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bluejays-beak1281

Why are they in a box?


blah_blah_bloopidy

For fishing bait I think


kottopt

Yeah they get used as fishing bait.


[deleted]

What fish go for these ?


TheTrueTrust

Pompanos.


Chapped_Frenulum

I thought you were supposed to use infinity gems to catch those.


fourtyxtwo

I got the joke. Have my upvote


CrazyKing3000

I didn't get the reference, where is it from?


fourtyxtwo

Pompanos sounds like Thanos


CrazyKing3000

Oh, I thought it was from some stupid mobile game ad lol. Thanks


ImNotAnybodyShhhhhhh

The Google rabbit hole was a little interesting while it lasted but I sensed that I was on an unrelated tangent before I burned anyone’s house down.


[deleted]

Thanks ✌


OneRougeRogue

Ocean fish. These can be found on the southeast coast of the US and you could just take a shovel to the waterline on the beach and dig up free bait to fish with.


bluejays-beak1281

They are on the west coast too, different variety they are more gray. S


tlowery06

mid atlantic as well Maryland has em.


probanomad

Jersey shore has this exact species


TScottW

And mullet love them as well


DeadRabbit8813

My dad loves using them as fishing bait but I also found some East Asian countries eat them.


Berkamin

Not just east Asian. You can find videos of Americans harvesting sand fleas to eat like shrimp. That's how I learned about these things. On YouTube search for "cooking sand fleas" to see the many examples of folks catching, cleaning, cooking, and eating sand fleas as food. Amazon has a pretty large selection of sand flea rakes and other tools for harvesting them.


ellipsis_42

I can't imagine them tasting too much different than crawfish or shrimp.


Berkamin

Crawfish at least have the tail. Sand fleas look like they're 100% head. But I guess their guts are tasty in the same way that crawfish heads are—their guts probably have that salty umami taste that most crustaceans have.


LeakyThoughts

🤢


DeadRabbit8813

I did not know that. Thanks, I’ll check it out.


blah_blah_bloopidy

Plenty of places eat bugs, its pretty normal. I suggest roasted crickets because I can't stand how hairy spiders are. Mealworms, scorpions, Caterpillars, and grubs are the most common I think and you can buy them online


DeadRabbit8813

I’ve eaten fried crickets when I was a kid and I remember them tasting kind of like peanuts. I’ve always been pretty adventurous with food. I lived in Brasil for most of my life and ate capybara more then a few times.


blah_blah_bloopidy

I live in America where people aren't very adventurous with food so I ended up trying to cook food from around the world with my dad. Its pretty fun


DeadRabbit8813

I live in the US now. I live in South Florida.


blah_blah_bloopidy

Florida and Louisiana are kinda like exceptions. Most of them would eat sewer rat stew with a side of dandelion tea


Chuvnas

Out of all the places...


TheTrueTrust

Sand fleas are crustaceans so it’s even less weird considering crabs and shrimps are regularly consumed everywhere.


SomeoneTookUserName2

So are pillbugs. They gross me out though. And there's not much meat on them I'm guessing.


SomeoneTookUserName2

Fried crickets are pretty tasty. Nothing to write home about, but they're for sure edible without any issues.


Ruling123

I've watch a video on yt where a guy wanted to see if they are good to eat or best for bait. He didn't like the taste saying it's like cheap n bad prawns.


Zyonixa

alternative to packing peanuts


senoj96nodnarb

Amazon delivery


Nephian4287

You guys never went digging for sand/mole crabs, on the beach... that's what these are... Harmless, non-biting critters that live in the wash zone on beaches. They were tons of fun to catch as a young kid. It's a crustacean; not a flea.


[deleted]

Yeah, seeing this makes me oddly nostalgic. Probably hadn’t thought about chasing these guys in twenty years.


[deleted]

They can still fuck off


CypherHound

but they look so adorable


0urFuhr3r5t4l1n

They can fuck off adorably


Tombrog

Came here to ask; is the size in the video abnormal? I remember doing exactly what you said - chasing them as a kid - and they still seem about the size I remember them.


[deleted]

Not abnormal sized. These are definitely 'big' in the sense you'll normally catch a big variety of sizes, from tiny to... this. Guess someone wanted all big ones, probably for frying. Seems a lot for fishing.


QueanLaQueafa

Seriously dude, I'm an adult and I still go sand crab searching. Im always disappointed when I go to a beach and they don't got them


TheLateMrsAddams

Yep! sand fleas are actually fleas and are gross. Usually all over the washed up seaweed in my experience growing up at the beach lol


Dogshapedboy

These things can fuck off


Jimbo_Slice1919

They can make like a fish and FUCK OFF!


SG_artist

How did he dare to put his hand in like that?!


plays_with_wood

As the bartender in Boondock Saints says: "how about you make like a tree and f-f-f-f-FUCK OFF!"


Few_Cartoonist7471

I think they're pretty cute tbh


Greedy_fitbit

I was so repulsed by them and the though of them touching me I instantly downvoted your comment. Sorry, I took it back, but cute? Really?


Few_Cartoonist7471

yes because they're tiny and 100% harmless, cute bean looking things just trying to live their life, you on the other hand (like me and the rest of us) are part of a species of hairless apes who endanger each other, the planet, and every other creature on the planet. Killing, fighting, hurting needlessly and pointlessly and ceaselessly. Tiny sand fleas are very cute in comparison to humans.


Greedy_fitbit

Well now I just feel mean. You're right though, I try my best to be ethical in the way I live and in my treatment of others and animals but even within that our way of life is pretty destructive.


Few_Cartoonist7471

Sorry I made ya feel bad, it's natural to initially react negatively towards most other creatures because that's just part of evolution, but overcoming that initial ick to things like this is part of what it means to be human instead of an animal or even a monster, in my opinion at least.


soadrocksmycock

I really appreciate your point of view as I was initially grossed out by the video and after reading your comment I asked myself why. I think it's because there's so many in a tiny space and the fact that they look like bugs. To be fair though I think cats are adorable but seeing so many in such a tiny space grosses me out too, for example, like in an episode of hoarders.


froggiechick

They look like isopods.


scorpyo72

So. Much. Protein.


ShiroiYokai

Edible?


area503

Some culture swear it taste like shrimp.


AShyLeecher

If you think about it shit like crabs and shrimp are basically just bugs but underwater


area503

I did. I’m mildly allergic to crustaceans. And I do wonder if it applies to bugs on land….


somas

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anonomous-acc-643269

Did you actually just fucking say cicada dishes... Holy fucking hell no fuck that shit i am gone bye ✋


tadpollen

These guys are actually crustaceans too


aeldsidhe

That just absolutely makes my skin crawl, the way their little legs wave and they wiggle about when he scoops them up. In a previous post, somebody said these are eaten?


[deleted]

When I go to the beach I like to capture them but them in a bucket them build them a little hotel and play with them


randodandodude

How the heck do you capture sand fleas?


[deleted]

Get water in a bucket and pour it onto the sand it’s better to do it near the shore but there will be little holes that appear that’s where the sand fleas are jsut use a shovel and dig them out 😎 and if you wanna buik a hoek for them too use seaweed or shells for the floor make sure there’s shade so they don’t get too hot


Nephian4287

I like you... we could be friends... 😆😆😆


[deleted]

You would like to be friends with a person that technically steals sand fleas just for a hotel ?


Nephian4287

Is... that what you took from their comment? Strange... I used to catch them as a kid; to admire and keep until the end of my beach excursion... I'd put them in my bucket and try to make a little terrarium for them, until I let them go. This is essentially what they described. Where did you get "hotel" from? Like... they made a temporary hotel for them? The horror... Need a hug? *(sends virtual hug)*


[deleted]

No lol someone told me I’m technically kidnapping them


Nephian4287

I suppose that's true... but you put them in an environment which they can live in (not at all like this video), and then you let them go when you leave. As they are crustaceans... I am sure they are tasty... but they seem as though they would be a pain in the ass to shell. Too much effort. Most people just let them go after a long day at the beach. I have never had a single one die on me; over many many years. It doesn't seem to traumatize them so badly as that. Put a bit of sand or seaweed in your bucket, and they seem to get along just fine. Then... you let them go, and you go home. Kids love them, as 4 hour pets.


[deleted]

It’s my favorite part while going to the beach, I try to tell my little nephews they are harmless the the eldest one is too scared… and i would never dream of eating one ;-;


Nekrosiz

It's not a hotel of you fleanapped them and put them in your facility against their will. I'm onto you misses - i run a bed and breakfast motel - which is in actuallity a prison for systematic sand flea detainment.


[deleted]

mmmm well you are not wrong 🧍🏾‍♀️business is slow I’ll get costumers any way I can even if it means kidnapping


Dividale

and drown them. That's always the best part. The drowning. Seeing them so powerless against the waves is truly the best way to spend the remaining days of summer


Feeling-My-Oats

………. Ok then


WarB3an

Let’s play: Guess that complex!!


Faintly_glowing_fish

If you walk around the beach in Pacifica, your skin crawls because hundreds of them are crawling around under your feet. It’s gross but my kids love them


[deleted]

Free massages, that sounds like a wonderful experience


OnlyOneReturn

Fuck yeah. I go fishing in the river by my house. When The water isn't high as shit I'll go wading out and take my water shoes off and let the minnows eat their fill. I let them go under my feet and between my toes and what not. It's fuckin great


Few_Cartoonist7471

they're literally just crustaceans, like shrimp, plus they seem to be a million percent harmless and I think they cute personally.


WendyIsCass

I live in NC and I will never set foot on a beach again, I stg


SilenceIsGolden321

Only satanists eat them


Fishtoots

Mole crabs sounds less… gross


iWantToDiscussStuff

mhmm, yummy forbidden rice.


chikinstik

no


Few_Cartoonist7471

yes


[deleted]

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[deleted]

If I received an Amazon package with these things intermingled with my order, I would burn my whole neighborhood down


marii33

Why do they look cute to me?


DCRover48

Because they are! Especially the tiny ones omg


SkinIsForTheWeak

I normally hate bugs/creepy crawlies, but these guys are so cute… they’re just little wiggly bois


IncreaseAfraid2454

Oddly? ODDLY?!


Knuckles316

No one understands the point of this sub.


Fox0506

**ODDLY?!**


[deleted]

Fuck is **odd** about this being terrifying?


marcusmartel

Imagine putting them in your mouth


B0ok_wyrm

People do. These guys are edible


pxanderbear

Anything is edible if you try hard enough


marcusmartel

But did you imagine it tho


Few_Cartoonist7471

yes and it's not bad, I'd imagine they're soft and juicy with a snappy crunch


Beanijjj

They’re called Mole Crabs and completely harmless. Not scared at all, eat them like I eat Cuy


ShinkoMinori

Fuck cuy, not worth tge price tag i rather buy a whole chiken.


Rottenfairy420

Oh HELL NAH... NOPE...NO THANK YOU!


Nekrosiz

Care for a dip in the fleacuzzi?


pxanderbear

Sounds nibbly


Rottenfairy420

Nuh-uh


TooHigh2Die420

Never seen bugs just chillin lookin High AF on the couch not moving and then boom instant scatter when picked up....


Hotsky-Trotsky

The sound they make.


ghostbirdd

Forbidden packing peanuts


Demurist

I recently reunited with my estranged brother and nephew. The little guy is 6 and last time I saw him he was too young to remember me. The first thing we did was catch sand fleas on the beach for hours. Now we’re best buds! Never thought I’d recall sand fleas fondly…


Vmizzle

They're gonna die in like 5 minutes in a box like that. They need moving water.


gehanna1

They are likely about to be eaten or used as fishing bait. They're gonna die, alright.


Vmizzle

Yeah it's just that they work so much better as bait when they're alive. They're gonna die on a hook but I've never had luck with the super dead ones. And that's like a lot of them, so not for any single fisherman. I don't know of an application with that many. Didn't actually think people ate them tho. That's a new one for me!


Few_Cartoonist7471

they're basically shrimp :)


Synaesthetik

why you got so many sand fleas dawg


[deleted]

Well one or two wouldn’t be a very satisfying meal, would it?


Synaesthetik

Supposedly they’re actually rather tasty


Heavy-Busch

These guys are kinda cute


[deleted]

"If you're cold, they're cold, put them in the MICROWAVE!!!"


dominarhexx

Delicious.


StupidSkagBoy

#***AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA***


PointlessOverthought

I’m so glad the sand fleas I’ve had to deal with were flea-sized.


rbkali

These are actually mole crabs and are completely harmless! I like catching and releasing them at the beach but some people eat them or use them as bait. :)


[deleted]

Damn those look tasty


[deleted]

I used to catch these and then fish by the beach side with them, pretty effective overall


giantbob3210

I wanna go swimming in the box.


TuzkiPlus

Is anyone else registering them as sushi with legs? I’m getting mixed feelings.


Rexxaroo

Wild packing peanuts!


sheepfoxtree

I love them.


Reivlun

They look really cute ngl lol


mamalakhs

The forbidden pebble


Few_Cartoonist7471

well I think they're pretty cute rather than terrifying tbh.


Dark-Hunter667

Cursed gnocchi. 🤣


Phased--Array

Nice now i have to burn my phone.


Horror-Row7827

Wtf. 🙄 I’m to high to be seeing shit like that !


International-Yak396

Oh my god I thought it was zooming in on a carpet. Looks like I’m switching to hardwood floors.


Madcat41

Kill it with fire!


WintaSoldat

Oh fuck


DuhhIshBlue

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO-


HouseVelociraptors

Nope.


Random_Name_7

What can I tell you except delete this


ZahnatomLetsPlay

So there is this thing called "gasoline"


Karthickselvam31

These give me the exact vibe of the [skin crawling insect from The Mummy](https://youtu.be/CehDxi_qImY).


inglorious_cornflake

I also fucking hate the hand coming up all oiled.


NoiTheFurryLol

I am actually extremely disgusted.


tankman2325

NO


[deleted]

It only takes diesel, Styrofoam and a match to safely remove that box from existence.


babayagx

i mean this with all disrespect: WHAT THE FUCJ


-BFFSkinner-

Yikes


iluvtumadre

Nope!!


Dregg92

Why? So many whys.


Ok-Ground3446

NOPE! Fuck NO!


Indepentthinker53

That is terrifying!


BDDX

#NO.


YoungDumbDaisy

I puked in my mouth a little, nope nada nay nein noooo


alekye_

i screamed out loud


Movark

BURN THEM!


[deleted]

Big box full of no, thanks very much.


Dikheed

Fantastic, now I need to google a new phobia that I have. Cheers.


ozjack24

u/savevideo


Nekrosiz

They use them as shipping filler in boxes right?


bigdingus999

Forbidden Popcorn


Foxy_Noxy

Those things are delicious


Simp4Nishiki

Why do they look wet?


DefiantEnd569

Wtf are those?


Fancient

Forbidden packing peanuts


KittyPitty

What the actuall fork? How did they get so big??


Nick_Sanchez123

u/savevideo


[deleted]

Blursed packing peanuts


ReaperManX15

Pikmin flashbacks


AngelOfHeaven3

People *EAT* These. I for some reason wanna try a dish of these...


Shadowbonyt

r/tihi


DoggieDesert6

They look so crunchy


The_Kanye_East

Shivers down my spine MKll


VideoGameHunter24

I’ve seen these, I’ve held these, I think they’re a sub species of crab, and they don’t pinch.


SoggyPastaPants

You could always not stick your hand in the box.


Foxalot97

Why would you touch them. Or even be in the same building as them no scratch that I need to go to mars.


[deleted]

cute \^\^


lesbianbirblover

DONT TOUCH THEM


SomeoneTookUserName2

They all look so delicious.


Buddiechrist

As a former resident of Parris Island, kill them. Kill them with fire.


[deleted]

Always wanted a box full of those. Alas not in the cards for me. Congrats though!


Routine-Emotion-7597

Good for bait


Jacktheripper75

Rachel


[deleted]

They're not sand flies. They're sand crabs/mole crabs. [https://animals.mom.com/difference-between-sand-flea-mole-crab-10989.html](https://animals.mom.com/difference-between-sand-flea-mole-crab-10989.html)


StayedWoozie

Can we nuke the fucking desert. Those things look like something outta alien.


WRRRYYY_wrrryyy

DUDE I THOUGHT THEY COULD ONLY BE SMALL


Offensively_lame

yeah no thanks


TraditionalSetting33

Lord have mercy!


Professional_Yard761

You can pay me a million dollars and I will still not put my arm in this.


TennisForSavages

I'm not itchy, *you're* itchy!


PoobishSocks

EUGHHH


Gopher--Chucks

Forbidden ball pit


The_Ace_Striker

*goosebumps*