How Tahitian Pearls Are Harvested
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Kamoka Pearl specializes in farming Tahitian pearls. It harvests the pearls in a way that keeps the oysters alive. Josh, the owner, gently opens the oyster and carefully removes the pearl, then replaces it with a pearl blank. The pearls are tumbled gently in rock salt to clean them and drilled with a specialized pearl drill to be used to create jewelry.
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How Tahitian Pearls Are Harvested
It's great that they don't damage the oysters and look at those little fishies, awww!!
They cut their tissue. That is damaging them.
It's similar to splitting a child from its mother ;'[
OMG yes😀
Bruh, it's a fish
@@HenryColeHawkins oyster
I seen a comment on here that suggested it's equivalent from taking a baby from its mother during pregnancy. I looked it up it's more like equivalent to taking out a tonsil Stone from the back of your throat 👌
That baby analogy is so painfully inaccurate i cant believe people are equating a response to an irritation to a baby
I wonder what happens if the pearl isn't removed. Does it just stay there forever, growing bigger until it kills the oyster, or will the oyster eventually reject it? I can't find an answer to this on Google, but maybe it's because I don't know how to word the question. Either way, it seems that of you can remove it without killing the oyster, you'd be doing it a favor.
people are just too sensitive now a days
@@Gauravsatange but a hundred years ago they would walk past a starving child on the side of the street and do nothing 😐🤔🤭
Lol pearls are not oister babies wtf
If they are not killing the oysters, supporting their business is not just ethical but also eco-restorative. Seashells and pearls are sequestered carbon from oceans, invigorating more of that is the equivalent of planting trees on land.
Oysters and clams filter the water too.
A pearl is a parasite and the clam self defense is to build a wall around the parasite. Having that removed from the clam is a relief
@@liannislam9006 It's not a parasite exactly, because it's not stealing nutrients from the organism. It's just a foreign body
@@aleenaprasannan2146 Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. ... This creates a material called nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, which encases the irritant and protects the mollusc from it.
@@liannislam9006 You are right about the irritant, but wrong about the parasite. Parasites or shell borers don't just sit still for a long duration for the nacre to slowly envelop them. The parasite is not what gets covered by nacre. The production of nacre is a defense mechanism triggered by a physical damage or irritation to its mantle area. That physical damage can happen when shell boring parasites bore it shell and damage the mantle. But still the nacre is not produced enveloping the parasite that caused the damage, but on the spot of the damage. It's like how a scab is formed on your skin or how an allergic pimple forms where you get a mosquito bite, the mosquito doesn't get enveloped by the pimple, does it?
That is also why, for artificially cultured pearls, a foreign object is placed as an irritant in the mantle, not parasites
Lovely to see the oysters are kept alive..I would buy these pearls in a heartbeat..they’re gorgeous
It's because of people like you that animal exploitation is so rampant on our planet. There's nothing ethical about what these farmers are doing. They keep these oysters captive and intentionally cause them to suffer repeatedly until they die.
What if kidneystones were pearls
What about gall bladder stones ?
Tonsil stones😭😂😷
Imagine dinosaurs making jewellery outta all those kidney stones
@@shaywhoop4040 noice broooo 😂😂😂
@@1jazzyphae 🤮 Gross😂
I wish life were as gentle on me as this man is while removing the pearls from the oyster.
Wonderful process. Just shows that the process doesn’t need to be invasive that results in fatality.
The whole jewellery industry is absurd... mining minerals from the land to hang off your body is just ridiculously narcissistic .. such a pointless endeavour
@@DernRern True. Such a waste of materials
@@DernRern eh...to.thst extreme, yes. But we do love adorning ourselves. Want to stop it, then stop humans wanting to adorn themselves.
These oysters are held captive and intentionally made to suffer. This is animal abuse. You seem very naive about how the world works
@@DernRern It definitely is now. Jewelery used to mean something. Like symbolically due to Traditions, Religion, and/or Culture. Some even for Ritualistic Coming-of-Age Ceremonies. Some people may still wear them for their overall general symbolisms they all mean in the world. It depends on the person if for basic looks, for the use of status, and/or for culture.
Finally, a method that keeps them alive! I'm so glad to see this. Thanks for bringing this possibility to be known!
Yes, keeping them alive so they can suffer over and over until they die. Think a little bit Mary Ann.
@@jamescrud There is confirmation that extracting these Pearls safely from them is painful?
To my knowledge, before this method, these creatures were just made to die. Shells crushed and all is a normal practice to simply extract the pearl.
I find that practice wasteful. The creature would definitely feel pain from a hammer using that method if really "suffering" is to be questioned.
But so, too, does every creature feel pain when being chosen to slaughter to feed others.
The Point of this Particular Method is to be Less Wasteful, I thought.
So, if you are trying to undermine my thought process, which method would you prefer? The older method or this method in terms of extraction? Or is there a better method? If so, do link that. I'd love to learn more of it.
(And don't even go: The Best Method is to do Nothing at all. That's not the Point. The Point is the Best Method for Pearl Extraction. And, considering your concerns: The Best Method for Pearl Extraction that leads to Little to No Suffering.)
@@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet This practice should end. Pearls and jewelry serve no practical purpose. People need to stop creating the demand for such products. So many animals suffer because of people's vanity. It's shamefull.
@@jamescrud Jewelry, symbolism, folklore, religion and Traditions have existed for a long time. Pearls are a facet of them, too. People won't just abandon them, their Culture, History, Past or Traditions because people like you think it's bad.
Again, mindlessly on about "suffering". We don't know much about the pain threshold of them. We can't presume they experience pain like humans, dogs, or anything. Different people even have different pain thresholds so it's safe to assume that creatures are different, too. Unless you got something on the study on bivalve pain then you're just trying hard for False Sanctimonious Points.
And if you're really on about the Suffering of Animals, again, Animals are Slaughtered Daily to feed other People and other Animals. Some of that doesn't even get fully used. Now, THAT'S WASTEFUL.
Go take your low-key "vegan" pushing agenda somwhere else. People eat what they want to eat. Humans are omnivores. Eat healthy and appropriate for you without forcing yourself mental and physiological trauma by going thru harsh fasting and dietary switching on a constant basis. [Sorry for anyone else reading this and if you are Vegans. Some people eat to their own desires silently and I'm tired of the other subliminal False Sanctimonious Statements that occur from others.]
And this _is_ a better practice than the typical one. (How did I know you'd go the "Don't do this practice at all" route?) Honestly, just don't even be here.
The Question was "which _of these_ is the better option". I don't think you can fully comprehend that.
Just leave because people are looking into better ways of Improving their Skills, Mastery, and Practices.
Your "All or Nothing" Attitude on this Matter is ridiculous.
FUN FACT: When eating shucked Oysters, they're still alive.
_cheers_
@@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet You're way of thinking Mary Ann is very primitive. You can't seem to see anything beyond what is good for you. It's called being selfish. There are many things that humans do that are objectively wrong regardless of race, culture, and bullshit traditions.There's was a point in human history when we kept human slaves, hunted whales indiscriminately, wiped out an entire species of wolves from Yellowstone and all of these things were considered normal...until one day it wasn't. Try and pull your head out of your ass and see the world the way it really is.
I'm gonna keep them in mind Kamoka Pearls. also those pearl colors are lovely and different from the typical pale pearls.
These pearls are specific to certain clam species I forget which. Similar to the Golden South Sea pearls that also require specific oysters. There's pink ones from some conch species too.
Oyster's like, "Ahh, thanks for getting that thing out of my mouth. Wait! Now you're sticking something else in?! Ahhhrgh!
When your dentist removes a caries it sticks something else in as well lol
@@graydragoon874 well, imagine you take a bullet in a non-lethal way, but it now handicaps you and makes you suffer. Then, the surgeon takes out the bullet... and replace it with a whole new one. Weird, isn't it? And not really what you expected... :v
Isn't that basically what i said? Although the crippling thing is probably exaggerated
"Oh no! The poor oysters are in pain!"
....Oysters dont have a central nervous system so no they dont feel pain
Thank goodness it has no central nervous stater, or else every time you bite into a raw oyster it would wiggle and try to bite back
@@ferdinandh5103 how would they bite back if they dont have teeth?
@@corig1939 octopus is in the same family as mussels, yet they have sharp teeth
Honestly this is fascinating that you can farm pearls.
What a beautiful little habitat the oyster farm has made for those gorgeous fish!
What if the pearls are like a kidney stone for a person and so your helping them by taking them out
But subsequently putting another one back in to grow.
@@kevinpeters6709 Actually, not all oysters and muscles regrow pearls. Some actually only produced between two and three in their lifetime, while others only produces one or none at all.
@@spcrri4796 The video literally shows the people putting new "pearls" in before releasing the oyster so that the next time they take it out it will have the pearl coating on it.
What a gentle process compared to how other people harvest pearls!
It's not just ethics it's also smarter as humans to not kill. Anyone can kill anything but it takes Thinking to do this. Which is what humans should do. Think.
I'm the 22nd commenter
Congrats kid
@@wahyuramadhan8 de que se lo agradecería muchísimo y me dice 🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
So these pearls are like gold bars that are really lead bars with a coating of gold covering them.
So you don't kill them???
That's so amazing thank you guys
I feel so relaxed now
😭😭😭Those poor clamps always die in the harvesting process
You're changing the way thank you so much
No,,,, they are like harvesting milk in cow, the different is this pearl need 5year or more to grow
@@daunsimbukan . Pearl harvesting usually kills oysters. It's nothing like obtaining cow milk.
@@daunsimbukan well that's good
@@rebecca4680 it doesn't look like that here. does it???
If my tonsil stones are that pretty and didn't smell at all, I would be rich....
This is amazing, it keeps the oysters alive.
I respect this so much more than people who hack them to bits for one pearl whe. An oyster could make you more if you let it live.
I respect anyone who doesn’t hack the hell out of anything living for profit!!😮
So gentle, a much better idea than to kill them to get the Pearl, both for the oysters and the business as they will always have oysters to harvest
I didn't know you needed a special drill for pearls. Neat. :)
Pearls really aren't terribly expensive, just check at any craft store...but I would absolutely gladly pay SO much more to know that they came from a humane pearl farm. I didn't know that humane pearl farming existed, but now that I do, I won't be buying anything but in the future.
How long does it take from implant to harvest?
It takes close to 7 years for a pearl to form
@@LokiToxtrocity wow. Didn't know. Thank you for the info
No , 2 years
Depends on the size of Pearl you want and how big the oyster is
I mean, I love what they're doing here but, the term "ethical" should be reconsidered. If an organ trafficker comes to steal one tooth from my mouth and leaves me okayish it's not ethical just because he could have done worse... 😅
Except pearls arent organs, its a defense mechanism against irritants that get inside the shell
@@corig1939 oh yeah that's the important technicality that makes what I said inconsistent.
A pearl isn't an organ, and the oyster doesn't need it for survival. If it wasn't removed, it would probably keep growing bigger until the shells couldn't close, or maybe the oyster would just reject it somehow. (Haven't found an answer to this yet on Google.) Whatever the case, this seems a lot less harmful than dairy farms. Plus, oysters don't have much of a nervous system, so it's unclear what they feel about the situation.
It's more like you have a stone in your shoe and someone comes along a takes it out.
@@crinna uhm it's actually more like someone putting a stone inside the muscle of your foot to make it grow into something profitable for themselves, then cutting the tissue to take it out, and then putting a stone inside again... for all your life... and without your consent... i mean i see how the first example doesn't fit perfectly but agree that something less violent does not make this ethical. something ethical should be, in fact, ethical... lol
I'll never use pearl or related items in my life.
Why ?
@@triciasomogyi5431 animal cruelty
Life is a cruelty in and of itself people use the phrase animal cruelty or cruelty free I don't get the simple concept of no matter what we do there's three some sort of Cruelty to a plant to a person to an animal to whatever
@@cdeer17 deer is a food for a tiger when he is hungry. But what if he kills for fun? Clearing whole jungle? Mankind needs food (plants, dairy, meat), but that need not be luxurious. No need to kill endangered species just for taste and fun.
Simple concept is, "take something from nature based on essential requirements, not for lust greed and fun"
@@sumeru0728 I get that but not at all what I'm going on about I mean no matter what you eat it will be cruel in some way by our definition an animal's or a plants no food is truly 100% cruelty free
Everybody gangsta until the black pearl becomes a pirate ship
Dutch wants to know your location
Wow! I didn't even know that there was a humane way to harvest pearls! This is cool!
B4 I checked the title, I thought that it was some kind of very very dirty waffle-iron he was about to clean.
Dutch could have been harvesting pearls like this in Tahiti if he just had a little more money.
AND TIME, HE HAD A GODDAM PLAN
I dont think pearls are necessarily important to the oyster nor is it terrible if you take it from the body without harming the actual creature inside the shell. I dont think this is highly unethical unlike bewswax or cow milk which cows and bees actually use.
Cow's milk depends, if the cow has calf then ok, if the cow lost the calf, milk it daily.
This looks like dental appointment for oysters
The Black Pearl
Best I've seen yet on UA-cam. Keep up the good work
Your technique is marvelous! Thank you!
But which oysters do they get the nucleus pearls from?
They only showed the transfer/implantation and harvesting of the finished, colored pearls….
Exactly, i asked myself the same. Some Info is Missing here
Refreshing to see such a far gentler method. People just rip them apart for the pearls🤬
You have created such a beautiful and peaceful lifestyle
Imagine some alien race cage humans and ethically extract the breast milk, or blood or something. "Ethically"
Going by your word, the same can be said for any exploitable animal of produce like cows and bees, something which I'm sure that you've have consumed on your lifetime
Oysters are very simple. I severely doubt they can even comprehend the differences in their living conditions.
Duh..just cause you couldn't afford one.... So sour....
@@nurmusfirah5807 really? How do you know? 🤓
Oysters don't have a central nervous system; it's highly unlikely they can feel pain and they certainly can't feel emotions. No ethical quandary here.
I'm surprised that the pseudo moralistic idiotic animal lovers aren’t aware of this 'brutal' cultivation. I'm also surprised to see how brilliant this process is.
This was Dutch's plan all along
So many eco and sea life experts in comments.
But natural pearl starts from grain of sand, artificial start from 12 mm insert.
Thats so awesome! Way to save some wildlife while being fruitful. Good job guys
Amazing
M so glad they do it with such care without harming the oysters👍👍
How much is it
Я так пробки из своих гланд извлекаю
Now will people STOP buying pearls from these dodgy Facebookers who put dyed pearls back into 'clam' shells (not oyster) just to rip the clam part and waist it unnecessarily, just for some views. 🙄
You’re making the harvest look effortless
I'm happy to hear that they don't kill the oysters and that they humanely take the Pearl. This is a company that I would support. The pearls look absolutely beautiful!
Ginger, they keep these oysters tied to a string for their entire lives. They never get to roam free like what an oyster is supposed to do. On top of that they repeatedly introduce a foreign object which irritates the animal...for it's entire life. You think that's ethical?
Try and think about it a little.
Hey they kill the oyster or not will depend on oysters‘ lifespan
Doctor pearl popper
Sick bastards. Don't tell me there's no damage or trauma to the animals involved, I didn't just fall off the Xmas tree.
Pearls have no value. I took a vintage 125 year old rare pearl necklace to a well know high end jeweller. They told me it's value is only sentimental.
They Take the pearl and insert a pearl blank instead, which was taken from another oyster? I don't understand this process, where does the other oyster come from?
But farms still need to kill old oysters (let’s put down the ethnic matter) because oysters are breeding by Humans, it doesn’t matter to kill them or not
Fun fact pearls are like their kidney stones lmao. Its a byproduct
Just watched people destroy clams for their pearls. This makes me happy they don't die
Damn and that also ensures a healthier life for the oysters cux I have heard most of the time they die making pearls
As long as they don’t grow legs and turn people into zombies
Thanks for getting that bump out ahhh …dang again?
This comment section killed so many braincells
Ang tanung magkano kaya yan??
nice marbles
Oh, I want those. They're gorgeous. OMG. THEYRE AMAZING.
Wow.
So these are the pearls from feeding frenzy my fish ate
Doctor: Sir, you have a big kidneystone, must have surgery to take out.
Oyster: OMG, yes please.
Doctor: It's done. You can go back home now.
Oy: Where is the kidneystone? I wanna see it.
Doctor: Just go.
Oyster: EXCUUUSE ME! You ask permission first!
I hate when the precious pearls are drilled
Pretty Cool! Between Tahiti Treat & Pearls? Tahiti rocks!
Thank God there's a way to extract pearls without killing the oysters. I would definately buy these. Even at a higher price than the regular ones.
Beautiful how they can extract the pearl without hurting the animal. Much better than watching those staged pearl collection videos
Reminds me of sebum extraction off the pores 😂 wish our sebums were worth a LOT though 😂
So that's how it is when you get marbles ? If you know what I'm talking about
Pearl: thank you for removing my kidney stone, my hero.
Thank you for video :)
It’s nice to see they actually keep them alive instead of just tearing it open and throwing it out
I just realized pearls are technically clam tonsil stones.
Pin me please because I'm 1st
I need to do this as side job.😂
Clamped down and mouth held open with pliers sounds like my trip to the dentist
One of best pearl video,last add too..ever place the add in end tats better to watch patiently
Look how happy those fish are
What a place to live and work, just awesome
I praise you for sure 🙏 if you're going to take from nature you better at least make sure these creatures are taken care of.
Awwe! It's like the oysters are going to the dentist!
How do we know cutting them like that doesn't hurt?🤔
Oysters don't have a nerve system so they can't feel pain
Bitcoin+Shiba coin buy
So glad it's ethical
Fishish are sooo adorable and pretty 😍😍😍
Listen, just give me the OYSTERS with a side of lime, salt, hot sauce, butter and an ice cold bottle of Guinness Stout. You can keep the pearls
Minecraft enders 😂
Found my dream job
a eso le llamo beneficio mutuo entre humano y naturaleza
So it's like a robber going into a house stealing jewelery?? Most kind theif ever
More like a robber stealing the trash. Pearls are irritants to Oysters.
NovaGirl -
Exactly
Humans are weird
Nature's weird