How to Eat Venomous Lionfish
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Despite being covered with venomous spines, lionfish is a “very delightful fish to eat.” Just ask Chris Flook, a lionfish expert and environmentalist, who has been stung over 11 times. Flook has made it his mission to get people to eat the invasive species to protect Bermuda’s local fish population. Don’t worry: The venom is denatured in the cooking process and the buttery, tender fillets practically melt in your mouth.
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"Protein based venom"
Gym bros: _it's free real estate_
Saving the sea while getting gains
Quite literally "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger"
Gym bro 1: dude howd you get that big. I bet you do steroids.
Gym bro 2: no. I use PBV in small amounts.
@@humildemarcelo Humans are destroying the sea
*extincts Lionfish for the gains*
It’s good to know that this is a sustainable food source for us now, they’re a really big problem for us in the US because they’re not naturally from here 😭
How'd they get there?
Swimming
@@crazydragy4233it was probably a pet and later got released into the ocean
@@4244john Bingo, there's a lot of bad pet owners who severally underestimate how big animals can get which led to them releasing exotic pets in the wild. It's the same reason why pythons are such a massive problem in Florida.
@@4244john I didn't know it was legal to have pets like that haha. USA really out there working hard to collapse its ecosystems
Fish: "I evolved poison to prevent predators from eating me!"
Humans:
They are delicious. One of the best fish I’ve ever had. I had them back in 2016 and still think about it, whatever the Disney restaurant I was at did to them, absolutely amazing.
As a kid I always hated how they looked. It made me squeamish.
**Lionfish has venomous spine with menacing looks**
Humans: "Looks delicious"
Lionfish bout to become extinct or endangered real quick 😂😂😂
Betchu Nemo and the rest of the reef are having a right laugh.
so if the venom is in the spines, it means lionfish is much safer for consumption than the pufferfish, where the venom is in some organs inside it's body
You can use meat tenderizer on mild protein venoms like beestings. Idk if lionfish are dangerous but when I was a beekeeper, I'd add water to meat tenderizer and rub the paste on my stings. It helped the burning and itchiness when the bromalin broke down the venom it could reach
Lionfish are VERY dangerous, to get stung by at least.
"I've gotten 11 women pregnant, but I still refuse to wear protection"
When my Grandpa was still alive, he was a huge fishing fan. In Croatia he once stepped on one and it almost killed him.
I'll try it if I see it on a menu.
It's a good eating fish. I'm surprised how many people here that doesn't try it. Fillet-ing it is very easy because of how soft their flesh are. Just don't place your hands near the spine and you're good.
Free market solves another problem.
Lionfish is very invasive to Jamaica and the surrounding countries in the Caribbean. Every chance I get to go to JA, I always eat a few and do my part. They taste really good!
Imagine handling spined fish without gloves.
Over 11 times, so....12? Venom affects brain🤣
Keep hearing good. Hope to try someday
Ya gotta it love when you can start eating your way through an invasive species issue. As with all things invading Florida and it’s waters all we can do is keep up the pressure and keep encouraging fisherman to dive down to popular reef and other structural sites and to help keep their numbers down. We might not get through this overnight, but at least we’ll get more than a few quality meals from the issue 😅 at least that’s the glass half full/silver lining type of view.
Didn't Homer Simpson figure this out like 30 years ago.
I’ve had lion fish tacos before
Literally my favorite meal ever
Florida Man's fancy cooking fish
"This spike is dangerous"
Proced to touch the spike anyway
"I've been stung over eleven times."
So, twelve?
"Why's it spicy"
even my shark cannot kill that
It’s also an invasive species so most places (in the us afaik) u can catch as many as u want and do whatever with it except return it to the ocean since it’s invasive
If it’s venom it’s completely edible. Venom only affects the circulatory system. Poison on the otherhand will still harm you if ingested.
That's not always true. Some substances are bad either way and it just depends on the way it is employed whether it's poison or venom. I doubt you'd want to consume ant venom, given the fact it's mostly made of acid.
One of my favorite fish to eat, I only consume them after I spearfish for them, so only a few times, but they really are a delight.
And a very invasive species in some places part of the main reason they are being fished as a delicacy
Stung over 11 times...has this man been catching them by hand,...🤔🤔🤔
At least fishing invasive lionfish seems much more promising than fishing invasive carp. The former is said to taste like a cross between lobster and shrimp. The latter is very bony...
All Venoms are protein based and are safe to consume if you don’t have any open cuts or wounds within your mouth or internal organs. People can in fact drink snake venom and be completely fine. Poison is the one you don’t want to eat or consume.
The main component of ant venom is formic acid, which isn't protein based.
That filet actually looks gorgeous… like a salmon crossed with a mahi
I've always heard that preparing them incorrectly can cause death....
"Over 11 times now"
Like 12, 13? 😂
Plot twist: bro doesn't know what comes after 11, that's why it hurts
This guy sounds like a South African Irish who lives in the US
He's pretty reckless with the way that he handles these fish, so it is not surprising that he gets stung repeatedly.
I honestly don't care if lionfish get fished to endangerment, they do nothing but destroy environments
"....over 11 times now..."
Soooo...12?
My favorite fish ever since I was a child
good that you can eat as its a very invasive species and if people started to eat them that will help the other fish stocks grow a bit if allowed that is
If only there was some kind of hand-cover-protector device, that one could wear when needed but then easily remove...
Ive been to some really nice, even aome fancy seafood restaurants and I've never seen Lionfish on a menu
That's the weird fish from hungry shark, which I could never know the name
You would think there would be a glove for this
I've been trying to find a way to buy lion fish fillets here in California and every place I check, that can ship, never has it in stock.
Am I the only one that confuses lionfishes with John Dory fish? The look alike no?
So glad to see some traction in this being put on menus thats the only way to get rid of them creating a market with potential to make money
I wonder if the venom might have medicinal uses when diluted.
Welp you live once
This dude’s mind would be blown if someone showed him what gloves were.
When he says “I’ve been stung over 11 times” does he mean he has been stung 12 times?
Did you know that there are stab resistant gloves?!
The fish from hungry shark
His accent is confusing my brain!
It sounds like he has 3 separate fluent accents and is speaking them all at once!
We had those as pets growing up.
They’re highly invasive to so if we started eating them more instead of others, that would help quite a bit
This made me want to try lionfish so bad. Too bad i live an ocean away
1st deep-sea fishing trip with my dad my 1st fish I caught was a lion fish being 6 or 7 I didn't know what it was neither did my dad the skipper saw it came hauling ass to grab it off my line and get rid of it wish we could have tried a small piece of it
So you’ve been stung…12 times. Just say that. Not surprised you’ve been stung lol
Say no more. I'll gladly incorporate a few thousand pounds of this fish into my diet to save the native fish species if it tastes that good. Fish sandwiches, on a bed of rice, fish sticks, oh yah, it's gonna be a good time.
These was very expensive salt aquarium fish in turkey but since last 10 15 years they are literally pests here and govt pays for the each cut tail
I would love to try it
There’s no osha in the ocean he says
You can literally eat venom, you can’t eat poison
Didn’t know you could eat these guys. They’re very pretty but very invasive.
First i saw that it was stonefish and was like qhat the heck
stung eleven times.... just use a long pair of tongs or thick gloves. I think its a choice at that point
11 times but doesn’t wear gloves and handles it like he’s trying to get pricked
this dude is just built different lol
I like how he has been stung multiple times yet refuses to wear gloves
People get the clap but refuse to wear condoms. The stupidity of humans knows no bounds.
Do you know how sharp the spines are? Not sure what gloves you’re wearing
@@capellozapellini6074 they make heavy duty gloves bro 😂
@@capellozapellini6074yeah like Dogwatersaid, heavy duty😂
Gloves make your hands clumsy, you won't have the dexterity to avoid getting poked, and I guarantee those needles are sharper than any leather or rubber you can move your hands in.
Good to find out its good eating because it can multiply like rabbits.
Is worst than rabbits . It kills habitats 😢
Yeah well make it extinct in no time.
@TheCosta5000 they're highly invasive and destroy ecosystems in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. There's virtually no environmental harm in hunting them in the Americas where they aren't native, and they multiply so fast we might as well incentivise it to keep their population in check.
@@TheCosta5000 considering the sheer amount of damage lion fish have done to the tropical atlantic, they sorta deserve it. they’ve pushed native species out of the reefs around florida which will kill the reefs outright. id rather lose the invasive lion fish over thousands of native species that the caribbean depends upon.
@@jcoop0008 totally agree.
Eat more ! These things are so destructive to the reef ecology.
He keeps saying venom too but is it also poisonous? If not who cares about eating it 😂 unless you keep your bites of fish in your mouth for like 10 minutes each
Not ALL reefs. Just wear they're not native.
"...in Atlantic."
You forgot putting that additional information. They're native species in tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean.
@@jonslg240 ? It's only venomous, eating it is not an issue
@@Skoomz depends on how venomous.. your salivary glands in your mouth go directly to your blood stream.
Also, I believe if you drink alcohol with it some of it might be able to pass directly into your bloodstream, and maybe even if you don't drink alcohol, but I'm not 100% sure on that. I kinda doubt either because usually animal poisons are very large molecules.
However you definitely can absorb some of it directly into your blood stream through the salivary glands in your mouth, as well as any small cuts you may have.. so in that case it mainly depends on how toxic it is and how much of it is in the fish
When I was swimming in Okinawa, I came across one while snorkeling. What I found eerie was that it didn't swim away, it just stood its ground and squared up to me as I circled around it.
I read Okinawa as Oklahoma and was really confused for a second
@@Orb__ oh god. If they make it to the plains we’re really screwed.
@@jackryan444 second amendment would fix that real quick
@@Chadius_Thundercock unless they adapt thumbs…
@@jackryan444 that’s why you kill them all before they can get thumbs, duh
Lionfish: "I am invasive and will destroy the entire Florida coastline"
Humans: "mmm yummers"
The Boys reference 😂😂
GOOD. Eat them, kill off the population
i mean would you rather leave them alone and then they destroy the reef? you're confusing
@@mcstench8913 he was making a joke lmao
Yummy
When an invasive species turns into a very sustainable food source. Improvise, adapt, overcome.
Like mayan ciclid and tilapia inland
When i was growing up we had one of these in our 75 gallon salt water tank. My mom, forgetting that the fish was poisonous, trued to clean the tank, getting stung on her ring finger. She immediately had to go to hospital cause of the pain and she took off her rings . Her hand blew up like balloon. The er had no idea how to take care of a poisonous bite until that day. My mom insists the guy who sold us the fish never told her.... he did. I was there. 😅
"A poisonous bite"
@Kingdisco5005 oh my I feel dumb! Venomous sting !
There's a difference between venom and poison
Venom is only dangerous if it's injected into you, you can eat venom and it will just break down in your stomach
Um askuly it would be venomous 🤓
@jeremyceisto6465 I'm not editing my initial comment, so I can live in shame lol it was right there in the title even 😅
Should've interviewed my mom, she's been stung 20 times plus and scuba dives and spears these, she's a legend, she caught over 1000 last year. And is already over 500 this year. She does all this on the island of roatan honduras.
🫡
What dive site in Roatan? Visited last month, got 1 and missed some. Beautiful island!
@Algimantas Akelaitis thank for your reply! That's so cool! Such a small world. She dives all around the island. I will ask what her favorite spots are.
Bring her to the US and she'll singlehandedly reduce the invasive species
@@Yabbadabbadoo728 projecting your insecurities huh?
Remember people ! Pufferfish are *poisonous*, Lionfish are *venomous*. If you *eat* poisonous you’d probably die, if you get *stung/bitten* by venomous you’d probably die.
Tarantula:
What if it bites me and it dies?
@@juddperson6110means you may want to consider bathing more regularly
@@juddperson6110 then you’re chuck norris
@@juddperson6110that means it transfered to you, you become fish now.
Man if only there was something he can use to protect his hands
Unfortunately such a thing hasn’t been invented yet
what? like a hand sock?
@@solodolosolomon or like hand shoes
Not as easily as you think.
You’d need something like leather welding gloves which don’t work well when swimming underwater and are very clumsy to work in
Cut resistant gloves are a woven mesh which has lots of hole that do nothing to protect against pointy pin like things
Neoprene would have to be so thick it would render you immobile
It’s the real trade off: protection vs dexterity
Maybe he can learn some magic spells.
I go spear fishing for these guys at least once a month. Absolutely delicious fish
What does the flavor taste like compared to other fish?
@@HendersonHinchfinch They have white flaky meat with a touch of butteriness. Some people say the flavor is similar to that of thin grouper fillet or mahi mahi.
@@CTJEEPGUY1973 which is better ? Mahi-mahi or lion fish ?
@@CTJEEPGUY1973 how is it compared to Atlantic cod?
Lionfishes are really delicious delicacy, like grouper fishes and barracudas
Give me some monkfish liver pronto!!! 🤤🤤🤤
Fish: we will destroy the reef!
Humans: 🤤
Fish: 😳
You can eat venom with no issues especially if it's cooked, venom and poison are very different. This is a great green option.
It's a introduced pest in the Atlantic that kills native fish. The more we eat Lionfish the better it gets for the locals.
Next time I'm in Florida I'm 100% getting some lionfish to help the industry
Invasive, destructive, and harmful. Customers in restaurants in the southeast coast are encouraged to order lion fish to increase demand and hopefully decrease supply of lion fish in the waters the aren’t supposed to inhabit.
"Over 11" is the wildest way to say "12" I've ever heard in my life
Glad they're delishious. I would love to try one.
Delishious 😂
"all these spines here carries the venom."
**proceeds to touch every single one of the spines**
If it's an invasive species it shall become my faeces
- Hungry guy
🤣
I stood on one of these in Western Australia and let me tell you it hurt like hell. I was bouncing up and down the sand yelping like an injured dog.
What does the venom do? Do you have to seek medical attention immediately?
@@Brandon-op9uf The venom made my foot swell up slighly and the pain was awful, like having bleach injected into me - a burning, acidic feeling. I think being in the underneath of my foot made it a lot more painful than if it was elsewhere.
Luckily i was with my Uncle who's a tough Ozzy fisherman so he helped me stay calm and reminded me not to panic. When we got to his little beach shack he cleaned it up with warm water, put a warm towel on it (to break the venom down) and gave me some pain-killers.
My foot was in throbbing pain for about 5 hours before it finally began to subside.
@@jamesphlames7498 "I think being in the underneath of my foot made it a lot more painful than if it was elsewhere." for sure there are a LOT of nerve endings on the bottom of your foot
Isn’t ALL venom protein based? It’s not like this fish has an exclusive venom.
Hmm, so fire ants for example seem to use Solenopsin which is not a protein, but now that you mention it, at least from what I have in my head, definitely does seems that venoms are more protein/peptide based leaning than the toxins of poisonous organisms.
Although than again venomous doesn't include stuff like fungi and bacteria so I guess it's not that surprising
I got lionfish mixed up with stonefish and was extremely confused how he even survived 11 stings, let alone had the courage to continue fishing for them after each one lol
Put on some gloves. There's stab resistant gloves.
I just use tongs and never grab Lionfish with my bare hands before I cut the stingers off and filet after. Never been stung so far. Damn pest, but make amazing fritters with a side of coleslaw.
"Grabbing it in the bucket is always the scariest bit." Use tongs man. Use large ass tongs. Not that catching them in the ocean is the scary part since they're far more mobile unless caught in a net.
He just needs a pair of cut-proof kitchen gloves. They also stop most spines from poking you. AND they have grip so you can hold onto cold, wet, dead fish while you filet them.
Also: Fishnet.
... key word here ...most ...so some do get through ... but it only takes one to kill you ... I'll PASS ...
@@willgaukler8979 "but it only takes one to kill you" no man the venom doesn't kill you (unless you're allergic)
I would love a job fishing for them. Im a Florida native and also pretty good underwater!
Go catch them and sell them to your neighbors and friends.
And invasive species problem becomes alot more simple when the animal is delicious.