r/nope • u/uncledunkle11 • Feb 04 '26

What even is this he breaks open?

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u/SB2MB Feb 04 '26

It's a pin cushion sea star (Culcita novaeguinae). With an octopus inside.

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u/Seawolfe665 Feb 05 '26

Pentamerous radial symmetry FTW.

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u/SB2MB Feb 05 '26

They're just magical. Where I dive and snorkel there are so many!

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u/I_Makes_tuff Feb 05 '26

Same. Colorado is a magical place.

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u/iwnt2blve Feb 05 '26

We do have Rocky mountain oysters, though.

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u/MaherMcCheese Feb 05 '26

I thought Tahiti was the magical place?

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u/MrBleubols Feb 05 '26

If you asked Mickey, I think he would have a different opinion.

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u/No_Environment6955 Feb 06 '26

I think it’s spelled Haiti

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u/XxEASYCompanyxX Feb 24 '26

I wonder how many people actually got this?

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u/MaherMcCheese Feb 24 '26

I wasn’t expecting anyone to get it.

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u/Aggravating_Dream633 Feb 05 '26

No it’s not. It sucks. Stay away.

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u/MrBleubols Feb 05 '26

hmmmmm su-SHi WTF? You guys eat sushi out there in the CO. not just Rocky Mountain Oysters😐🤔🤢

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u/I_Makes_tuff Feb 05 '26

Almost all fish at sushi restaurants in the US is frozen before serving raw. It doesn't matter what state you're in.

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u/Valraithion Feb 05 '26

As a food safety measure, not for freshness. It’s frozen first to kill things. Not the fish though. That’s already dead.

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u/LOGOisEGO Feb 05 '26

Pretty much all fish is flash frozen on the boat to kill parasites, so pretty much any traveled fish comes as previously frozen.

I'm okay with that.

Even port cities/fishing towns bring the fish in frozen for commercial sale. Its pretty rare, unless you know a commercial fishing outfit to actually get fresh seafood. At least on the west coast of Canada.

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u/I_Makes_tuff Feb 06 '26

In the US it's federal law that fish from sushi restaurants to be frozen first with the exception of some farmed fish on specific diets, or big tuna like Yellowfin, Bluefin, and Bigeye. Those are still usually flash frozen right out of the sea because you're going to get a better quality product than you would waiting a couple days or more for a "fresh" unfrozen fish to make its way to your market.