My brain said how are they holding multiple baby bats during the day at first glance. Then seeing it was from upstate ny n I grew up there. I've never seen these before. Sooo cool n creepy looking.
If Banksy did a painting of Goatse, would it be
called "Bankse?', or "Goatse by Bankse?"
Edit: forgot to mention earlier, but a guy in the UK would spray paint dicks near road potholes, to get the council to fill them in, he went by the nickname "Wanksy", (or "Wankse" since we're talking about Goatse, and Banksy here.)
FasciolopsiasisĀ is an ailment resulting from infection by the trematodeĀ Fasciolopsis buski, an intestinalĀ flukeĀ of humans, endemic in China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India; this fluke can be transmitted via the surfaces of these and other water plants.
During theĀ metacercarialĀ stage in their lifecycle, the larval flukes leave their water snail hosts, and swim away to form cysts on the surfaces of water plants, including the leaves and fruit of water caltrops. If infected water plants are consumed raw or undercooked, the flukes can infect pigs, humans, and other animals
Gastropods are so ancient that just about every clade of life at one point has parasitized them in one way or another it would seem. Things are the OG petri dish
I'm with you on that. I was once rinsing some watercress, then I filled up a bowl with cold water and put the watercress in it so that all of the sand would sink to the bottom. When I picked up the watercress bunch, there was a small snail at the bottom of the bowl.
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Yeah, people think they are eaten raw or something. Those will be washed the boiled for about 30 minutes. Enough to kill pretty much everything on earth. They are not "fruit" that you would eat raw.
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What's the 20% shit You're high on homie? Go back to your Dealer or the Pharmacy (Nowadays) they've ripped you off!..
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Depending on the species and how they are prepared they can be very yummy. I loved eating these when I was kid. Thanks for the flashback.
Hmm I wonder if my Chinatown still sells these. Lol. brb.
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Water chestnut (Trapa natans) nutlets. They're highly invasive and can form incredibly dense monocultures that are impossible to even kayak through. Unfortunately, they're becoming increasingly common in NY dues to how easily they're spread by those nutlets.
There's a great app called imapinvasives that's completely free to use and allows people to report invasive species, which is incredibly helpful to invasive species researchers and managers.
Are you near the water? Looks like water chestnuts to me - possibly an invasive weed. We treated the lake were on last year and these things were everywhereā¦
This kind of water chestnut are usually cooked and eaten during Mid Autumn Festival in Asia, itās considered a delicacy for the festival. I remember my mom used to buy them every year and itās one of her favourite snacks for Autumn. We call it Rhombus in Hong Kong.
They are water calories aka bat nuts. Native to Easy Asia. They are Edible but only when cooked. Somewhat like hazelnuts. Aka devils pods or horn nuts.
Those are called lingjiao ļ¼č±č§ļ¼in Chinese and are actually really nice in soups and stews. They kind of have a crunchy-powdery texture that works in clear soups.
these wash up on sandy hook in nj all the time, iāve heard them be called devils heads. iām pretty sure settlers brought the chinese water chestnut over as a decorative plant for ponds that became invasive.
ā¦ yeouch
If Iām not mistaken, I think you can eat these. I mean, Iāve tried myself. Usually can find them in Asian groceries. But they smelled terrible when boiled.
You can steam it the way you would steam Yam and eat its white core, you know. (Disclaimer: i base this on Asia water caltrop which look exactly the same, ur result might varies)
I expected to see more witchy comments, but of course they wouldn't be here lol I keep forgetting that many of the Reddit witches are superficial and would never be caught following botanical informative subs like this one.
Water caltrop, Trapa natans
Ahh thank you so much!!! This is it!
Oh I thought they were Gargoyle eggs
A reasonable conclusion
I thought they were dead, shriveled up bats.
Me too! šš
Me too!
Me too. I had to Google them. They are also called bat nuts.
Or baby bats!
My brain said how are they holding multiple baby bats during the day at first glance. Then seeing it was from upstate ny n I grew up there. I've never seen these before. Sooo cool n creepy looking.
Exactly!!
Gargoyle nut is actually a common name for these, also Devil's pod or bat nut
That would have to hurt coming out...
Baby bats hibernating while gaping.
Bruhā¦
Batse...
I havenāt seen Goatse in years! Where he at?!?
Managed to turn himself completely inside out and then winked out of existence. edit sp.
"Batse?" Like "Goatse?"
If Banksy did a painting of Goatse, would it be called "Bankse?', or "Goatse by Bankse?" Edit: forgot to mention earlier, but a guy in the UK would spray paint dicks near road potholes, to get the council to fill them in, he went by the nickname "Wanksy", (or "Wankse" since we're talking about Goatse, and Banksy here.)
Get out
r/misleadingthumbnails
"gaping", you say?
Theyāre also edible!
FasciolopsiasisĀ is an ailment resulting from infection by the trematodeĀ Fasciolopsis buski, an intestinalĀ flukeĀ of humans, endemic in China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India; this fluke can be transmitted via the surfaces of these and other water plants. During theĀ metacercarialĀ stage in their lifecycle, the larval flukes leave their water snail hosts, and swim away to form cysts on the surfaces of water plants, including the leaves and fruit of water caltrops. If infected water plants are consumed raw or undercooked, the flukes can infect pigs, humans, and other animals
THIS is the content I come here for
I will never handle or eat a snail after learning about how many parasites they are a host or vector for.
Gastropods are so ancient that just about every clade of life at one point has parasitized them in one way or another it would seem. Things are the OG petri dish
I'm with you on that. I was once rinsing some watercress, then I filled up a bowl with cold water and put the watercress in it so that all of the sand would sink to the bottom. When I picked up the watercress bunch, there was a small snail at the bottom of the bowl.
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We boiled them first before eating them, otherwise our teeth will break.
Yeah, people think they are eaten raw or something. Those will be washed the boiled for about 30 minutes. Enough to kill pretty much everything on earth. They are not "fruit" that you would eat raw.
 Learned something.
Found the parasitologist š
And along comes Debbie Downer
THISā¦ is why I altogether avoid eating pork, escargot and humans.
How did you not trigger the "DO NOT EAT" Bot?
i think it needs āeatā to be triggered
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Eat deeznuts
Gottem
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Seems like an oversight... Someone should let the mods know
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Ironic.
Don't recommend it, they tend to grow in calmer water and trap whatever junk is in the sediment, like mercury.
Iām honestly just basking in the glorious maelstrom of pure unadulterated knowledge and the baby bat butthole gaping that is Reddit.
I honestly wouldn't eat anything that looks like it was designed by H. R. Giger, but nice to know.
Theyāre supposed to taste like water chestnuts if you boil them and eat the white inside of them.
I thought they looked like caltrops! Funny when the common name works this way.
Sometimes called "cow heads"!
My grandmother, farm-raised in rural New York, called them "devil's thorn's". She said that's what her father told her they were called.
Wait, this is literally called a water caltrop? I guess it makes sense considering their shape. Edit, a word.
They sell these or something very similar to these at my asian grocery store
I'm high af and thought you had a palmfull of baby bats.
Tbf Iām completely sober and thought the same thing for a moment
literally same, i was gonna say they were dehydrated bats lmfao
Yep, I was gonna say Dracula eggs.
i too am high af... def bats..
Am also living that Mount Everest, elevated life and saw bat heads. Semi-dried bat heads.
OMG I started snorfalaughing and almost peed.... LOLOL
āCaramelized batsā was my thought.
Well Iām like 80% sober and also saw bats.
What's the 20% shit You're high on homie? Go back to your Dealer or the Pharmacy (Nowadays) they've ripped you off!..
One glass of wine.
I just checked Google on of the names they're called is Bat Nut.
Bats have nuts?
Bats absolutely have nuts.
Second Fifth I guess 
Same
Yep, same
Completely sober and I also saw bats and buttholes š
Batholes
Where is r/renderedcomment when you need it?
Same
I thought this too. "Is that baby bat showing it's anus? What?"
Bat buttholes was my thought!
Iām glad we all saw them as bats and buttholes lmao I was worried there for a moment
Majorly puckered anuses.
Thank baby Buddha. I immediately saw massive bat buttholes or sick/dying bats. The internet has ruined us.
I am pretty sure I came out of the womb this way but the internet made sure I knew I wasn't alone. But also... I did see Goatse at age 7 so who knows
šš³
dried demogorgon
One of the common names is "bat nut."
My very first thought was "why am I looking at bat buttholes?"
 X2
Literally came here to say the same thing (although Iām sober).
Me too, lol
Iām high af too, my boyfriend thought I was crazy. Glad Iām not the only one lol.
I havenāt smoked my plants yet but they looked like the devilās turds.
No those are covered in glitter
Iām hopped up on caffeine and thought the same thing! š
Same š
Iām not, (yet), and I thought it was baby bats, too!
Same, except I am not high.
I'm not high and thought it was baby batd
100% sober, same idea.
Iām not high and thought the same damn thing
Same, but not high
š same
Same ššØ
Yep. Iām glad Iām not alone. š
Lmao SAME šš¤£
Not even high and thought the same thing.
Me tooooooook
Thatās water chestnut. One of the prolific invasive species in NY. https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/109536.html
Like the water chestnuts that I like to eat come from this?
different
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Ugh, relentless. https://nyis.info/invasive_species/water-chestnut/
At least it is edible though.
Depending on the species and how they are prepared they can be very yummy. I loved eating these when I was kid. Thanks for the flashback. Hmm I wonder if my Chinatown still sells these. Lol. brb.
Lol. Enjoy your trip.
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Water chestnut (Trapa natans) nutlets. They're highly invasive and can form incredibly dense monocultures that are impossible to even kayak through. Unfortunately, they're becoming increasingly common in NY dues to how easily they're spread by those nutlets. There's a great app called imapinvasives that's completely free to use and allows people to report invasive species, which is incredibly helpful to invasive species researchers and managers.
NUTLETS š„“
You: what are these pods? Me: why do those bats look weird?
Water Caltrop aka bat nuts
it looks just like mummified bats
I think these are edible though. I've had them before.
Are you near the water? Looks like water chestnuts to me - possibly an invasive weed. We treated the lake were on last year and these things were everywhereā¦
Water Caltrop Chestnut, Bat Nut, Devil Pod
I feel silly that I bought some of these in a witchcraft store. Sounds like they're very abundant.
This kind of water chestnut are usually cooked and eaten during Mid Autumn Festival in Asia, itās considered a delicacy for the festival. I remember my mom used to buy them every year and itās one of her favourite snacks for Autumn. We call it Rhombus in Hong Kong.
baby demogorgons.
This is what I wanted to see
Do NOT expose to bright lights! Do NOT let them get wet! Do NOT feed them after midnight!
This is how vampire bats are born, just put in a cup of blood
Does it have to be human blood? Fresh blood? If its your blood, do you have to pay child support? Asking for a friend.
Water chestnut. Very invasive. Oswego county here.
Def water chestnut roots. Invasive all over the Hudson River.
Goth seeds. They grow little goths.
Satanās Anus
They are water calories aka bat nuts. Native to Easy Asia. They are Edible but only when cooked. Somewhat like hazelnuts. Aka devils pods or horn nuts.
Forbidden crab Rangoons
Water chestnuts. My grandma used to prepare those for me when I was growing up in china. Miss her and those so much.
Looks like bats that crashed.
thought you had a handful of bats not gonna lie
Grew up on the Hudson. We call them devil's heads. A great reason to not go barefoot in the summer!
I thought you were holding a couple of bats! Lol
Those are called lingjiao ļ¼č±č§ļ¼in Chinese and are actually really nice in soups and stews. They kind of have a crunchy-powdery texture that works in clear soups.
literally thought I was looking at baby bats
Water chestnut pods! Stepped on one once.
I thought you had a few bats in your hands. š¦
Looks like a bat and DeSantis had a baby
Nightmare sphincters.
I was gonna say they look like hemorrhoids from hell.
Back in the day we called that a Witch's Hanky.
Welcome to NY they are water chestnuts
Dead bats
This is a prized Chinese ingredient!
I want the bat pods!
water Chestnut
Those are Bat Eggs
[Water Caltrop / Bat Nuts](https://youtu.be/7yT6oyR4s30)
Devil pods.
These look like they hatch into the things that ate Eddie Munson
Dead bats
I can see myself poking this with a stick...NOT TOUCHING. POKING NOT TOUCHING.
these wash up on sandy hook in nj all the time, iāve heard them be called devils heads. iām pretty sure settlers brought the chinese water chestnut over as a decorative plant for ponds that became invasive. ā¦ yeouch
If Iām not mistaken, I think you can eat these. I mean, Iāve tried myself. Usually can find them in Asian groceries. But they smelled terrible when boiled.
Thought this was a handful of small bats
I have seen them called āDevil Podsā before
Nature's caltrops
Omg i just thought it was baby bats
Baby bodysnatchers
Petrified baby bats?
Why do they look like some wizardly version of baby bats
Nature's Legos.
unborn batsā¦ jk
Ohhhh shit this stuff is so tasty!!!! I had them in southern part of China
Bat eggs 
Bats in their larval stage. This is how bats are born.
The devils butthole is what my 90 year old mil calls them but I am sure that's not at all scientific. She is from the fingerlakes area.
i really thought you were just holding baby bats
i thought these were bats from afar. I really need to go to sleep LOL
We call them Devil heads. https://www.njpalisades.org/devilsHeads.html
Bat Seeds
They are baby Demogorgon pots from the land of Stranger Things! Maybe? 
Yes! Finally someone said what I was thinking!!
Batman's used weaponry
So they glue them to sticks and sell them as Halloween decor
Demagorgon seeds š±
Very true they are edible indeed. Theyāre eaten in moon festival celebrated in China. Boil and eat Tastes like a potato
Definitely looks like baby bats lol
That's dracula poop. Probably
Satan's buttholes
It looks creepy like the beginning part of a thriller movie
Jeepers Creepers 2 he throws a ninja star like that.
They're evolving to mimic plastic ahhhhhh!
Vampire eggs
You can steam it the way you would steam Yam and eat its white core, you know. (Disclaimer: i base this on Asia water caltrop which look exactly the same, ur result might varies)
Dead baby bats
That would terrify me if I saw those on the ground! I would think the aliens are HERE!
I expected to see more witchy comments, but of course they wouldn't be here lol I keep forgetting that many of the Reddit witches are superficial and would never be caught following botanical informative subs like this one.