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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2018
  • Caviar is one of the most expensive foods in the world. Selling for up to $35,000 per kilo, it's revered and relished by aristocrats across the globe. But it's an acquired taste. Turns out, caviar wasn't always so valuable. In the 19th century, sturgeon species in the US were so common that there are accounts of caviar being offered in saloons for free, like bar nuts. In Europe, fishermen were feeding the eggs to their pigs, or leaving it on the beach to spoil. What changed?
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    Similar to true champagne, caviar doesn't come from just anywhere. This, for example, is not caviar. To get the real thing, it has to be eggs from a sturgeon. There are 27 species around the world in North America, Europe, and Asia. But probably not for long.
    Arne Ludwig: In this case, sturgeon will die out because humans are over-harvesting their populations and destroying their habitats.
    In 2010, the International Union for Conservation of Nature placed 18 species on its Red List of Threatened Species, making the sturgeon the most endangered group of species on Earth. But lists like these are bittersweet. On the one hand, they can help protect the sturgeon from further population decline. On the other hand, the rarer that caviar becomes, the more we can't get enough of it. There's actually an economic idea that explains this. It's called the rarity value thesis and it describes how "rarity increases the value of the item." Sturgeon can weigh up to several thousand pounds, and produce hundreds of pounds of roe at a time. The world record belongs to a beluga sturgeon that weighed 2,520 pounds and yielded 900 pounds of roe. Today, she'd be worth about half a million dollars.
    It wasn't until around the 20th century when these freshwater fish and their eggs became a rare commodity. Pollution poisoned their waters and dams blocked their spawning grounds upstream. They had nowhere to reproduce and continued to be overfished for their meat and roe. On top of that, it takes 8-20 years for a female to sexually mature, depending on the species. She can produce millions of eggs at a time, but odds are that only one will survive to adulthood. In the end, the sturgeon population couldn't keep up with demand and their coveted eggs became the jewels of the luxury food scene. Today, caviar imports and exports are closely regulated in the US., which is partly why it's so expensive.
    Deborah Keane: People forget that every single egg, every one of these eggs is taken off by hand. Now, remember that we're dealing with a raw seafood endangered species. So it is basically like eating and dealing with edible elephant tusks. It is that heavily regulated.
    That's why today, the majority of caviar comes from sturgeon farms.
    Deborah Keane: Little did I know that by 2011, all wild caviar would become illegal on the planet. When I started there were six farms in the world and only two producing caviar in the world and that was in 2004. Now, there are 2,000 farms.
    One farm, in particular, in China called Kaluga Queen produces 35% of the world's caviar. Caviar there is harvested with the classic Russian and Iranian technique, which involves killing the fish and then extracting the eggs. Other farms are exploring a different technique, which doesn't involve killing the fish. It's called stripping. The fish are injected with a hormone that triggers their urge to release eggs. Farmers have been doing this for many years, but not to get caviar - just to produce more fish. It wasn't until recently that people started canning this stuff and selling it as caviar.
    Dmitrijs Tracuks: The biggest thing is that yes, fish stays alive. You have really small impact on the fish because you do it really fast. You take the fish out of the water, you put it on the special holding facility. The fish has already started to spawn and so all that requires is to press on the belly, massage the belly and the caviar will just flow out of the fish.
    The idea behind no-kill caviar is a commendable one, but it has yet to catch on. Either way, with caviar farms in place, this gives the wild sturgeon population a chance to recover. But whether or not, that happens is largely up to us.: / tech_insider
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @ifandikarafik4870
    @ifandikarafik4870 4 года назад +2878

    Human: oh no! Sturgeon are going to be extinct
    Also human: *let's eat their eggs*

  • @alec187
    @alec187 6 лет назад +6872

    Y’all can keep the $35k caviar, I’m happy with my $1 slice of pizza

  • @friedwater6519
    @friedwater6519 5 лет назад +4798

    2039: water is so expensive smh

  • @danielliaw
    @danielliaw 5 лет назад +1696

    Like Truffles and Cavier, long time ago it was fed to the pigs, now it is so priceless that it is fed to the rich.

    • @nameless-gt7kt
      @nameless-gt7kt 4 года назад +488

      So what you're saying is it's still fed to pigs

    • @Saf99
      @Saf99 4 года назад +48

      @@nameless-gt7kt lmfaoo

    • @jackfelipe1704
      @jackfelipe1704 4 года назад +10

      NerdBoii yes

    • @fard2780
      @fard2780 4 года назад +12

      @@nameless-gt7kt u mean rich people is a bit connected to pigs XD

    • @areusproductions4896
      @areusproductions4896 4 года назад +2

      Name Last wow thanks for ruining the joke

  • @Thetrue777luck777
    @Thetrue777luck777 5 лет назад +5678

    Why rich people like to eat crap so much?

    • @cuphead8159
      @cuphead8159 5 лет назад +569

      They eat it cause it's expensive

    • @andrevieri1804
      @andrevieri1804 5 лет назад +88

      Have you try it yet?

    • @dustinalecxander8647
      @dustinalecxander8647 5 лет назад +516

      Well its like buying a Rolex while you only need your phone to tell time

    • @BradleyStegall
      @BradleyStegall 5 лет назад +61

      if you want a watch you can get a casio that tells the time all the same

    • @thedeliveryboy1123
      @thedeliveryboy1123 5 лет назад +78

      you are what you eat, i guess.

  • @samesky4495
    @samesky4495 5 лет назад +9674

    There's this amazing food called Ice Cream, and definitely 10x better than caviar.

  • @doxsunii9891
    @doxsunii9891 4 года назад +238

    Most food thats expensive now used to be dirt cheap or considered poor until some rich man decided to eat it and liked it

  • @icyshiba7869
    @icyshiba7869 5 лет назад +401

    Sturgeon watching in different dimension .
    Why Are Humans so Expensive?

  • @cykamcblyat4306
    @cykamcblyat4306 5 лет назад +1249

    If the species is endangered can we just not take the egg

    • @libertyforecast
      @libertyforecast 5 лет назад +98

      thats like saying can if homeless people are sitting on streets can we put them in houses

    • @tristonong7049
      @tristonong7049 5 лет назад +10

      KCH
      Speech: 101

    • @libertyforecast
      @libertyforecast 5 лет назад +2

      @@tristonong7049 thank you

    • @wolfemooney7188
      @wolfemooney7188 5 лет назад +4

      KCH Nah that’s not it at all

    • @dsaputra42
      @dsaputra42 5 лет назад

      I like your name rofl

  • @davidc4897
    @davidc4897 6 лет назад +2176

    So pretty much people are paying for the endangerment of these species.

    • @jonathan3966
      @jonathan3966 6 лет назад +76

      davidc4897 us living in general is destroying all species. Humans have failed the earth. Including me and you. :(

    • @jamesmanzano5231
      @jamesmanzano5231 6 лет назад +13

      Why should we care about the lives of sturgeon?

    • @binodrai4420
      @binodrai4420 6 лет назад +19

      For humans to survive they have to eat other species its natural to eat and survive so the word endanger is the dumbest man made word cause theres over billions of extnct species since the big bang so why preserve it

    • @burgos041
      @burgos041 6 лет назад +19

      Kinda like sharksfin...killing an animal for food that really doesnt add anything essential to our diets

    • @nvrmind9226
      @nvrmind9226 6 лет назад +57

      When enough species go extinct, the food chain collapse and we will go with it... This is basic science.

  • @darlingciliegia2427
    @darlingciliegia2427 5 лет назад +848

    Guys guys there is a food called cookies..yea

    • @pradanightcrawler
      @pradanightcrawler 5 лет назад +15

      cookies are literally nothing like caviar.

    • @paralysleeps
      @paralysleeps 5 лет назад +43

      @@pradanightcrawler maybe the person is just saying cookies because cookies taste better and cheaper than caviars

    • @gwendalynnalvarado8277
      @gwendalynnalvarado8277 4 года назад +5

      Violeta 143 pizza too,I don’t eat sea food at all.Or fish

    • @newriechren2343
      @newriechren2343 4 года назад +10

      GUYS GUYS! THERES I FOUND A CHEAPER AND TASTIER FOOD! ITS CALLED CHIPS!!
      Chips! POTATOE CHIPS! THEY COME IN MANY FLAVOUR!

    • @newriechren2343
      @newriechren2343 4 года назад +2

      @@gwendalynnalvarado8277 In my region fish is one of the most eaten foods. Since we live in a oversized island.
      Or "mega continent" to what most call.

  • @steampunkprodigy8596
    @steampunkprodigy8596 4 года назад +59

    4:01 eventually, I stopped thinking.

  • @_kathiekim_8401
    @_kathiekim_8401 6 лет назад +2747

    We can just eat Chicken egg It's delicious and cheap ._.

    • @ReplyGuy22345
      @ReplyGuy22345 6 лет назад +61

      _Kathie// Kim_ cheap being the key word.

    • @umekai3029
      @umekai3029 6 лет назад +75

      _Kathie// Kim_ and healthy😊

    • @scorpioninpink
      @scorpioninpink 6 лет назад +19

      Where do you live? Egg is not cheap in my country.

    • @yangchew5745
      @yangchew5745 6 лет назад +3

      Best financial choice

    • @Itheb
      @Itheb 5 лет назад +7

      lol where do YOU live x)

  • @skullcidd
    @skullcidd 5 лет назад +1520

    what am I doing here I have an essay due

  • @exempleromega5978
    @exempleromega5978 4 года назад +39

    4:00 *IGHT IMMA HEAD OUT*

  • @KindaFeelsNice
    @KindaFeelsNice 5 лет назад +251

    People are complaining sturgeons are going extinct and instead of breeding the egg,we eat it...
    I swear to God I'm so pissed at humanity

    • @spiritualwarrior864
      @spiritualwarrior864 5 лет назад +16

      Ya that's not that smart but the eggs r really valuable if the fish is endangered species if u start growing fish n making more fishes then the egg value will decrease

    • @ultrainstinctgarfield2661
      @ultrainstinctgarfield2661 4 года назад +2

      you really don’t understand how sturgeon work at all do you

    • @pogyt4671
      @pogyt4671 4 года назад

      SamuraiJuno, really seems like you tell us that like that Fish is some Machine there eh...?

    • @pkhr9937
      @pkhr9937 4 года назад +4

      2:41

    • @rafieazka177
      @rafieazka177 4 года назад +8

      You dont really get it. Sturgeons are a very rare species because the odds are 1/1000 and caviar are the eggs that didn't make it. And now farms are trying to harvest sturgeons so it will not extinct

  • @alf3488
    @alf3488 5 лет назад +866

    Just looking at how it comes out. Just give me the urge to not eat it.

    • @yusurkassem4174
      @yusurkassem4174 5 лет назад +12

      @Utahutes2016 lmao i hate milk and eggs too literally everything from animals is disgusting...and from fish it's worse

    • @iiiflames1026
      @iiiflames1026 5 лет назад +6

      For some reason, it's satisfying to me

    • @tristonong7049
      @tristonong7049 5 лет назад

      Don’t even think of eating it.

    • @JoozOwnTheMedia-xi3fl
      @JoozOwnTheMedia-xi3fl 5 лет назад +1

      you eat meat and milk and eggs? its even worse my friend

    • @akankshsukumara
      @akankshsukumara 5 лет назад +1

      @@JoozOwnTheMedia-xi3fl Happy Vegan

  • @goldengirl8829
    @goldengirl8829 6 лет назад +1421

    2% of comments- "wow I didn't know that"
    98% of comments- "I'm happy with my $2 bag of crisps"

    • @pastelZeit
      @pastelZeit 6 лет назад +28

      *delicious chips*

    • @raihanislam912
      @raihanislam912 6 лет назад +37

      You said dollar, then you said crisps

    • @RW-hx2xe
      @RW-hx2xe 6 лет назад +11

      £2 for a bag of crisps? You must be rich

    • @missingno2401
      @missingno2401 6 лет назад +8

      These are some good ass chips

    • @najdiredcoat148
      @najdiredcoat148 6 лет назад +5

      Chips (American)
      Crisps (British)

  • @FredoSantana90
    @FredoSantana90 5 лет назад +84

    Damn i wish i had that kinda money that make you lose common sense

  • @mypillowrapedme6053
    @mypillowrapedme6053 4 года назад +109

    Me : eating.
    4:01 : Im bout to end this mans whole career

  • @sierrapinelli2513
    @sierrapinelli2513 5 лет назад +1446

    Why don't they just spare a couple of the fish and let their eggs grow to fish so that they can have more caviar?

    • @zkncodeine
      @zkncodeine 5 лет назад +186

      female sturgeons reproduce not until 5 years but they can live up to about 100+ years. the older the fish the higher the production quality

    • @stanloochuu4065
      @stanloochuu4065 5 лет назад +349

      Cuz humans are impatient and selfish.

    • @itsme4374
      @itsme4374 5 лет назад +4

      Brashayley simple. Just dont get em

    • @nikolasdaniel8755
      @nikolasdaniel8755 5 лет назад +12

      They're just dumb and greedy...

    • @autobotrock4789
      @autobotrock4789 5 лет назад +83

      Keeping them endangered makes the caviar more valuable plus these farms are dedicated to the eggs, not conservation, which requires more money and less reward.

  • @zidanlubis6804
    @zidanlubis6804 5 лет назад +2471

    instead of eatin’ it, why dont we just let the egg become a regular fish

    • @firstnamelastname9398
      @firstnamelastname9398 5 лет назад +94

      Because odds are only one of those eggs will actually make it to adulthood and they don't want to look $35,000 worth of product.

    • @DeaaJobran
      @DeaaJobran 5 лет назад +59

      The answer to your question is from 2:42 to 2:50

    • @crimsonchaos5037
      @crimsonchaos5037 5 лет назад +2

      And then eat it!

    • @juniort0451
      @juniort0451 5 лет назад

      200th likes!!

    • @imeldabaco2582
      @imeldabaco2582 5 лет назад +1

      yeah and makin it a food for pigs just like d old days 😆

  • @race10ftw
    @race10ftw 5 лет назад +26

    Those poor sturgeon 🥺

  • @freemancarl
    @freemancarl 4 года назад +54

    *CAVIAR THEN & NOW*
    *Then: Swine Feeds*
    *Now: Rich Delicacy*
    *NOW THAT'S HUMAN EVOLUTION!*

  • @sirzechsgr6330
    @sirzechsgr6330 6 лет назад +1359

    Meh I still wouldn't eat it when there are other foods that taste just as good or better when cooked right since caviar is just expensive because its rare and not because of taste.

    • @PandaMester
      @PandaMester 6 лет назад +94

      Is making fish extinct really good?

    • @user-zh7un2ov1b
      @user-zh7un2ov1b 6 лет назад +18

      Caviar has the taste of the black gold. Hell, its so freaking tasty. And it has a lot of benefits for the health. Absolutely love caviar!

    • @muhamaddanialbinmohdnizar1435
      @muhamaddanialbinmohdnizar1435 6 лет назад

      Sirzechs Gr b

    • @adtc
      @adtc 6 лет назад +47

      Sirzechs Gr yeah same thing goes for shark fin. These expensive foods taste shitty but people crave it because "I ate a pound of caviar" sounds just as posh as "I bought a pound of gold". If there was plenty of gold, it would be as cheap as copper is and no one would want it.

    • @stepanfedun9122
      @stepanfedun9122 6 лет назад +12

      Philz3TT
      You can get caviar from any fish, it will just cost less
      Red caviar is only a few pounds per can

  • @sophthebreadloaf4601
    @sophthebreadloaf4601 6 лет назад +2407

    *eats waffles*
    This is all I need

    • @AngelGarcia-fb2mc
      @AngelGarcia-fb2mc 6 лет назад +15

      hell yeah!

    • @LannnR
      @LannnR 6 лет назад +5

      CupcakeCrazed lol same

    • @hai2352
      @hai2352 6 лет назад +6

      I have never eaten waffles? What do they taste like?

    • @grenadeout5588
      @grenadeout5588 6 лет назад +2

      CupcakeCrazed I

    • @yuh8946
      @yuh8946 6 лет назад +2

      Tech Influencer taste like pancakes

  • @fabianmcintyre5901
    @fabianmcintyre5901 5 лет назад +15

    I've haven't tried caviar more than once even though most people have tried it on more than occasion because they like the interesting taste. However, when I was in college, I've tried once, and I haven't eaten anymore since. But to the folks who enjoy the interesting taste, more power to you guys.

  • @nadinehammud1508
    @nadinehammud1508 4 года назад +8

    That video of the caviar being massaged out will forever hunt me

    • @bruhmoment7931
      @bruhmoment7931 3 года назад

      You’ve just watched a fish get aborted

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 6 лет назад +3600

    Why is everything shitty so expensive? This is like modern art

    • @kc2094
      @kc2094 6 лет назад +115

      There's plenty of great modern art. It's just that a lot of modern art is often mocked so that's the most popular pieces you will see in media. Scribbles, or a singular color. That kind of thing. But there's a lot more than that.

    • @realno1472
      @realno1472 6 лет назад +53

      Caviar tastes like metal its just a waste of money but orange caviar is soo better It is soooo lets just say its awesome

    • @mikkojj
      @mikkojj 5 лет назад +39

      First of all, I think caviar taste rich, nicely creamy and gently salty. Second, not all expensive taste shitty, have you tasted all?

    • @mikkojj
      @mikkojj 5 лет назад +12

      Stormy Wolf Maybe you haven't got good caviar then🤔

    • @qhxoexcci
      @qhxoexcci 5 лет назад +2

      Its a taste thing i kinda like it

  • @notin3488
    @notin3488 6 лет назад +299

    i remember in 5th grade my class went on a field trip and we all got to release a baby white sturgeon i knew it was endangered but i didnt know it was that endangered i named mine Gillroy because fish have gills he is probably dead now rip Gillroy

  • @erdenebattayanamjil5356
    @erdenebattayanamjil5356 4 года назад +42

    Rich people: we should save that fish
    Also rich people: mmmm Caviar is tasty lol

    • @CCP-Lies
      @CCP-Lies 3 года назад

      Jealous snob

  • @alanchris2790
    @alanchris2790 5 лет назад +21

    4:41 yuck I will never eat it

  • @lecorny007
    @lecorny007 6 лет назад +1260

    It's called, supply and demand.

    • @gabriella_is_rad8189
      @gabriella_is_rad8189 6 лет назад +9

      Le Corny Exactly, if people didn't want it the species would be fine. Just like with people poaching tigers and elephants and other endangered species, if people didnt buy them than people wouldn't kill them and try to make money off of it.

    • @lmquan082
      @lmquan082 6 лет назад +1

      Le Corny and also the constructed values of thing. Caviar worth almost nothing to many based only on their value of a food. But the value of the brand, and the market value are different stories

    • @steveb6026
      @steveb6026 6 лет назад

      It’s called knowledge

    • @peaceout4132
      @peaceout4132 6 лет назад +1

      Le corny, I really like your profile pic of hiki and yui, I love them , and waiting for oregairu season 3

    • @carizma1743
      @carizma1743 6 лет назад

      That’s a clothes brand

  • @auto1640
    @auto1640 5 лет назад +303

    Nothing beats a chicken egg for breakfast

    • @amritagupta1987
      @amritagupta1987 3 года назад +2

      Very true

    • @twig6102
      @twig6102 3 года назад +4

      True I love eggs but I stopped eating them bc animal abuse :(

    • @ajjaja892
      @ajjaja892 3 года назад +5

      @@twig6102 eggs and animal abuse just get them from a faem that treats their animals properly

    • @johnwickinyt3017
      @johnwickinyt3017 3 года назад +12

      @@twig6102 do you stop eating chips bc potato abuse

    • @twig6102
      @twig6102 3 года назад +6

      @@johnwickinyt3017 your argument is invalid since potatoes are non sentient. Have a nice day! : )

  • @amolloh
    @amolloh 5 лет назад +63

    I have found an alternative for Caviar! And it is called vegetable!

    • @bruhsauce644
      @bruhsauce644 4 года назад +7

      And it’s healthy and won’t piss off the vegans!

    • @halamadruuid2380
      @halamadruuid2380 4 года назад +1

      Bruh Sauce ugh, only crazy vegans do that, but my friends are vegans and they say they’re fine if I eat meat, they just like vegetable, but never ever force kids to just eat vegetable, they will suffer from malnutrition

    • @aljaberhk
      @aljaberhk 3 года назад

      what about fish roe

  • @nicoles7800
    @nicoles7800 4 года назад +4

    Caviar, in many different grades, really is an amazing food to try.
    There is a reason it is rare & expensive.
    However, anyone can try it.
    It’s a garnish or spread on croutons.

  • @imvirpil
    @imvirpil 6 лет назад +5373

    ok never eating caviar again.

    • @Dantick09
      @Dantick09 6 лет назад +312

      So you have eaten it before? you should be ashamed!

    • @imvirpil
      @imvirpil 6 лет назад +137

      Dantick09 only these yellow ones. Don’t think that’s the same though...

    • @VolundJpn
      @VolundJpn 6 лет назад +105

      I m not ashamed, I was just young and i didn t know

    • @thischannelisdead5303
      @thischannelisdead5303 6 лет назад +145

      BOI THEY SAID THE "yellow one" ISNT CAVIAR. my dad uses those eggs as fish bait as eating them is just gross

    • @VastHorizons71
      @VastHorizons71 6 лет назад +33

      Thats not caviar

  • @LaFranceBonjour
    @LaFranceBonjour 5 лет назад +132

    This made me depressed, I was thinking I'm fancy eating salmon eggs, but now I know it wasn't even caviar :(

  • @Slashbag69
    @Slashbag69 5 лет назад +1

    For anyone wondering about the song at the start, it's Minuet - Luigi Boccherini - String Quintet in E Major, Op.11 No.5

  • @db7073
    @db7073 4 года назад +13

    I tasted caviar once!
    I almost vomited 🤮

    • @chakraborty1989
      @chakraborty1989 2 года назад

      It's looks disgusting, I wonder how it's really would taste haha

  • @sassypotato5271
    @sassypotato5271 6 лет назад +435

    My question is, if only one can survive to adulthood in the WILD, then why cant a conservation company manage simply one sitting of eggs, protecting them, feeding them, caring, etc, and booming the population to millions?

    • @joanngumeta8937
      @joanngumeta8937 5 лет назад +18

      Steve I was thinking of that just as I ran into your comment.

    • @dustyvamp
      @dustyvamp 5 лет назад +134

      Simple if they do that it would increase the amount on the fish in the ocean and decrease the prices they would get for the cavier which unfortunately they won’t do because they are a big business

    • @ieronim272
      @ieronim272 5 лет назад +42

      because that would decrease the price

    • @dr.strange8504
      @dr.strange8504 5 лет назад +11

      Because that would be like a cow farm, they would be overpopulated and not have enough space to move around and they would be hurt and tortured

    • @LauraSmith-mg7hg
      @LauraSmith-mg7hg 5 лет назад +34

      For these fish, I don't think it is about how they are nurtured- sturgeons produce eggs in quantity instead of quality (which, imo, makes it a very dumb fish biologically). Most of the fish die anyway because they aren't built for life.

  • @milesrobinson4217
    @milesrobinson4217 6 лет назад +136

    It's heartwarming to hear that there is already regulation in place to protect the sturgeons and that alternative methods of caviar production are in place so the native populations may rebound.

  • @danielyusukeshimizu8802
    @danielyusukeshimizu8802 4 года назад +7

    4:01
    People: Eughhh
    Me: Oh god look at that money flowing out

  • @user-gq8ep8ry2v
    @user-gq8ep8ry2v Год назад +5

    It really depends on the fish the brand and the stand

  • @PsychoticMatchaAddict
    @PsychoticMatchaAddict 5 лет назад +399

    You sound like
    Daily Dose of Internet.

  • @jayceeocampo2616
    @jayceeocampo2616 6 лет назад +532

    4:00 Oh lord the nightmares

  • @zomi7208
    @zomi7208 5 лет назад +11

    2050: water is a few thousand dollars per liter

  • @ayanoyuii8637
    @ayanoyuii8637 4 года назад

    This must be in *TOP TEN RUclips CHANNELS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WATCH*

  • @Musti._
    @Musti._ 6 лет назад +265

    4:00 wtf it looks like the fish is shitting

    • @SubinGeorge26
      @SubinGeorge26 6 лет назад +42

      It looked kinda satisfying to me for some reason.

    • @chrishanson5846
      @chrishanson5846 6 лет назад +9

      HWK K imagine giving birth to wet sand.
      That's how the sturgeon feels.

    • @Q8Duelist
      @Q8Duelist 6 лет назад

      H Z LOL

    • @chrishanson5846
      @chrishanson5846 6 лет назад +4

      hell yeah I know,does that change the fact that it doesn't really hurt?

    • @chrishanson5846
      @chrishanson5846 6 лет назад +9

      hell yeah actually,it does. tranquilizing the fish means that it won't feel pain while giving birth.

  • @lylajazz1096
    @lylajazz1096 6 лет назад +1391

    I'm here eating fries and burger ......

  • @ConstantChaos1
    @ConstantChaos1 5 лет назад +1

    Only buy farmed caviar if you're gonna, there are only some farms but the price is about the same as normal, you should also encourage them to use a portion of the stock to replenish natural stocks

  • @AmbrishIsCool
    @AmbrishIsCool 5 лет назад +10

    If the food item called "Pizza 🍕" is rare ...then it will overtake "Caviar".....as the most Expensive food item....ever....

  • @DxvinderSingh1699
    @DxvinderSingh1699 5 лет назад +517

    Just eat salmon roe it is tasty and it pops in your mouth besides salmon aren't endangered

    • @jamesj3785
      @jamesj3785 5 лет назад +28

      It’s nothing compared to caviar, it’s still good though

    • @juliankatou6041
      @juliankatou6041 5 лет назад +38

      Actually, king salmon are starting to become an endangered species.

    • @blue-or7co
      @blue-or7co 5 лет назад +4

      Oh u know nothing about salmon

    • @Blackpearl-gj4cm
      @Blackpearl-gj4cm 5 лет назад +12

      Or just eat boba

    • @mzaphod64
      @mzaphod64 5 лет назад +3

      Isn't Salomon (in EU at least) like poisonous from all the shit people feed it and drugs they spray over it?

  • @cupidscursed
    @cupidscursed 5 лет назад +427

    If food was always priced by the taste then pizza would be the most expensive thing in this universe 😂

    • @SUBSWITHOUTCONTENTS
      @SUBSWITHOUTCONTENTS 5 лет назад +1

      that's not so classy ew

    • @iampie1989
      @iampie1989 5 лет назад +8

      dat gOrl well wouldn't it depend on public opinion? It's either that it's true, a lot of people say the pizza is the best, or you're just expressing your opinion. (Sorry if this sounded rude)

    • @therealkeiman
      @therealkeiman 5 лет назад +2

      Yup if u watch worth it vids there are many delidh things that are very cheap compared to the expensive ver

    • @cupidscursed
      @cupidscursed 5 лет назад

      @@iampie1989 true true 😂

    • @cupidscursed
      @cupidscursed 5 лет назад +3

      @@SUBSWITHOUTCONTENTS eat it with fork and spoon 😂

  • @MrHantz101
    @MrHantz101 3 года назад +5

    For years, I heard the term Beluga caviar, and my brain just naturally assumed, "Oh yeah, from the Beluga whale. Those are cute."
    It never occurred to my brain or me that whales are mammals, and therefore don't produce roe. It never actually clicked until now :p

  • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
    @JesusMartinez-rr2ry 5 лет назад +1

    4:01 There's something about this that's so satisfying to see

  • @sfzgaming5141
    @sfzgaming5141 6 лет назад +131

    Soon, there'll be a film with title "Caviar The Age Of Extinction".
    That' why it is so expensive.

  • @slugfather6169
    @slugfather6169 5 лет назад +303

    so people eat fish eggs but not chicken eggs??!

    • @zakosist
      @zakosist 5 лет назад +20

      Are you sure these are the same people?

    • @tilakmehrotra
      @tilakmehrotra 5 лет назад +17

      are you sure there are real people.. *illuminati* *music* *plays*

    • @spiritualwarrior864
      @spiritualwarrior864 5 лет назад +1

      Rich people eat fish eggs that stuff is expensive

    • @tlf.
      @tlf. 5 лет назад +2

      How about ostrich egg

    • @gendoruwo6322
      @gendoruwo6322 5 лет назад +1

      centipede eggs maybe nice?

  • @karlwolf9805
    @karlwolf9805 4 года назад +14

    The high value demand is actually a good thing for conservation in many ways. Sturgeon will never go extinct if humans want them so badly. Wild sturgeon are a different story, of course, but it seems farming has taken over caviar production by now anyway.

  • @ultrainstinctgarfield2661
    @ultrainstinctgarfield2661 4 года назад +15

    There is a great company in California that farms sturgeon very humanly and sustainably. They are repopulating the sturgeon population and doing a lot of conservation work for the species.

  • @marclenraymagdaraog691
    @marclenraymagdaraog691 5 лет назад +353

    I Still have 10 worksheets to be done and here I am watching crap...

    • @pegsesztak2074
      @pegsesztak2074 5 лет назад

      🤣🤣🤣👍🏼

    • @gendoruwo6322
      @gendoruwo6322 5 лет назад +1

      you subconscious truly knows what the most important things in life really are.

    • @thephelpster1881
      @thephelpster1881 4 года назад +1

      i have 2 tests tomorrow and im watching this

    • @ramengod20
      @ramengod20 4 года назад

      holy shit man same

    • @madeleynecarat3368
      @madeleynecarat3368 4 года назад

      hey tech insider is an educative channel.

  • @PapoMasterYT
    @PapoMasterYT 6 лет назад +234

    Can we eat humans next? Theres too many. Lets make us expensive too. I volunteer Jake Paul first

    • @merdator3109
      @merdator3109 6 лет назад +30

      Jake Paul doesn't even deserve having a price.

    • @PapoMasterYT
      @PapoMasterYT 6 лет назад +1

      Completely forgot about this comment :')

    • @seecha8970
      @seecha8970 6 лет назад +4

      Step your game up, son. Go big or go home. Eat some human caviar

    • @miyukilalramchuani761
      @miyukilalramchuani761 6 лет назад

      Papo great idea. someone who hates you can now eat you

    • @kingshakalaka92
      @kingshakalaka92 6 лет назад +3

      Jake paul should be a dog food..he is not for human..cancer may occur once consume

  • @VTown1989
    @VTown1989 Год назад

    4:00 I can't stop re-watching this part

  • @clarkalarcon4057
    @clarkalarcon4057 2 года назад +2

    So basically it was used as pig feed back then but as soon as they went endangered they were treated as luxury. Caviar literally has nothing valuable to it except the fact that it's rare.

  • @laureninwonderland8553
    @laureninwonderland8553 6 лет назад +131

    I almost puked when they squeezed the eggs out of the sturgeon

  • @user-dk8vs3uq2p
    @user-dk8vs3uq2p 5 лет назад +450

    I’d rather buy 35 I phone Xs than buy a kilo of caviar

    • @vice88
      @vice88 5 лет назад +3

      INFINITŁ ARMY ok?

    • @dapwproductions8630
      @dapwproductions8630 5 лет назад +14

      I rather buy a medium house than that. With wifi+and a good working laptop inside.

    • @vice88
      @vice88 5 лет назад +8

      Della Apw You aren’t getting a “medium house” for less than or equivalent to $1000.

    • @soybins6902
      @soybins6902 5 лет назад

      I'd rather di.......

    • @ChickenMcThiccken
      @ChickenMcThiccken 5 лет назад +1

      id rather buy a kilo of caviar. i would gorge myself for a month straight.

  • @salmon2518
    @salmon2518 4 года назад +1

    Red caviar is amazing with butter on bread i love it

  • @virada630
    @virada630 5 лет назад

    Kudos to the presenter of this content good humor I laughed a lot. Oh god good one

  • @xecular9399
    @xecular9399 6 лет назад +187

    No-kill harvesting will probably become popular because it allows the fish to produce more eggs instead of dying.

    • @ali_raza_khan
      @ali_raza_khan 6 лет назад +18

      Xecular it's the same story as the hen that laid golden eggs. Farmer killed that hen to get all the eggs at once...

    • @hanifnasyawan2303
      @hanifnasyawan2303 6 лет назад +8

      Ali Raza you don't get it don't you?

    • @shniss5403
      @shniss5403 6 лет назад +30

      Ali Raza I’m no biologists but I’m pretty sure that’s not how eggs work...

    • @ali_raza_khan
      @ali_raza_khan 6 лет назад +7

      SlayerNiss I know. That's just a story, in this video they said Chinese use Persian method, which is to kill the fish and extract the eggs. That can happen here too.

    • @MrCrazyboyravi
      @MrCrazyboyravi 6 лет назад +17

      Do u know that a female fish or any creature is born with a certain amount of eggs . These fish cant produce any more eggs after they are extracted from fish . So basically that fish is pretty much useless .

  • @LordDice1
    @LordDice1 6 лет назад +322

    Caviar is not tasty 😅 it's mostly like tiny super salty tapioca with thick skin🤐. Salmon roe is actually much more flavorful if you're even into that kinda stuff. Save your money and eat something you like. If it's about impressing somebody, find out what they really like to eat and take them to the best chef that makes that. They'll be much happier I promise😁

    • @rockfella27
      @rockfella27 6 лет назад +5

      Lord Dice X Seriously! 🙂

    • @henryhudson9765
      @henryhudson9765 6 лет назад +15

      If you have caviar with thick skin then you’re eating some shit caviar

    • @melissafeds1344
      @melissafeds1344 6 лет назад

      Lord Dice X very true

    • @kristinaasipauskiene1154
      @kristinaasipauskiene1154 6 лет назад +8

      Some people actually like caviour like me so don't say nobody likes it because people have different opinions

    • @realrambo1
      @realrambo1 6 лет назад +1

      When you eat hard boiled eggs , it is recommended that you remove the shell and after doing so it is not size to store them in d brine even for lord

  • @THECAR99
    @THECAR99 4 года назад +1

    4:00 Farmers: yes yes push baby give me your eggs ... you will make me a very rich man

    • @Varmth
      @Varmth 4 года назад

      I wish i could squeeze those eggs to get money...🤑🤑🤑

  • @kyleyt7073
    @kyleyt7073 3 года назад +16

    Meanwhile in a parallel universe: sturgeon getting Human babies and eating it

  • @Ashiente
    @Ashiente 6 лет назад +888

    it looks disgusting!!

  • @peachinne5345
    @peachinne5345 6 лет назад +577

    ENDARGED ANIMAL EGGS?
    *_biH THAT NASTY_*

  • @gman3664
    @gman3664 5 лет назад +1

    THAT LOOKS DAM GOOD!!!!!

  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter 4 года назад +3

    Environmentalist: This species is endangered what do we do
    Seller: MAKE IT EXPENSIVE

  • @MaxLohMusic
    @MaxLohMusic 6 лет назад +434

    Guys I've got the solution. Just make all caviar lovers in the world watch 4:01 and 4:36. Tadaa, now the demand for caviar will be much lower!

    • @itti5100
      @itti5100 6 лет назад +35

      Y tho, that looks yummy af

    • @bleachammonium2896
      @bleachammonium2896 6 лет назад +72

      Hasn't affected me at all. You know the people who actually like Caviar are the kind of people who can get past the idea of eating "raw fish eggs" and actually enjoy the taste and texture. I'm sure those people already know where it comes from and where its harvested. Watch a video on how fast food is produced or how hotdogs are made and you'd get the same thing. Most food produced can seem disgusting if you view it in a certain way.

    • @gp1of1
      @gp1of1 6 лет назад +18

      Bleach Ammonium the fish looks hurt in the video

    • @PurpleBean-cm3pl
      @PurpleBean-cm3pl 6 лет назад +7

      Max Loh poor fish

    • @PurpleBean-cm3pl
      @PurpleBean-cm3pl 6 лет назад +3

      Gabby Palmes yeah

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 5 лет назад +287

    Or just eat sardines

    • @bleflar9183
      @bleflar9183 5 лет назад +41

      From that statement i sense that you never ate sardines. They are super tasty.

    • @blue-or7co
      @blue-or7co 5 лет назад +4

      Yea they are delicious and simple

    • @Damnalright
      @Damnalright 5 лет назад +1

      Bleflar agreed

    • @yangaiqun9484
      @yangaiqun9484 5 лет назад +1

      @Capitalist Anonymous not true

    • @willnotrespond833
      @willnotrespond833 5 лет назад

      I don’t eat fish

  • @timpage9424
    @timpage9424 5 лет назад

    I'm glad there are Sturgeon farms out there hopefully these fish don't die out.

  • @bradleylee8541
    @bradleylee8541 5 лет назад +1

    The background violin music is called “minuet”by L. Boccherini

  • @taranbasi1457
    @taranbasi1457 6 лет назад +571

    4:01 looks nasty

  • @ninjastd7224
    @ninjastd7224 6 лет назад +3

    You always blow my mind with this. Keep it up.

  • @courtnem7989
    @courtnem7989 5 лет назад +1

    0:14 literally me if I ever tried caviar

  • @seffseffseffseffseff1662
    @seffseffseffseffseff1662 4 года назад +1

    Man I really want caviar now

  • @anandr1385
    @anandr1385 6 лет назад +115

    It’s all about status. Something doesn’t have to be rare. If it’s expensive and the wealthy buys it then everyone wants it.

    • @ditdisini
      @ditdisini 6 лет назад +1

      Anand R true

    • @lvlupstacks5416
      @lvlupstacks5416 6 лет назад +1

      So true

    • @shahhimi1431
      @shahhimi1431 5 лет назад

      Or... It's because it taste good???

    • @oldshoes4290
      @oldshoes4290 5 лет назад +4

      @@shahhimi1431 Trust me, it isnt as good as it sounds.

    • @vice88
      @vice88 5 лет назад

      shah himi Its tastes different for everyone. Try it and see if you like it.

  • @mikeliu2552
    @mikeliu2552 6 лет назад +3

    When I eat it at hong end restraunts, (I go on business dinners with my mom), I didn’t know that the caviar has such a long history. I also didn’t know the dish that was so expensive, was once fed to pigs and given out for free. Nice video, I learned a lot

  • @NatWarrior1
    @NatWarrior1 5 лет назад

    I don’t know why, but the moment the lady said “edible elephant tusk”, i realized how serious it was that these fish were endangered.

  • @cryptokaotic9413
    @cryptokaotic9413 3 года назад

    I've lived in Michigan my whole life and I'm just now learning that we were sturchin central

  • @amandaaadenadamsmullins5722
    @amandaaadenadamsmullins5722 5 лет назад +159

    i got worried when they said using hormones and forcing the fish to lay eggs thats brutal

    • @Ant29
      @Ant29 5 лет назад +14

      Yeah. That's disgusting a f

    • @isabelzhi9073
      @isabelzhi9073 5 лет назад +6

      Why don’t you get worried about mice hat died because of the construction of your home? Who don’t you get worried about other people eating meat? Oh wait I forget you’re a selfish spoiled brat who only act like you care when it doesn’t concern you.

    • @artificiallyflavord5588
      @artificiallyflavord5588 5 лет назад +13

      @Vikrinox They stuck a fking stick in it's cooter, which caused blood to come out before the eggs. They squeezed it like a tube of toothpaste. They didn't simply massage it's belly and it had the urge to give birth... C'mon...

    • @69nadyacole69
      @69nadyacole69 5 лет назад +5

      Killing them is more brutal... dumb?

    • @abdullahchhab2325
      @abdullahchhab2325 5 лет назад +3

      So you prefer killing them?

  • @rashedrahim5038
    @rashedrahim5038 6 лет назад +482

    How peope run for rarity

  • @HawkinaBox
    @HawkinaBox 4 года назад

    I never knew why people liked it so much. It just tastes crunchy.

  • @jx3821
    @jx3821 2 года назад

    What is that classical music piece playing while the screen is saying "Why is caviar so expensive" in cursive writing?

  • @jean-francoissoucy8340
    @jean-francoissoucy8340 6 лет назад +4

    It's kind of the same with crabs in Canada. We used to call them sea spiders and fishermen gave them away to the poor when they caught some in their nets. It's not rare now, but it got expensive.

  • @souravmondal5317
    @souravmondal5317 6 лет назад +365

    Is there any shortage of Normal food for humans that we are eating the eggs of an endangered species?? This is sick...i never tasted caviar...i have never even seen caviar... I can't even afford a single egg i think..even if i could afford eating such thing...with me knowing the fact that it is a rare and endangered species entire generation i couldn't even think of it as food..rich ppl have issues man

    • @grizby2
      @grizby2 6 лет назад +30

      Sourav Mondal they taste like tiny poppable fish-flavored boba. I used to eat it on new year's Eve 20 years ago, but then I realized plain table salt did the same thing without the fishy taste.🤢

    • @linusmlgtips2123
      @linusmlgtips2123 6 лет назад +7

      Just a single tiny egg is like 25 cents

    • @AndresGarcia-od7dd
      @AndresGarcia-od7dd 6 лет назад +7

      Dude a single egg is like 13 cents

    • @souravmondal5317
      @souravmondal5317 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah.. but it's an endangered species.. isn't it?

    • @moonsugar8938
      @moonsugar8938 6 лет назад

      Sourav Mondal caviar tastes salty and fishy man

  • @Leedz13th
    @Leedz13th Год назад

    I lived on the Delaware river below the dam my whole life and I saw 1 sturgeon and it was only about 3ft long

  • @garimaaaaa
    @garimaaaaa 4 года назад +2

    Who else is poopin' while watching this? Just me? Ok.

  • @zennyfieldster4220
    @zennyfieldster4220 6 лет назад +446

    Hey god. We have a problem. Humans are eating everything!!!

    • @SpottedPredator
      @SpottedPredator 6 лет назад +2

      Chris Fielding not all

    • @goldenline7555
      @goldenline7555 6 лет назад +2

      Chris Fielding come to asian country

    • @excellentviolet590
      @excellentviolet590 6 лет назад +7

      Chris Fielding We're about to start eating eachother but wrapped in bacon and drenched in cheese sause because we're disgusting like that.

    • @dicksonyurmouf5477
      @dicksonyurmouf5477 6 лет назад +6

      We got humans eating glass and cars, yes someone has ate a car before.

    • @UnchainedPassion
      @UnchainedPassion 6 лет назад +11

      Humans: *proceeds to eat God*

  • @MrGamerman001
    @MrGamerman001 6 лет назад +5

    In the harbor town I live in in Ohio (Lake Erie) Sturgeons are plentiful in our bay. I've seen them several times and even swam with them once. People here love them and love seeing them in nature. We do a LOT to make sure nobody fishes for them or hurts them. They're very docile water creatures and mean no harm to anyone.

  • @Known-wj6nh
    @Known-wj6nh 5 лет назад

    Straight ballin

  • @rayanzaidi2793
    @rayanzaidi2793 5 лет назад

    In Victorious, the cast went to a fancy restraunt and Robbie asked for a bowl of caviar after he like the cup of it but didn't know it was $600 for that in there in Mr. Sikowitz's bill added in there.