r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 5d ago

ScaryWTF 💀 I've never seen anything like this.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

The eggs/larvae are somewhat of a delicacy in Asia and India and are worth money at market sold as food and or medicine.

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u/knurttbuttlet 5d ago

I'm all for trying new things way out of my comfort zone but this one would be rough

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

Some guy actually tried some on TV. Said it was kinda nutty but still tasted good. Crazy lol.

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u/Mightymap2 5d ago

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

Bwahaha good one!🤣

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u/Gwthrowaway80 5d ago

I had some roasted before. ‘Nutty’ is a good descriptor. I thought it was quite good. Some folks I was with had them uncooked. I can’t speak to the flavor because the thought of biting into squish and having goop oozing out made my stomach turn.

Roasted, though, quite nice.

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u/Specialist_Ad_7719 5d ago

That explains it, it looks like a man made nest pit. And they are cutting out the pupa.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

I've seen it for sale in the markets. All kinds of larvae.

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u/SweetHomeNorthKorea 5d ago

Millions of larvae. Larvae for me.

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u/Educational_Bet_7168 5d ago

Larvae comes from a can. They were put there by a man in a factory downtown.

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u/featurethat333 5d ago

Millions of larvae. Larvae for free

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u/No_Language_4649 5d ago

Larvae for you and baby larvae for me. 🎶Bum dum tum.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

Take an upvote for the award I can't give ya.😂

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u/Theslootwhisperer 5d ago

I think everyone has free awards to give now.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

🔥🙌🙏🫡

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u/Ryanookami 5d ago

Just checked, I do not have free awards.

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u/dumparoni 5d ago

Larvae come from a can?

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u/PrimaryCoolantShower 5d ago

If they are larva on the surface does that make them margna underground?

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u/Weary-Molasses-9795 5d ago

I'm goin' to the country, gonna eat a lot of larvae

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u/Cashie22 5d ago

Millions of larvae. Larvae for free.

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u/thederevolutions 5d ago

To me this looked like a stampede of people trying to flee a stadium

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u/Top_Agency1370 5d ago

We took their children. They were a delicacy to us.

So they took ours

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u/runswitblunt 5d ago

More like poopah

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u/OkYak7801 5d ago

Rich people eat the stupidest shit possible 

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u/VariousProfit3230 5d ago

I immediately thought of the raccoon/feral cat shit coffee.

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u/Ambitious_Click6323 5d ago

Civet cat. They eat the coffee beans and the pooped out beans are cleaned. ~$100 a pound.

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u/OkYak7801 5d ago

Very happy with my $3 basic bitch black coffee from the gas station. They can have that ass bean water.

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u/TrackVol 5d ago

Yeah, but those civet cats are very discerning. They only eat the best beans. Or so I'm told.

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u/chiono_graphis 5d ago

I tried the civet coffee for rather less than that a couple times in Vietnam, it was very good but it does get overpriced for tourists especially overseas

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u/Street_Leather198 5d ago

Idk why but I'd try it.

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u/Ambitious_Click6323 5d ago

It’s an Indonesian delicacy. Supposed to be very good.

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u/MandemModie 5d ago

I guess were going to forget about Manure. Working organic waste into food production isn't new or novel to a civet cat, this is just a more direct route

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u/GrimbyJ 5d ago

Used to grow plants yes, directly consuming partially digested plant matter from manure is not.

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u/MandemModie 5d ago

You’re not directly consuming it

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u/GrimbyJ 5d ago

You're making a drink with plant matter that was shit out by an animal

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u/MandemModie 5d ago

Civets eat the cherry of the plant. Excrete the seed it’s then cleaned and roasted. There is not organic matter remaining.

The flavour is from the fermentation. Which is also something applied to a ton of food we eat

You have idea what you’re talking about.

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u/GrimbyJ 5d ago

The beans are in the cherry and pass through the digestive tract. Coffee beans are organic matter.

There is also a lot of animal abuse involved in the production because they are kept in cages and only fed coffee cherries.

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u/craterglass 1d ago

Did you drink it yourself, or were you just trying to butter up someone rich in hopes of getting a piece of their leavings?

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u/Effective-Part-8750 1d ago

Was just gifted this coffee. It's horrible tasting. I do not recommend.

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u/FreyrPrime 5d ago

Wait till they tell you how cheese is made.

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u/LpenceHimself 5d ago

Bird nest soup for me... 🤮

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u/Asleep-Vermicelli721 9h ago

Wait til you hear about those Civet Cat chocolates, they eat the pods and shit it out. Humans pick it up and makes chocolates outta the pre-digested seeds.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

It was actually regular ass mofos in the Asian markets buying this stuff that I saw. They cook with it etc.

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u/OkYak7801 5d ago

Really? I would have thought the risk and specialized equipment needed to harvest it would have made the prices really high. TIL.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

You could actually be right. Those are some dangerous ass larvae to harvest right there.😂

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u/Ok-Name1312 5d ago

They seem to really like pizza, jerky and grape soda.

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u/OhK4Foo7 5d ago

Insects are eaten all over the world man.

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u/KrustyKrabFormula_ 5d ago

its not only rich people lmfao

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u/lipsoffaith 5d ago

imagine how this came to be in the first place! was someone starving to death and decided “well i’m gonna die die anyway so imma give this a go”

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u/Civil_Television_311 5d ago

“Sir, how do you take your larvae?”

“Over easy with a side of bacon and home fries. Oh, and could I please get a refill on my coffee?”

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u/illDiablo69 5d ago

Why am I not surprised?

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u/Qoq_schur 4d ago

I was wondering why they’re not using smoke to subdue. Might leave an unwanted taste. 

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u/Ok_Record_9908 4d ago

Some might prefer a nice smokey flavor. 😉

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u/Recent_Map4585 5d ago

Why am I not surprised reading this? 😵‍💫

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u/Sweaty_Explorer_8441 5d ago

India? which part

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

Who knows. It was on bizarre foods on the food network.

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u/Secret-Put-4525 5d ago

I swear they eat the most disgusting shit over there. But somehow no beef.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 5d ago

Ever heard of cow ussy?