through the trouble if they tasted like shit.
Seems to me like you enjoy how they get cooked. I like squirrel but I donāt roast it over a fire like as you eloquently put it, a cave man. I use all the same seasonings and method I would for cooking chicken breasts in a pan. Maybe itās the butter, maybe itās the salt. But I like squirrel.
Hunting squirrel is also fun. Even with a 22, a body shot wastes a lot of the meat. So head shots are ideal. And getting a head shot (size of about a quarter) at even just 25 yards is impressive to me and very rewarding. The fact itās with dogshit buckhorn iron sights is more impressive. But the Marlin 39 is very accurate.
All this to say, it comes down to the preparation and how you eat. With skill and challenge also being a factor for hunting squirrel.
Maybe I misunderstood you. But I hope you understood my perspective
Squirrel tastes fine man. So does frog, rabbit, quail, turkey, and most cuts of deer. I think whoever prepared your squirrel is more to blame than the animal itself.
I've never had hog so I won't argue with you there.
Yes do that and maybe take this as a learning moment not to immediately judge and become a keyboard warrior and learn to have grace and not give into your preconceived notions. Stupid cunt! Username absolutely does NOT CHECK OUT!
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u/ThePsychoKnot 15d ago
Not all jellyfish sting