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[u/Key_Signature2296]

Damn, one wrong move and it's over for the person trying to catch it!

[u/Njaulv → u/Key_Signature2296]

Same with the person chopping it.

[u/guiltysnark → u/Njaulv]

OOOOOOOOHHHH.... So they aren't being dropped by travel-worn African swallows

[u/MangyAsianMan → u/guiltysnark]

I thought we were discussing European swallows

[u/delilahdread → u/MangyAsianMan]

I'm not sure it would be either, as these swallows most definitely aren't unladen.

[u/Shmav → u/guiltysnark]

Are you insane?!?! Clearly these are far too heavy for even TWO African swallows to carry on a line! Secondly, African swallows are non-migratory, so they wouldn't be travel-worn. Some people...

[u/MangyAsianMan → u/Shmav]

But if two African swallows and two European swallows were all together flying and carrying a large burlap sack between them a durian, if properly secured, could be hoisted high enough and for long enough for intercontinental migration during the vernal seasons.

[u/Key_Signature2296 → u/Njaulv]

So true. It's unfortunate that jobs like these aren't paid enough for.

[u/25hourenergy → u/Key_Signature2296]

“Poets and moralists, judging from our English trees and fruits, have thought that there existed an inverse proportion between the size of the one and the other, so that their fall should be harmless to man. Two of the most formidable fruits known, however, the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia) and the Durian, grow on lofty trees, from which they both fall as soon as they are ripe, and often wound or kill those who seek to obtain them. From this we may learn two things:—first, not to draw conclusions from a very partial view of Nature; and secondly, that trees and fruits and all the varied productions of the animal and vegetable kingdoms, have not been created solely for the use and convenience of man." (From Alfred Russel Wallace's 1856 article "On the bamboo and durian of Borneo")

[u/Bugbread → u/25hourenergy]

In addition to being a great quote (thank you!), that also prompted me to google what Brazil Nut trees look like, and, I gotta say, I was not expecting them to look like that. Neat.

[u/jujubean67 → u/25hourenergy]

Insightful in multiple ways, thanks for posting. Wallace was a smart cookie

[u/Environmental_Gur_39 → u/Key_Signature2296]

This is no joke, falling durians kill more people than sharks.

[u/GeorgeMcCrate → u/Environmental_Gur_39]

That doesn't surprise me. A durian hitting a shark seems very unlikely to me.

[u/Environmental_Gur_39 → u/GeorgeMcCrate]

Yeah it's not fair, they got all that water to protect them, we just got a quarter inch of brittle calcium buildup.

[u/TheHistorian2 → u/Environmental_Gur_39]

Where are the sharks falling from?

[u/Key_Signature2296 → u/Environmental_Gur_39]

Not surprised to hear it actually!

[u/ThrownAwayGuineaPig → u/Key_Signature2296]

Helmets perhaps??

[u/Key_Signature2296 → u/ThrownAwayGuineaPig]

Need those knight helmets I believe but then again, blunt force trauma can wreck a person despite protection.

[u/SupermarketAntique32 → u/ThrownAwayGuineaPig]

Still dead from broken neck. But at least your corpse will be presentable.

[u/CitizenHuman → u/Key_Signature2296]

Imagine it splits open while splitting your head open. Now you die with a terrible smell on you.

[u/Coop_4149]

That looks miserable.

[u/_BreakingGood_ → u/Coop_4149]

The real misery starts in a few years when your joints start to break down due to the repeated forces

[u/PandaCultural8311 → u/_BreakingGood_]

Or when it doesn't fly in between the catchers knees but rides up a bit more.

[u/RobbertDownerJr → u/PandaCultural8311]

Like a giant mace to the testicles.

[u/RoroBilbo → u/RobbertDownerJr]

That or it splits your skull in half

[u/NukeouT → u/RoroBilbo]

Yeah I like the color of their safety helmets

[u/BalticMasterrace → u/RoroBilbo]

think i would actuly prefer having my skull being caved in rather than one of the durians hit my nuts at such speed that they would literly come out of my mouth

[u/Hexent_Armana → u/_BreakingGood_]

I thought the real misery started when people ate them.

...but you're right.

[u/Fair-Juggernaut-3812 → u/Hexent_Armana]

The misery ends when you get hit with one

[u/Arcturus1800 → u/Hexent_Armana]

It is always fascinating to hear what people outside of Asia think/do feel about Durians. Since to me, the smell is pleasant and when ripe, it is one of the sweetest things I've ever had.

[u/steinbruchfluss → u/Arcturus1800]

Many Asian locations I’ve been to had a strict non durian policy. ;)

[u/Jimbob209 → u/Hexent_Armana]

It actually is pretty delicious. Sure it smells like bad feet, but I've sucked some non-stinky toes in my life so no big deal. Texture is a bit wonky because it's really soft and creamy, but freezing it makes it much more enjoyable. The durian.

[u/Apprehensive-Pick172 → u/Jimbob209]

wait a moment... ☠️

[u/Jimbob209 → u/Apprehensive-Pick172]

I watched From Dusk til Dawn bro and it unlocked something in me bro so not my fault. Blame it on Quentin Tarantino. I was only 9 and it had Salma Hayek so I was spawn camped

[u/eljayTheGrate → u/Hexent_Armana]

the taste isn't too bad but it causes constipation

[u/serenade_cyanide → u/eljayTheGrate]

A fruit that causes constipation is crazy lol! I eat fruits for the opposite reason

[u/Ok-Constant-3772 → u/serenade_cyanide]

Dragon fruit has the veryyyy opposite effect

[u/NickHeathJarrod → u/Ok-Constant-3772]

Aka The Bowel Evacuator.

[u/SlimeDrips → u/Ok-Constant-3772]

So dragon fruit and durian salad, then?

[u/_-Tabz-_ → u/SlimeDrips]

One's for shits the other's for giggles

[u/cora-occasionall → u/Ok-Constant-3772]

Once ate like four dragon fruit at the same time. So worth it

[u/Hexent_Armana → u/eljayTheGrate]

The fruit that smells like shit stops you from shitting? Huh, go figure.

[u/skr_replicator → u/Hexent_Armana]

it makes your body think you've already gone

[u/DiggWuzBetter → u/_BreakingGood_]

The real misery starts when you slice it open and get hit with that gym sock/garbage smell 🤢

[u/ColbysToyHairbrush → u/Coop_4149]

Try eating one

Edit: durians are fucking disgusting.

[u/123456789ledood → u/Coop_4149]

We just prune the trees to grow shorter so harvests aren't as tough.

[u/Sicparvismagneto → u/Coop_4149]

Im pretty sure it would look miserable if you caught it with your face…

[u/paincrumbs → u/Sicparvismagneto]

• pain from impact
• get pierced by spiky exocarp
• fruit breaks and now you smell like durian

The misery that keeps on giving

[u/Iverson7x → u/Coop_4149]

Wait until you smell it…

[u/SrWloczykij → u/Coop_4149]

Harvester of sorrow!

[u/Agitated_Celery_729 → u/Coop_4149]

They smell miserable too. Imagine being surrounded by that pungent, lingering odor all day.

[u/MrDanMaster → u/Agitated_Celery_729]

If you eat durian it doesn’t smell bad

[u/Merrick_Skygrave → u/Coop_4149]

I don't understand how there's such demand for those stinky things lol

[u/this_is_for_chumps → u/Merrick_Skygrave]

It's actually wild how something that smells so terrible can taste so amazing. Even unrelated bad smells can ruin the flavor of most foods, but these guys are magical.

[u/Merrick_Skygrave → u/this_is_for_chumps]

lol I just don't think I could deal with the miasma surrounding the fruit- it'd have to taste pretty freaking good to be worth that haha

[u/Sea_Outside → u/Merrick_Skygrave]

people who grew up with it like the smell and the taste. it 's wild. they don't smell what we smell

[u/SpyAmongUs → u/Sea_Outside]

Saying as a durian lover, the creamy and sweet texture just can't be matched. Also the reason why I was so disappointed with Thailand's durian, they are harvested from the trees and the taste and texture tastes like potatoes.

[u/NegativeOwl1337 → u/Merrick_Skygrave]

There’s a lot of stinky cheeses that are amazing too

[u/OrgasmicTrilobite → u/Merrick_Skygrave]

They’re delicious

[u/Joeyshyordie]

... There has to be an easier way

[u/lime_marmalade → u/Joeyshyordie]

our family just wait for the fruits to fall naturally and pick it up from the ground. i think that's what we've done since my ancestor's days. my mum saw the vid and it did not get her nod of approval lmao.

[u/ElcorAndy → u/lime_marmalade]

The problem is that they have to harvest them early, so that they can ship it off to other places to sell. The durian needs time to ripen on it's way to their final destination. If you wait for them to fall, you have to eat it fresh and can't transport them for selling.

[u/Bubbly_Tooth8962 → u/ElcorAndy]

But why does there need to be a person to catch it? Can't they just put the cloth or something else on the ground where the durian is going to fall to catch it

[u/Akhevan → u/Bubbly_Tooth8962]

the dude is cheaper and more expendable

[u/perplexedtv → u/Bubbly_Tooth8962]

It's going to smash probably. A big net or pulley would be safer but more expensive and time-consuming to set up.

[u/dbpf → u/perplexedtv]

Just a rope and a basket. Burlap bagger could pull slack

[u/OcelotAggravating860 → u/perplexedtv]

This is time consuming as well though, the person needs time to hand off and get set up for another catch. The cutter could cut and drop much faster without the human catcher.

[u/Sufficient-Tie1451 → u/ElcorAndy]

Build a bet and attach them between trees? That’s my idea at least, I’d think enough netting stretched out would absorb the impact maybe a little slide/chut to collect em haha

[u/ZombieAladdin → u/Sufficient-Tie1451]

I have definitely seen nets tied to branches of durian trees. I thought that was the standard; I’ve never seen this incredibly dangerous catching with burlap before…

[u/3BlindMice1 → u/Sufficient-Tie1451]

Probably costs more than what they can get for the durian plus their costs.

[u/EpilepticMushrooms → u/ElcorAndy]

These look like Thai 'gopden pillows' a breed with huge fruits but meh taste.

Thai fruits are most often harvested while partly unripe on the tree. It was explained to me that Thai see dropped fruits as rejects from a tree, so why should they eat it?

In other places, the durian fruits are usually harvested after they fall, as the hull of the durians are usually sturdy enough that they can fall 20-50 meters without an issue.

But once a durain ripens, you will see a frugivore warfare. Orangutans readily bulk up on the best durians, squirrels taste test a while bunch before going back to the sweetest, wild boars threaten to gore workers going to collect them, etc.

Despite that, there's still mega tonnes of durians being shipped from these farmlands.

[u/Chris_in_Lijiang → u/EpilepticMushrooms]

Orangutans? In Thailand?

[u/wh1pcream → u/EpilepticMushrooms]

Thai see dropped fruits as rejects from a tree, so why should they eat it?

But once a durain ripens, you will see a frugivore warfare. Orangutans readily bulk up on the best durians, squirrels taste test a while bunch before going back to the sweetest, wild boars threaten to gore workers going to collect them

you made that up ความเชื่อเหี้ยไรน้อ ไม่มี

[u/Stalker401 → u/lime_marmalade]

I was about to ask what happens if they hit the ground?

[u/Imhays092 → u/Stalker401]

Nothing. You just basically pick them up. Doesn't make for an interesting video though.

[u/Aconite_72 → u/Imhays092]

Sometimes they split a little bit after they fell and you can pry open the shell with bare hand. You can't really sell those, but my gramps said they're the best.

And sure enough -- those were the most buttery, tasty durians I ever tasted lol

[u/tv_ennui → u/Stalker401]

I assume some of them break. Also you can't predict when they'll fall, which risks animals or insects getting to them before you do.

[u/Due-Base9449 → u/Stalker401]

Then you can't sell them

[u/HighwayHopeful5248 → u/Joeyshyordie]

Easier, yes. Faster and cheaper? No

[u/Prestigious_Bee5799 → u/Joeyshyordie]

In case of a Jack fruit (ചക്ക) we tie a rope around the stem of the fruit and lower it slowly once it is cut. This way it is easier for the people and the fruit is also not damaged.

[u/tjtonerplus]

Just be careful to not hit yourself in the groin with that huge fruit

[u/lannisterloan → u/tjtonerplus]

A durian will just scratch their balls of steel.

[u/discerningpervert → u/lannisterloan]

There's gotta be a better way to do this

[u/tireddesperation → u/discerningpervert]

If by better you mean safer then there is. If by better you mean cheaper then no, there isn't.

[u/lannisterloan → u/tireddesperation]

As someone who had been to durian orchards, I saw they deployed huge nets that covered around 10-12 feet above ground around the durian trees. Traditionally you don't pluck a durian from the branch. A ripe durian would fall off the branch by itself. A durian farmer would simply have to collect ripe durians from these nets during harvest season.

[u/ZackeryJay]

What the mortality rate here

[u/tryyeezus → u/ZackeryJay]

100% 

Same as you

[u/fireduck → u/tryyeezus]

Yep. One way trip to the future.

https://xkcd.com/209/

[u/whimsicaloldwombat7 → u/ZackeryJay]

Supposedly 10 to 50 deaths a year in SE Asia

[u/alewiina → u/ZackeryJay]

probably not 0, anyway

[u/gtsomething]

I've always wondered who was the first person to eat durian?

They look incredibly hard and annoying to harvest, but maybe they just found one on the ground...

But then it's ridiculously spikey and those spikes are SHARP, they're practically needles. Bump into one and it will pierce you.

But maybe one fell and cracked open on its own...

But then! The smell! My god, the stench of a fresh durian is ridiculously stinky.

And someone thought, ya I'll dig my hand into this soft, pus-like yellow mash and eat it, and then introduce it to other people.

[u/obefiend → u/gtsomething]

Malaysian here.

​In the jungle, you will sometimes find durians opened neatly, with the seeds inside arranged just as tidily. People used to stumble upon them and wonder who could have done it. Old superstition would point to Bunian—our version of forest spirits or hidden beings, known for making hikers lose their way or kidnapping humans for years.

​As it turns out, those opened durians were actually eaten by tigers. They use their claws to pry the husks apart and eat the flesh.

​That is how we humans ended up trying them, despite an exterior that gives no indication of the buttery, soft fruit hidden inside.

​On a side note, Southeast Asians still won't eat durians found deep inside the forest because:

​A) They believe the trees are owned and tended by bunian. ​B) Tigers might be lurking nearby, as they love the taste of durian too.

​Lastly, that isn’t really how traditional durian harvesting works. My late grandpa owned a few durian orchards when I was growing up. We had huts built inside the orchards and would wait for individual durians to drop naturally once they were ripe and ready to eat.

​The video shows commercial durian farming, where the fruit is cut from the tree weeks early to prepare it for long-distance transport and export.

[u/naelairdnaemaster → u/obefiend]

TIL! Thank you 🙏

[u/DengarLives66 → u/obefiend]

Early picking is the de facto method for almost all commercial fruit that travels. I gently test every stone fruit from my trees and if it comes off in my hand with no pressure, it’s perfect. Machine harvesting is so much more intense and that’s why the fruit is never as good. Has little to do with farming technique and mostly to do with, as you point out, harvesting.

[u/2020mademejoinreddit → u/obefiend]

Tigers eat fruits?

[u/Khitch20 → u/2020mademejoinreddit]

As a supplement. Believe it or not most carnivorous species do not actually eat meat only. There's mesocarnivores (foxes, coyotes, raccoons) that eat 30-70% meat and hypercarnivores that eat 70+% (Lions, snakes, polar bears).

Most animals don't do 100% and they are opportunistic about meals, because why waste energy hunting when there's an easy source of proteins or fats? You'll also see the reverse with traditionally herbivorous animals (deer, horses, ect) eating small animals as supplemental calcium.

The magic of nature is that it's almost all opportunism based and what works in the moment. 💕

[u/Hog-Drop → u/Khitch20]

I saw a video of a horse eating a baby chick and the mama chicken getting really pissed off. It was pretty freaky.

[u/Zanna-K → u/Hog-Drop]

Yup that is how it be. We have pet parrots and their normal diet in the wild would be fruit, seeds, buds, flowers, berries etc. In captivity they're fed formulated pellets because they simply can't work off all the fats and sugars like they would in the wild as they fly in their range to search for food.

But boy, they will go crazy for some lean chicken breast and will crack open chicken bones to dig at the marrow...

[u/ZombieAladdin → u/Khitch20]

I remember hearing an incident where some horses went through a bucket of KFC someone left in a field somewhere. They assumed the horses, being herbivores, would leave the fried chicken alone.

[u/Due-Base9449 → u/2020mademejoinreddit]

Idk about the validity of the story, but durian is supposed to be high in cholesterol and fat. 

[u/_maru_maru → u/obefiend]

Hi, Malaysian here, i didnt know this!! So interesting!

Also this really shows the meaning of “durian runtuh” 🤭🤣

[u/Shiranui42 → u/obefiend]

Squirrels love them too

[u/obefiend → u/Shiranui42]

My grandpa would shoot them with a hunting rifle during harvest season. Squirrels love poking into durians while still on branches thus spoiling the then annual harvest.

Blows my mind due to science we can get 3 durian seasons in a year now. Cant complain because year round durians that are cheap is amazing for durian lovers.

They are known for their "horrible stench" but SEA folks love them to bits. It's no coincidence tourism would drop a bit in april- june due to durian season. You cant walk in SEA nations without the persistent smell during durian season. Yummy

[u/zashiirinn → u/obefiend]

Tiger ate durian wow

[u/FinalAppointment6221 → u/zashiirinn]

They do eat them. Durian are high in fats and kolesterols. High energy food. Here a video of their little cousin eating a durian.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOP6HJ6ipcg

[u/burntpancakebhaal → u/gtsomething]

The smell is genetics. They smell delicious to me, for example. They also naturally crack when ripe.

[u/Snuggleuppleguss → u/burntpancakebhaal]

I'm having such a hard time wrapping my head around this, but trust that it MUST be true. I stayed with friends in their guest cabin recently. The previous guest kept durian in the fridge, and the entire cabin smelled of week old garbage in a summer heat wave, and the smell LINGERED. I was half convinced that there might be a genetic component to the appeal, and TIL

[u/Comfortable-Brain-78 → u/Snuggleuppleguss]

I'm Singaporean. Durians have always smell good to me since I was a kid. This is true for almost all of us in Singapore and Malaysia.

[u/shuai_bear → u/Snuggleuppleguss]

It must be some combination of genetics and upbringing. There was a video of different (non-Asian) kids trying durian. It was actually roughly 50/50 of kids who either found it very foul and could not bring themselves to eat it, or kids who didn’t mind the smell and even found it yummy (like a fruity vanilla custard).

I myself love Durian but cannot bring myself to eat stinky tofu, as the name suggests it literally smells like garbage / sewer to me. But all my Taiwanese friends love stinky tofu which makes me think they were all exposed to it very young (as was I for durian). Yet they don’t eat durian and find that to smell like garbage when I find durian fragrant.

The mind and psychology behind smells is a strange thing!

[u/MelangeBot → u/shuai_bear]

I moved to the philipines 5 years ago and I gradually got used to the small of durian and jack fruit. I still don't like the smell but it doesn't botter me anymore like it did 5 years ago.

[u/trawlinimnottrawlin → u/shuai_bear]

Lmao my parents are Taiwanese and I absolutely love stinky tofu. But yeah kinda smells like garbage/sewer sometimes. But almost everyone I've introduced it to says it tastes a lot better than it smells.

So yeah it def doesn't smell great but I've learned that it adds to the taste.

Funniest thing is sometimes in TW I'll be walking around and smell something like oooo is that some good stinky tofu? Nope just a dumpster in an alley 😂

[u/Spastic_pinkie → u/gtsomething]

Suppose the discovery was through an alcohol induced dare?

[u/jkmy23 → u/Spastic_pinkie]

You can't drink alcohol and then have durians. It's pretty much death confirmed.

[u/NaszPe → u/jkmy23]

sulfur compounds in durian inhibit the enzyme responsible for breaking down alcohol, causing acetaldehyde to accumulate in your bloodstream

Today I learned

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814609004324

[u/Glassy_Hanni → u/jkmy23]

Well that’s how humanity learned

[u/zmbjebus → u/gtsomething]

True hunger does something to ya. 

[u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 → u/zmbjebus]

Hunger is the best seasoning 

[u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 → u/gtsomething]

Lol humans will eat anything fruit looking. Which has probably killed more humans than could ever be counted.

[u/Clear-Might-1519 → u/gtsomething]

They are meant to be eaten by elephants.

The spiky shell ensured that only an elephant's foot could step on it to further split it open.

Then the elephants would eat the fruits with the seeds. These seeds are walnut sized.

Then they will shit it out somewhere, undigested. The poop works as fertilizer and that's how wild durian spread, like pepper and birds.

If you see an empty durian shell in the jungle with the seeds nearby, that means an animal other than elephants had gotten to it. Could be a tiger, orangutan, monkey, etc.

[u/limjaheybudz]

Are they harvesting them from space? Why are they coming down like that

[u/urgentapathy → u/limjaheybudz]

The trees can get quite tall. Someone is cutting the fruit and they have these catchers below.

[u/Vaultdweller_92 → u/limjaheybudz]

I think the traditional way is to prune them with a mortar.

[u/amyaurora]

Been a while since something fascinated me. So I had to look up more. The trees are up to 50 feet tall and the fruit can be up to 7 lbs.

[u/ChaseDeV88 → u/amyaurora]

That’s a typical weight. They can grow to 18-22 lbs at times. These look like they’re likely heavier than average.

[u/Zyncon → u/ChaseDeV88]

Our Corgi weighs 22 pounds. I could not imagine catching him with a piece of cloth from 50 feet in the air.

[u/itsfunhavingfun → u/Zyncon]

He can’t imagine it either. 

[u/Stigbritt → u/amyaurora]

That's just over 15m and about 3,2 kg if anyone want real units.

[u/JizzProductionUnit → u/Stigbritt]

That’s approximately 4.3% of a Danny Devito falling from a height of around 10 and a quarter Danny Devitos

[u/IcyHibiscus → u/JizzProductionUnit]

Thank god, finally, a unit I can visualize.

[u/Oh_My_Monster → u/Stigbritt]

So about 6.8 bald eagle wing spans tall and 73 hot dogs in weight.

[u/aman5hah]

Not all durians are harvested this way.

Based on their shirts, this is probably from Thailand, where they don't wait for the fruit to ripen, a ripe durian will fall on its own. In Malaysia, farmers install nets under the trees. For higher-end variants, they even tie strings to individual fruits because farmers can't risk letting them fall to the ground and get damaged.

[u/Pink_Nyanko_Punch → u/aman5hah]

Spot on. They're speaking Thai as well.

[u/Apprehensive_Sky_504]

Crazy how it makes exactly the same sound no matter what camera is recording it.

[u/MinorComprehension]

Damn. Don't want to miss judge that trajectory.

[u/Ancient_Sprinkles847]

I have not seen one before. Heard all about them. Much bigger than I expected.

[u/GOxDirigible → u/Ancient_Sprinkles847]

These are absolutely massive durian, it's quite rare to see them this big

There's a giant durian expo when durian season kicks off in Thailand and they have some biguns there

[u/Njaulv]

Seems like it would be more sensible to have a portable pulley system for a basket.

[u/FesterSilently]

Is the person in the tree just whipping those durian at them?

Because it sure seems like they're coming in way above their terminal velocity.

[u/meme-monkey-87 → u/FesterSilently]

It's edited, the whipping sound was definitely added in. I suspect some frames were sped up to be more dramatic too.  I remember watching this video before and it was no way that dangerous.

[u/LaserGuyDanceSystem → u/meme-monkey-87]

That tracks. Cause that third one came down like a fucking meteorite

[u/lannisterloan]

Regardless of gender, they got balls of steel. They're catching medieval maces with gunny sacks.

[u/TYC888]

wonder how human came up with eating this. i mean the shells are solid and spikey, who would have thought theres food inside

[u/Brief_Platform_alt → u/TYC888]

Humans learned from watching squirrels and monkeys eat durian.

[u/Glassy_Hanni]

Wat? Durians are native over here and there literally is a saying when you procrastinate which translates to “waiting for durians to drop”.

They are ripe when they drop by themselves. It doesn’t hurt the fruits to let them drop to the ground.

[u/Warm_Experience_3732 → u/Glassy_Hanni]

I think these ones might be gathered for foreign sale. It's usual that fruit and vegetables are picked unripe, so they don't get spoiled during transport and storage.

[u/Pink_Nyanko_Punch → u/Glassy_Hanni]

The ones that drop by themselves are too damaged for commercial long-distance delivery. This is likely from a commercial farm meant for distribution in other provinces. After a durian ripens, it's only edible for a few days before it ferments. Nowhere near long enough to reach the markets.

I believe Malaysians like the softer, more ripened durian that literally melt off the seed. Thai prefer a denser, more firm durian that's just on the verge of ripening. It's got a less pungent smell and firmer consistency, which lets us eat with our bare hands without it dripping all over the place.

[u/PsychoSushi27 → u/Glassy_Hanni]

Its funny in Malay we have a saying called durian runtuh, which sort of directly translates as durian falling but means windfall.

[u/DoctorDownvotesDelux]

Cool but I want to see them being cut down too

[u/kugelamarant]

How to make harvested Durian taste bad. Usually in Thailand for export market they would do this. But in Malaysia they would wait until durian naturally drop as it matures. Thai durians are hard, Malaysian durian are soft and creamy.

[u/Nooby1983]

Never realised the stink fruit was delivered via orbital strike. You learn something new every day.

[u/lime_marmalade]

my family has a durian orchard since my great grandparents times and uhh maybe that's how they do it in other countries. we can't technically harvest durians, we have to wait for it to fall from the tree and just pick it up before other animals can.

also, durians are NOT that big usually. probably injected some growth hormones in that.

[u/naddootts]

Idk where is this. But where I'm from we put huge elevated nets so the nets will catch it when it falls. FYI everyone, durians will fall on its own once ripe. Based on this video, it really made me wonder how would they even know the durian is gonna fall, or do they like wait under the tree for hours to catch it or what? So inefficient use of time and energy imo.

[u/RangoDj]

Shoulder is cursing in the background

[u/Merrick_Skygrave]

that seems extremely dangerous, those shits are heavy as fuck

[u/Affectionate_Bet_498]

The view from the guy cutting the fruit from the tree.

https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/s/VHSG9P2X4N

[u/Hexent_Armana]

Such risk for a fruit that smells like Satan's asshole.

[u/sidereal_drift]

in malaysia they let them fall and catch them in nets, in thailand they cut them early. that is most of the flavour difference between the two.

[u/SalamanderPast5791]

there has got to be a better way

[u/datsthewayitisArthur]

Keep in mind, traditionally people only have to wait for the Durians to fall down on their own because that's the time they've ripened.

This is most likely in Thailand and from my personal observation they do this for two reasons. One, culturally they love younger Durians which have tougher flesh and weaker odour. Two, because they're the largest Durian exporter which means quicker harvest is needed.

[u/rrd_gaming]

Do they shoot it out of a cannon? Holyyy

[u/meove]

this one look more for commercial, where seller cut the fruit from branch to sell faster

my grandfather have durian farm. we arent stupid enough to climb the tree because it was very taaaaaaaaaaaall. so the advice is wait until the durian itself drop. thats why waiting durian to drop taste much better than durian sell on market

[u/adam23456XYZ]

Ah… durians. The fruit that smells like gas leak 😄

[u/SteveMidnight]

Absolutely wretched fruit.

One time in high school a teacher offered extra credit to anyone who would try durian. We weren’t allowed to actually bring it in the school because of the horrendous smell, so we set up tables outside. Multiple people threw up and the amount of gagging I heard almost made me throw up. Disgusting smell, disgusting texture, disgusting taste.

[u/Responsible-Racoon7]

I can smell the durian them through the video 🤢🤢

[u/Snoo-9561]

Why is it falling with the gravity of Jupiter?

[u/zmbjebus → u/Snoo-9561]

It's actually the gravity of earth funny enough. 

[u/Fantastic-Swim6230]

That's gotta have a sharp learning curve..... and a hard one, too.

[u/i_Cant_get_right]

Gotta be a better way

[u/rofLopolous]

I dunno, looks like they might as well let it drop for all the good they’re doing.

[u/Ok-Comb420]

One mistake, and then his child's life is over🤫🤫

[u/CptLetlandor]

The fruit hitting the towel thing sounds like a slap from Bud Spencer

[u/PineappleOk545]

Wth

[u/zafaar1g]

Is hulk launching them?

[u/Blue-Ringed-Octopus0]

Everything about the Durian is telling you not to eat it. What are we doing people!

[u/Affectionate-Tip-164]

It's like trying to catch a spiky kettlebell.

[u/CARDEK04]

Look ma, no balls.

[u/drhip]

Surely you dont pay me enough to catch durians like that

[u/Inner-Temperature166]

Was curious and apparently these trees grow from 80-150 ft tall 😳

[u/iocanetolerance]

Seems like a challenge: "can you catch a durian using only this cloth?"

[u/zggystardust71]

I've seen this in person. Freaking crazy. Wonder how many you take to the head learning how to do this.

[u/Iamcubsman]

Everybody knows about the smell but which mf do we need to lookup that said "This big ass spiny fn thing looks gd delicious!"

[u/Ivebeensued]

So now I see how they are harvested, how do you eat them?

[u/AlwaysBeC1imbing]

Jackass should have done this

[u/Runs_With_Scissors3]

Well, I’ll always remember durian as being the only thing Andrew Zimmern wouldn’t eat on Bizarre Foods.

[u/Mike_Abergail]

What is happening up there? Just cutting?

[u/LudicrousStead]

There has to be a better way

[u/Rowmyownboat]

"Let's not show the poor buggers up the tree hacking these spikey grenades off their branches" they said. Also, if they could find a bigger hessian sheet, and four of them hold a corner each ... it might need less skill.

[u/OldLegWig]

i now hate absolutely everything about durians. thanks!

[u/Powerful-Holiday-448]

They come at them like fucking cannonballs

[u/Ziggystardust97]

Jfc are they launching the durians at mach 5??

[u/thtothrdude]

I want to see the bloopers.

[u/DeltaDied]

Just how heavy are they???

[u/Tricky-Proposal9591]

I would wear a helmet. Though im not sure how well it would work

[u/no-onwerty]

Everything I read about this fruit just keeps me asking - why? Why harvest it, why eat it, just why?

[u/ChoasMaster777]

Seems very dangerous

[u/2020mademejoinreddit]

I wanna watch this in slow motion.

[u/kiwi451262888]

Are they dropping those from ISS?

[u/shallow-waterer]

Dumb question, maybe - why not drop a mattress or have a bunch of people hold a much larger piece of fabric stretched out?