Don't forget what they do to elephants tigers and rhinos. OOOOOOOHHHHH now I know why they are so interested in africa even tho they don't like black people.
I live in coast salish territory in washington state and work for a nonprofit that is focused on restoration of ecosystems and education of youth about pacific salmon. I love teaching about the marine critters that the pacific salmon share their marine homes with. You guys could make a video about the ancient sabertooth salmon or even an animal of the week about the chinook salmon, they really are incredible. Keep up the good work!
Well no, it was a delicacy before it was endangered. Are you saying for something to be a delicacy it has to be endangered. Although many delicacys can be considered "endangered" there are many that are not. So you can make a case for delicacys being endangered animals you're thinking causation is the root for an excuse when in reality, it doesnt work that way
This thing reminds me alot of a sly joke included in Pokemon Soulsilver and Heartgold, where you battle a couple of lovers, with the dude having an Onix, and the lady having a Cloyster....
@@YesingtonYes in Welsh the proper name for a butterfly (cyw fach yr hâf) translates as little chicken of the summer. The summer bit is correct, I guess. I swear every language has misleading animal names!
I dug for one of these with my dad when I was a teenager during a family vacation to the BC coast. We were walking along a beach that was covered with small holes in the sand. Each hole was surrounded by a raised disk of sand, like a pathetic looking volcano. As we neared the holes, water would spray out like a single shot from a water pistol. These we had learned were geoduck clam hiding places and the water was from the clam expelling water from its upward-pointing siphon. We decided to try digging one up with our hands to have a look at one. It turns out that geoducks are fast, powerful burrowers. We got down about a half a foot before spotting the tip of the siphon and had to excavate around the clam as it was digging downward. One of us would grab and hold onto the siphon while the other dug. When we pulled it out, I commented how the siphon looked like a shriveled penis, garnering laughs from my parents and from a pair of passerbys.
@Mummichog I think we returned it back to the hole at the same depth and orientation that it was when we pulled it out (siphon up) and filled in the dirt around it.
did they farm Geoducks? oh did they wear tiny clothing and let their flesh sag out like the clam does with its tiny little shell that should be bigger?
i can't believe you didn't talk about how they grow too big for their shell and how they seem to be evolving away from being shelled. given a few million years these guys might evolve to be more wormlike and lose that shell. man they are really stuffed into that shell.
@@axelprino some mollusks don't have shells and they're fine. They should be grateful they have as much shell as they have - some people have no shell at all
It's the mascot of evergreen state! The college motto is "dig deep"... Or at least it was before the meltdown. I haven't really kept up with what's going on there since...
An exotic and usually endangered species being hunted to extinction. Whenever I hear this I automatically expect it to be a delicacy or used for medicinal purposes in SE Asia. And that's almost always the case.
Not to mention, some of the most endangered. Rhino horn and bear bile springs to mind. Pfizer should market Viagra as an endangered animal...they would really cash in then!
And let's not forget that we too have an aphrodisiac..........where I'm from (you'll never guess) we have "poutine" ! It's very powerful and it can turn you on instantly !...potatoes are not endangered and curds are sustainable.......not sure about gravy ? It's a win/win situation......you get turned on sustainably without danger....Think of it, even in full view of the public you can turn yourself on !
Not gonna lie, it does look like a forbbiden di- *Random Shark has been temporarily banned from chat* Edit: *Random Shark has joined the conversation* if you want to know what I tried to say in the last word, here's a clue: "Everything's a di-" *Random Shark has been temporarily banned from chat again.* Edit 2: I must go to horny jail. *Bonks self*
According to Egyptian mythology, Seth killed Osiris, dismembering his body and scattering all his body parts for miles around. Isis, Osiris' sister and wife (no, you didn't misread), transformed into a huge bird and with her now very sharp vision was able to find all of Osiris' body parts save one. Now, I know where it was and went on to multiply.
Quotenwagnerianer, lots of cultures around the world got the dumb idea that eating something will either give you its powers or heal something it physically resembles. The death cap mushroom looks like a dick. It’s scientific name is even Amanita phalloides. Maybe we need to start a rumor that eating death caps is a better aphrodisiac than anything else.
Geoducks are so synonymous with the Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC region, their "Duck" tour boats are occasionally referred to as the "Gooey Duck" tours by locals such as myself. Sadly, it's only occasionally and -- for some crazy reason -- has yet to become an official/ semi-official moniker.
Another species, says they'll make you sexually better, there goes extinction for this critter. No logic in Exterminating a species just because it can make you boff better is ridiculous.
I mean, I could lift weights and exercise regularly and improve my confidence and self-esteem. But aint nobody got time for that! Gimme a rhino horn and a geoduck cocktail!
its evil. They intentionally take rare and vulnerable things and spread lies about how big they make your wu. Chinese are really insecure about their um, size. It really shows when they are hurting things that cannot defend against them.
I was around 8-9 years old, living in west Seattle, late 1970s, and we would dig for mostly butter, or razor clams. The thing is, when you spot a spout, you dont know what it is until you dig it out(at the end of the day, your hands and arms are shredded), and you would get lots of Geoducks. We were always told not to keep them, because they were too tough(and ugly), to eat, but.... There were always older Asian people clamming around you, and if they saw you catch a Geoduck, they would give you $.50 per clam. We thought we were ripping them off, young American naivety and its finest.
You know, once you said it was a clam, i hoped "please be delicious and not endagered". Alas, I probably have to wait for cloning until I can finally eat a meal that is just 1 clam.
THIS IS WHY I’M AFRAID OF THE OCEAN Edit: I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, this thing is harmless so it’s fine. But I’m still scared of the ocean
That thing seems like something you would expect to see in a certain type of disreputable Japanese films. Very interesting animal, though. I wasn't aware of its existence.
we're very proud of our big rare clams here in bc! (or at least my family is) I once found a very small geoduck specimen while mucking around near the ocean, and let me tell you, these are some hefty clams. it was really special to see a wild one in person!
As a resident of Washington, I'm always tickled when I come across videos talking about Geoducks. It's always fun to see people try to figure out what's up with these silly giant clams.
Thanks for covering these guys, especially in the way you did. I’m from Seattle and know the issues with these wonderful and bizarre creatures. I’ve only consumed them once before I understood their fragility as a species. Their is much thievery(sp?) of them in this area which authorities cannot keep up with. So DON’T eat them!! Always love your content Ben. Thanks.
Ancient humans tended to learn what was edible by watching what animals ate. Probably saw otters munching down on them and figured they'd be worthwhile.
I like big clams and I cannot lie ! You other diggers can't deny! When a clam comes in with an itty bitty shell and a big thing in your face, you get sprung! Then you go yum! Because you wanna eat some!
Neat to see you covering an animal from where I am. Of course most of the comments are about how the English spelling doesn't make sense, but I mean, pterodactyl is probably worse.
Another great video, Ben- thanks. I've hunted and bagged my own geoducks with a clam gun (shovel). Back then, there was no great demand for them, and they were cheaper per pound than cockles or mussels, iirc. But that was sixty years ago. cheers from snowy Vienna, Scott
as a truck driver I recently walked to the mudflats at low tide about 20 miles from Seattle. let me tell you there are tons of these guy thriving there. many probably 3+ pound size. Now I did not have the time to get a license and dig them myself at the place and based on online maps it seemed to be prohibited because of high toxin lvls in the water. but I wouldn't worry about their numbers or sustainability as this video seems to postulate. The US in general does a very good job regulating such seafood in a sustainable way.
@@nnk_ll2 Yeah, doubt that. The Us is going to fall into a civil war in the coming months. Only way to prevent that would be war with china to distract people. If not, heads will roll, and you can't really invade a land of guncrazy leaderless bored Flyovers
@Elizabeth Harper I'm a bit confused about this. I always thought people referred to aphrodisiacs as basically libido boosters. Are these things, rhino horns and tiger dicks used to supposedly increase dick size or maybe cure erectile dysfunction? Never heard of people referring to this being the reason, specifically, but it would make more sense to me than it being a libido booster. Arent men (who seem to be the general target audience in Asia) generally horny enough without this? I dont think that would warrant hunting species to extinction. But if it's actually about dick size and ED, then it makes more sense why this stupidity is so rampant.
"...(O)bjectively, the best area of the world." I agree. When you live in the Cascadia bioregion, you're living in a place where there's so much to see, that you could spend your life traveling and experiencing it.
I just realised Ben G Thomas' profile picture is a tree of a lot of different creatures. It looks amazing and I have never seen anything like it. Anyways, great video as always =)
Really interesting stuff! I hope that practices become more sustainable for these fascinating beasties... and as an avid lover of seafood I admit that I'd like to try some if they do.
@@pepperedash4424 I hate to see living things in cages or aquariums etc. Like if I were to eat meat I would rather it be taken out of the wild so it had a good life for awhile.
@@pepperedash4424 Yes I think it would be best if a person is faced with seeing their food in their natural environment. A person could then make a clear headed decision, for instance they could ask their self " how hungry am I? , maybe I should go eat tofu."
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This was far more maturely presented than I anticipated.
So a geoduck is basically if an elephant's trunk were a whole separate animal.
Uh yeah we’ll go with that
it's just the hant.
The official german name is: "Elefantenrüsselmuschel"
Elefant = Elephant
Rüssel = trunk
Muschel = Clam
'Trunk' ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@Schlohmotion noice
"What is this weird clam called?"
"Gooeyduck."
"Ok, geoduck."
"No, gooeyduck!"
"Fine, gooeyduck then, but I'll spell it geoduck!"
Geoduck, use confusion!
The English language is full of contradictions.
geocock..
@@waskozoids geodick
Seems legit... I mean, considering the natives are still to this day referred to as Indians.
_Endangered/unsustainable animal exists_
South-East Asian market: *A P H R O D I S I A C*
China does have the world's highest population, so maybe they're on to something!
@@benr.4238 Maybe they just don't find eachother attractive, or why would they need it? :P
I mean, this one makes sense at least. It kinda looks like a dick.
Don't forget what they do to elephants tigers and rhinos. OOOOOOOHHHHH now I know why they are so interested in africa even tho they don't like black people.
Im from SEA and i hate it when someone did that
It's so big...
Seriously, the shells look like they're stolen from another clam
That's what she said.
Yeah, feels like they should just ditch the shells and return to being worms or something..
They should return to genitalia
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
That is incorrect they should return to crab as should we all come Brothers let me tell you the good word the good word of crab
Thank you for mentioning its phallic appearance. I would have never noticed on my own 😂
When I thought of a fusion between a Geodude and a Psiduck, I certainly didn't picture that.
What did that look like
What...? your psyduck♀ is evolving
Your psyduck has evolved into Geoduck
Geodude♂. >__>
If you watch zefrank's episode on ducks... you'll learn that it's not so farfetched...
Gooeydude*
@@TragoudistrosMPH I see your a person of taste.....
😂😁😂
I live in coast salish territory in washington state and work for a nonprofit that is focused on restoration of ecosystems and education of youth about pacific salmon. I love teaching about the marine critters that the pacific salmon share their marine homes with. You guys could make a video about the ancient sabertooth salmon or even an animal of the week about the chinook salmon, they really are incredible. Keep up the good work!
He did!
"What's that boy?"
"Demonetized?"
"Silly puppy, they would never-- oh"
Huh?
Oh hi
Seems the word "delicacy" is just an excuse to eat and sell whatever you want no matter it's endangerment
Well y'gotta try one quick before they're gone forever!
They aren't going anywhere bud. One of if not the largest biomass in the water here. Takes seven years for them to mature and they are everywhere.
Well no, it was a delicacy before it was endangered. Are you saying for something to be a delicacy it has to be endangered. Although many delicacys can be considered "endangered" there are many that are not. So you can make a case for delicacys being endangered animals you're thinking causation is the root for an excuse when in reality, it doesnt work that way
Not even close to endangered
Thats china for you.
This thing reminds me alot of a sly joke included in Pokemon Soulsilver and Heartgold, where you battle a couple of lovers, with the dude having an Onix, and the lady having a Cloyster....
I saw the thumbnail and mentally went
“The f*ck is that”
Geoduck: neither gooie or a duck. Finally back to misnomeric-zoology!
I mean, they were named like that before they got a scientific name
just like the mountain chicken
Might be a bit gooey.
@@Scrinwaipwr Yeah. To be fair, it is kinda gooey.
@@YesingtonYes in Welsh the proper name for a butterfly (cyw fach yr hâf) translates as little chicken of the summer. The summer bit is correct, I guess.
I swear every language has misleading animal names!
"Geoduck" sounds like it could be a Pokemon.
I dug for one of these with my dad when I was a teenager during a family vacation to the BC coast. We were walking along a beach that was covered with small holes in the sand. Each hole was surrounded by a raised disk of sand, like a pathetic looking volcano. As we neared the holes, water would spray out like a single shot from a water pistol. These we had learned were geoduck clam hiding places and the water was from the clam expelling water from its upward-pointing siphon. We decided to try digging one up with our hands to have a look at one. It turns out that geoducks are fast, powerful burrowers. We got down about a half a foot before spotting the tip of the siphon and had to excavate around the clam as it was digging downward. One of us would grab and hold onto the siphon while the other dug. When we pulled it out, I commented how the siphon looked like a shriveled penis, garnering laughs from my parents and from a pair of passerbys.
You just walking along the beach minding your own business when the beach starts spitting at you.
@@ScionStorm1 Yes. It was quite a strange but amusing experience.
@Mummichog I think we returned it back to the hole at the same depth and orientation that it was when we pulled it out (siphon up) and filled in the dirt around it.
@@Kargoneth that's good. I am glad you returned it back to it's environment and didn't eat it.
@@Neku628 i mean eating it was fair enough. Better than to leave it prone to die
*"No this a dong fish"*
Now your roasting fish
No this clam duck. U ful!
I grew up in the puget sound area, my dad was in a men's church group called the Geoducks. I'll let you figure out why.
Large members?
@@sandybarnes887 😆😬
They buried themselves in silt with only their siphons showing??
WHY
I WAS EATING DINNER
did they farm Geoducks? oh did they wear tiny clothing and let their flesh sag out like the clam does with its tiny little shell that should be bigger?
"90% goes to asia"
- why that dont supprise me one bit.
he meant to say china but youtubge protects them bc $$$$$$$$$
@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 sure
@Kevin James and ?
maybe Morrissey what right about the asians
i can't believe you didn't talk about how they grow too big for their shell and how they seem to be evolving away from being shelled.
given a few million years these guys might evolve to be more wormlike and lose that shell. man they are really stuffed into that shell.
Wow very interesting..thanks for sharing
Gross!!
I was wondering of what use is a shell that barely covers a small portion of its body, I guess it offers more protection to the juveniles tho.
@@axelprino some mollusks don't have shells and they're fine. They should be grateful they have as much shell as they have - some people have no shell at all
lets meet up in real life and have a coffe, but all we say to one another is teh word "shell" just back and forth for liek 20 minutes, and then leave.
It's the mascot of evergreen state! The college motto is "dig deep"...
Or at least it was before the meltdown. I haven't really kept up with what's going on there since...
Just the name "Gooie duck" should be enough to put this on your top 10.
Hey my name is very similar to yours!
An exotic and usually endangered species being hunted to extinction. Whenever I hear this I automatically expect it to be a delicacy or used for medicinal purposes in SE Asia. And that's almost always the case.
I saw these on shark week one time. They live in Great White invested waters and one the divers they were following just disappeared.
“In some East-Asian cultures, they’re believed to be an aphrodisiac.”
What weird, very specific luxury food ISN’T an aphrodisiac somewhere?
And almost always, it’s Asia. They’ll eat the entire world eventually.
Not to mention, some of the most endangered. Rhino horn and bear bile springs to mind. Pfizer should market Viagra as an endangered animal...they would really cash in then!
And let's not forget that we too have an aphrodisiac..........where I'm from (you'll never guess) we have "poutine" ! It's very powerful and it can turn you on instantly !...potatoes are not endangered and curds are sustainable.......not sure about gravy ? It's a win/win situation......you get turned on sustainably without danger....Think of it, even in full view of the public you can turn yourself on !
@@bob494949 so is Asia synonymous with China now
The Chinese will eat anything weird looking.
Our greatest hope against aliens is that the Chinese might just eat them
I'm impressed by how disgusting it looks when it's whole and how appetizing it looks when cut in slices.
I know a lot of people who would find this as their spirit animal.
Especially if you are a dude
😆 🤣 😂
I’d like to meet your friends
Because it’s named by First Nations, there is a very high chance that it once was someone’s “spirit animal”
What kind of people,Porn people?,
Geoducks look like they definitely 100% rain from the sky in mass upon Cthulhu’s awakening.
I came here just to know, that what in the f*** is that
Peel the skin, cut the tough bits off, slice and dip in soy sauce and it’s delicious
Just to let you know it’s other common name is the penis clam
Normally I disapprove of obscenities, but when the shoe fits...and by "shoe" I mean 🥜.
Why do people censor their own words? Its fucking retarded
@@Sorex_Tkt So what? It's nothing wrong either
I'm split between deep concern for the fate of the Pacific Geoduck and really wanting to know what they taste like.
I- I don’t like the thum nail . . .
It looks. . . Interesting
Imagin it gets demonetized cus of their shape lol
Not gonna lie, it does look like a forbbiden di-
*Random Shark has been temporarily banned from chat*
Edit: *Random Shark has joined the conversation*
if you want to know what I tried to say in the last word, here's a clue: "Everything's a di-"
*Random Shark has been temporarily banned from chat again.*
Edit 2: I must go to horny jail.
*Bonks self*
FORESKIN
@@ecognitio9605 forbbiden foreskin.
@@peatmoss4415 is that in the shape of a horse's... turnip?
If your schlong looks like that you may want to see a doctor
Holy crap. I had assumed that this creature was some kind of abomination engineered in a lab or something.
>Nature is perfect it just couldn't evolve an aquatic variant of convergent absurd organ that resembles a very *nfsw meme*
>The Nature: ...
The 69 likes just make this comment so much better XD
@@ibukichan4173 Mother Nature is a Perv!
@@thedoruk6324 XD
According to Egyptian mythology, Seth killed Osiris, dismembering his body and scattering all his body parts for miles around. Isis, Osiris' sister and wife (no, you didn't misread), transformed into a huge bird and with her now very sharp vision was able to find all of Osiris' body parts save one. Now, I know where it was and went on to multiply.
Hahaha! Clever!!!
How did I know these would be really popular in Asia, and would have uses as an aphrodisiac.
Because asians think with their eyes when it comes to aphrodisiacs instead of actually scientifically studying chemical effects?
I wonder why they are considered an aphrodisiac 😂😂😂
Because you watched the video?
@@buckstarchaser2376 I figured it was clear I meant I thought so before I got to that point in the video.
Quotenwagnerianer, lots of cultures around the world got the dumb idea that eating something will either give you its powers or heal something it physically resembles. The death cap mushroom looks like a dick. It’s scientific name is even Amanita phalloides. Maybe we need to start a rumor that eating death caps is a better aphrodisiac than anything else.
"Objectively the best area of the world."
You, my friend, are a gentleman and a scholar.
Ben G. Thomas sure is when it comes to showcasing weird and wonderful animals of planet earth,and that's why i love this,channel.
If it doesn't look like a duck, doesn't swim like a duck, and doesn't quack like a duck, then it probably is a geoduck.
0:39
I don't know how, but that made my day. The amount of times "Gooie duck" was mentioned made me chuckle.
Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe has a great episode on some of these that are being farmed.
Great job as usual!
The RUclips algorithm is not going to like that thumbnail lol
Gooie winy
@@papakarrbear3767 😳😳
I know i didn't for sure...
i thought it was a burnt human leg...
Yt demoitized this. its educational tho
Geoducks are so synonymous with the Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC region, their "Duck" tour boats are occasionally referred to as the "Gooey Duck" tours by locals such as myself.
Sadly, it's only occasionally and -- for some crazy reason -- has yet to become an official/ semi-official moniker.
Another species, says they'll make you sexually better, there goes extinction for this critter. No logic in Exterminating a species just because it can make you boff better is ridiculous.
I mean, I could lift weights and exercise regularly and improve my confidence and self-esteem.
But aint nobody got time for that! Gimme a rhino horn and a geoduck cocktail!
You know what is even more ridiculous? Eliminating a species because you only THINK that it makes you boff better.
Nah bro i finna kill all the geoducks so i can commit tentacle hentai
Carrots, and parsnips are aphrodisiacs....maybe men will eat more veggies?
its evil. They intentionally take rare and vulnerable things and spread lies about how big they make your wu. Chinese are really insecure about their um, size. It really shows when they are hurting things that cannot defend against them.
"What if carrots were animals?"
We could say this animal is part of the Tuber family lol
YOU PICKED THE ONE I SUGGESTED. YEEEEEEEEEET
Wtg, bro
Good job, but I clicked on this comment think it was going to be from 2 years ago
Yeet indeed brother
Want a cookie 🍪
SUBANO
I live in an area with tons of these. Thank you for covering my local wildlife.
"Usually the live for only 140"...bruh
>:You get to live to 140.
: But Patrick Star will hunt you down for sustenance.
I was around 8-9 years old, living in west Seattle, late 1970s, and we would dig for mostly butter, or razor clams.
The thing is, when you spot a spout, you dont know what it is until you dig it out(at the end of the day, your hands and arms are shredded), and you would get lots of Geoducks.
We were always told not to keep them, because they were too tough(and ugly), to eat, but....
There were always older Asian people clamming around you, and if they saw you catch a Geoduck, they would give you $.50 per clam.
We thought we were ripping them off, young American naivety and its finest.
You know, once you said it was a clam, i hoped "please be delicious and not endagered".
Alas, I probably have to wait for cloning until I can finally eat a meal that is just 1 clam.
They are farmed, but people keep poaching them from the wild because they sell for so much.
@@evilsharkey8954 it happens but not that much honestly.
They're not endangered
THIS IS WHY I’M AFRAID OF THE OCEAN
Edit: I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, this thing is harmless so it’s fine. But I’m still scared of the ocean
because of utterly harmless creatures that are stuck in the same place for their entire life?
I am afraid of the harmful ones but you do you I guess.
@@Apokalypse456 psychology damage
This is a local export where I live! Great job with pronunciation!
This is the most bizarre being I've ever seen on camera
WHY SO PHALIC
Popular “Top Chef” cooking ingredient that no chef knows how to cook. 🤣🤣🤣
Sliced paper thin
Flash sautéed in butter with chanterelle mushrooms. Only needs less than a minute to cook!
Geoduck is a rock-type duck-themed pokemon.
That thing seems like something you would expect to see in a certain type of disreputable Japanese films. Very interesting animal, though. I wasn't aware of its existence.
Disreputable? No, man. Revered is the word your looking for.
we're very proud of our big rare clams here in bc! (or at least my family is)
I once found a very small geoduck specimen while mucking around near the ocean, and let me tell you, these are some hefty clams. it was really special to see a wild one in person!
As someone living in Bellingham, WA, geoducks give me nightmares
Kitsap peninsula here! We got a farm off shore of my town. Made a fun field trip in elementary lol
@@JapaneseAnimalover wait really?? Damn Bellingham curriculum sucks ass. That’s a dope field trip!
... nightmares of geoducks popping up on bed? 😳 😆 🤣 😂 scary ugly things
Wet nightmares?
It gives Asian Girls dreams
Geoduck (no matter the pronunciation) sounds like a Pokemon name.
It sounds like a fusion of Psyduck and Geodude
Did anyone else imagine using these things as weapons in the funniest slap fight in the known universe?
It would be like a flail, that would hurt.
The fact that this was in my recommendations plus I'm actually watching it points to my current state of mind pretty accurately...
Hentai tentacle monster: ✋😑
Gooieduck monster: 👈😎
Lol?:)
As a resident of Washington, I'm always tickled when I come across videos talking about Geoducks. It's always fun to see people try to figure out what's up with these silly giant clams.
"gooeyduck" seems like a much more appropriate pronunciation, possibly even onomatopoeic.Ick.
Gooeydick?
The title of this should more appropriately be renamed, "The Interesting and Rather Peculiar Lifestyle of the Living, Breathing, Giant Phallus."
Now that's one GOOEY duck.
Thanks for covering these guys, especially in the way you did. I’m from Seattle and know the issues with these wonderful and bizarre creatures. I’ve only consumed them once before I understood their fragility as a species. Their is much thievery(sp?) of them in this area which authorities cannot keep up with. So DON’T eat them!! Always love your content Ben. Thanks.
That otter picture looked especially… lewd.
This may sound weird... But what's the animal in your profile picture?
@@kat4923 It doesn’t, and it’s a Manul, also known as Pallas’s Cat.
@@Runoratsu that's why it was so familiar to me! Thank you!
Geoduck is something you'd hear when somebody stutters through the Pokemon Rap.
Just remember that someone looked at this and went: "Y'know, this would taste delicious!"
Just let that sink in....
It was probably less "This looks delicious" and more "well it's this or starve" rapidly followed by "well this isn't half bad"
Ancient humans tended to learn what was edible by watching what animals ate.
Probably saw otters munching down on them and figured they'd be worthwhile.
Most food is pretty disgusting when you think about it, though lol.
Still, these are pretty extreme!
*"It was a brave man that first ate an oyster."*
- old saying
yeah it was me...lol.
Who would have guessed that clams and worms almost demonetized Ben G Thomas!
I like big clams and I cannot lie ! You other diggers can't deny! When a clam comes in with an itty bitty shell and a big thing in your face, you get sprung! Then you go yum! Because you wanna eat some!
Other Clams: "It's great to be able to hole up in my shell for safety."
Geoduck: "Screw that.
Neat to see you covering an animal from where I am. Of course most of the comments are about how the English spelling doesn't make sense, but I mean, pterodactyl is probably worse.
English being some mixing pot if various languages can make it confusing how pony and bologna are rhyming words.
@@michaelyu2744 that is hilarious and I never thought of that. I'll use that example in the future. Thank you!
This is the official mascot of The Evergreen State College: my alma mater! 😊
Eyyy same here! Dig deep fellow Greener!
(Also ngl the Speedy the geoduck plush toys in the campus bookstore always creeped me out lol)
...why am I somehow not surprised this is the mascot of some college somewhere?
0% geode
0% duck
100% disgusting
It's pretty delicious, actually.
I heard they are quite tasty
Absolutely the best tasting clam you’ll ever eat!
I have u tried seaman
@@sillybeanthing I don't care what they taste like, they look disgusting. All seafood is untouchable but these especially are a no go.
Another great video, Ben- thanks. I've hunted and bagged my own geoducks with a clam gun (shovel). Back then, there was no great demand for them, and they were cheaper per pound than cockles or mussels, iirc. But that was sixty years ago.
cheers from snowy Vienna, Scott
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“Objectively the best area of the world “, as a resident, no argument here
I had trouble understanding him too lol
PNW here...can confirm.
Hear hear!
@Keagan Van Duzer I live in the PNW, and it's not actually that much rain.
Yeah I live in Atlanta and I've heard that we get more rain but the PNW has more rainy days.
as a truck driver I recently walked to the mudflats at low tide about 20 miles from Seattle. let me tell you there are tons of these guy thriving there. many probably 3+ pound size. Now I did not have the time to get a license and dig them myself at the place and based on online maps it seemed to be prohibited because of high toxin lvls in the water. but I wouldn't worry about their numbers or sustainability as this video seems to postulate. The US in general does a very good job regulating such seafood in a sustainable way.
who the hell is looking at these raw meat tentacles and thinking "oh thats that GOOD shit"? who would eat this??
Nature with it's sense of humour again
Causing the slow decline to possible extinction of a species because your "member" is tiny to the point of microscopic.
Those people are pathetic.
They'll still own you very soon
@@nnk_ll2 Yeah, doubt that. The Us is going to fall into a civil war in the coming months. Only way to prevent that would be war with china to distract people. If not, heads will roll, and you can't really invade a land of guncrazy leaderless bored Flyovers
@Elizabeth Harper I'm a bit confused about this. I always thought people referred to aphrodisiacs as basically libido boosters. Are these things, rhino horns and tiger dicks used to supposedly increase dick size or maybe cure erectile dysfunction? Never heard of people referring to this being the reason, specifically, but it would make more sense to me than it being a libido booster. Arent men (who seem to be the general target audience in Asia) generally horny enough without this? I dont think that would warrant hunting species to extinction. But if it's actually about dick size and ED, then it makes more sense why this stupidity is so rampant.
@@lukasd.4389 they do not need to invade to own you, you're stuck in a land before big data, internet and AI
@@lukasd.4389 no civil war is going to happen too, stop larping
Ok, so Lovecraft suddenly seems like a much saner person.
"Usually they live for ONLY 140"
I'm sorry?
The Geoduck, or as I like to call it, the phallus clam.
Me: sees the thumb title
Rule 34 artist: hello let me introduce myself
I've seen enough hentai to know how this ends.
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@@jimurrata6785 I've seen things I never knew was a thing
Before watching video: "WTF is that hideous looking thing?!"
After watching video: "SAVE THE GOOEY DUCKS!"
that's my colleges mascot right there! go Evergreen!
I wonder how many people in the Olympia area are watching this
Who the hell decided "hey, that clam tentacle things looking mighty tasty right about now."
That somebody would find these things appetizing...
"...(O)bjectively, the best area of the world." I agree. When you live in the Cascadia bioregion, you're living in a place where there's so much to see, that you could spend your life traveling and experiencing it.
“Gooey duck”. 😂😂😂
Pictures in the early days show a geoduck filling a wheelbarrow. One clam!
Funnily enough I actually just finished watching a video about how to prepare this guy to be eaten...
SAME
:/ hope you changed your mind on that..
@@89ksokd91 dont worry, I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to even touch one any time soon lol
@@89ksokd91 Look at it! no chance
I just realised Ben G Thomas' profile picture is a tree of a lot of different creatures. It looks amazing and I have never seen anything like it.
Anyways, great video as always =)
Oh God, ... not this one 🍆
Really interesting stuff! I hope that practices become more sustainable for these fascinating beasties... and as an avid lover of seafood I admit that I'd like to try some if they do.
Great now I'm gonna be depressed everytime I see one of these at the supermarket
I'm depressed when I see the lobsters, class and oysters at the market as well.
@@whosaidthat4299 Are they threatened endangered in anyway?
@@pepperedash4424 I hate to see living things in cages or aquariums etc. Like if I were to eat meat I would rather it be taken out of the wild so it had a good life for awhile.
@@whosaidthat4299 So you'd have people shop by the sea?
@@pepperedash4424 Yes I think it would be best if a person is faced with seeing their food in their natural environment. A person could then make a clear headed decision, for instance they could ask their self " how hungry am I? , maybe I should go eat tofu."
The way you speak about the PNW makes me quite happy :)
find yaself a guy who looks at you like a geoduck looks at the bottom of sand
Find yourself a guy who has a geoduck in his pants.
"...is a delicacy in South-East Asia" - color me shocked, I would have never thought that.
Me the entire time: Gooey dick...
I know literally everyone else was to and probably made the same joke but I HAD to ok I’m sorry.
That is one weird looking clam, I never heard a geoduck clam before very interesting to know and to learn about, great video Ben learn something new.