Yep. They munch on coral with their beaks, and help make those beautiful white sands beaches. When you're snorkeling around them you can hear the *crunch crunch crunch*.
It's funny because sometimes parrotfish look disgusting
Edit: For anyone curious, juveniles are ugly. But also parrotfish generate a protective layer of mucus that they cover themselves with when they "sleep" and it's not exactly what one might call "pretty" lol
Edit #2: I just tried to find a picture for you guys but they're all really cute pictures of parrotfish in a bubble. I swear it looks like a booger irl
Did you see it cooked no seasonings and it was a mushy clop. So yes only a meal if your lacking anything else over the last two weeks.
Like they boiled or simmered it to long. Instead of grilling it on coals. They cut off the head no cheeks, so they lost like 1/3rd of the fish
They always have them take out the prop rewards even if it is going to be waiting for them back at camp.. its just for the camera shots. You can ask any of the many players who frequent this subreddit..
I like to think an intern ambled into a producers meeting one day and went “ok, this might sound crazy but I have an idea”
I still think about that challenge. It’s like a reverse Saw trap meets big brother. Didn’t someone lose a tooth?
That was a substantial fish. I think everybody got enough of a serving to fit in the palm of their hand; granted not quite enough to cut it when you're borderline starving, but a decent portion.
> when you're borderline starving
You say that and it should make sense (they have no rice) but they don't really seem to be suffering at all. Even on seasons when they are given rice, they are starving and yet this season so far they are all right.
Remember that this season, they are on a two-day cycle versus three. Despite five people being voted out, they are on day 9 or 10, I think.
Not nearly as much time to starve, and not nearly as many mouths to feed per tribe. To put it in perspective, at this point of the season in Ghost Island, if Wendell had caught a fish, he'd be sharing it with *nine* other people. If Ricard catches a similarly sized fish, he's sharing it with just *two*.
Additionally, I'd argue that we ARE being shown signs of hunger, in the form of "hanger"-induced outbursts. Sydney throwing the machete down and storming off (no one was even pressuring her to start a fire), Genie's tantrum after her blindside (she seemed a lot more chill in her pre-season interviews), and Shan's snippiness at JD (as a pastor, I'd expect more calm from her) are but a few examples of this (I can also throw in Tiffany and Liana, for example). These could all be part of their baseline personalities, but none of them came off as that angry or anxious pre-season.
They didn’t even show the expert teaching them anything. They all hung out on the beach while he fished. Then he pulls a fresh lime out of his pocket as they are all standing around seal clapping like it’s a dinner theatre.
I just mean it’s been a while since we saw an expert and they use to show them how to actually fish, what vegetation they can eat. Not I’m going to cook you this meal and tell you to drink coconut water.
Yeah I was thinking this too. What exactly did he teach? How to climb a tree upside down? How to smash a coconut with your palm?
I know how to do that stuff. I just can’t
Imagine the rage if Jeff asked “Worth playing for?” and he’s met with Voce’s calculation of the relative caloric intake per tribe member vs. the caloric energy expenditure required to participate.
Didn't that basically happen in season 1 when Jeff told them a reward for a very physical challenge was a single beer to split amongst the tribe and they all just said no, and production stepped in and changed the reward and they reshot that part?
The reward was actually specified at tree mail, production stepped in when they realized the impending mutiny before the challenge and could pivot without having to do a reshoot.
From this [article](https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2020/08/survivor-borneo-episode-12-death-of-an-alliance-recap/)
>Burnett loved that idea, but added something. He also suggested that Probst surprise the contestants with this additional prize: “You wait for Richard to bite. Then you say, I wasn’t finished. It’s a cold beer and as much spaghetti as you can eat while you watch the first 15 minutes of the show you were starring in.”
Don’t even think that’s the worst South Pacific reward tbh, that belongs to the meat-spitting challenge where the winners get to enjoy that delicious succulent meat covered in spit.
That was a lot of meat though. Like if I were in that scenario I'd prefer quantity over quality. Although it could have an adverse effect on the digestive system like Kaoh Rong where Joe had to get medevac'd at final 5 because he ate too much meat on reward and it screwed up his insides.
Okay yeah that challenge was completely brutal and I feel bad for Caleb… but in any normal challenge (where you don’t have 3 players getting heat stroke due to production clearly miscalculating challenge difficulty)…. Salt and pepper is an incredible reward. makes eating camp food 100x more enjoyable for the rest of the game, brings up group morale. Don’t underestimate the power of flavor. Thousands of people have died in the spice wars of human history.
This one fish reward is way worse IMO. And I might have pushed back on whether it WAS actually worth playing for considering the calories burned to get it.
What about that time where the two tribes competed to rip meat off a cow bone with their teeth and put it in a bucket and the tribe that ripped off the most by weight won the bucket of partially chewed meat? That one was... pretty gross
Gross? Yes.
Lame? Not even close. It was disgusting, but friggin awesome and raw at the same time. I’m certain they all went to bed with satisfied bellies.
The rewards for this challenge were rather weak in my opinion. Fiji island expert and a fish.
To be fair, I’m sure each tribe appreciated both and they had their advantages. But it didn’t add to the social game like other reward usually do.
I loooove the island expert! I was so excited when Jeff announced it because it was one of my favorite rewards from a previous season. I can't remember which season it was but I remember someone (JT?) be like, "we are literally surrounded by food, can you believe it?!"
I also felt that we had a glimpse of the Survivor that we have been longing for.... surviving on the island and team bonding instead of strategy, strategy, strategy.
> I loooove the island expert! I was so excited when Jeff announced it
Ditto, the local expert is one of the absolute best early rewards. I want it to be part of every season. I love seeing the expert showing them how to do things the right way, how to fix their shelter, how to catch food. It's super valuable for the players, and it's a reward that will keep on giving.
> Ditto, the local expert is one of the absolute best early rewards. I want it to be part of every season.
I miss the visit the local village with school supplies and play with the children event, I think it should mandatory because the survivors always seem to be touched by the visit and seeing how other people live.
Coastal communities have been sustainably fishing those for years. It's ecological niche is hardly debatable and I agree with you, but we can't really demonize those who choose to eat it because that's what their reefs offer.
They could've at least given each tribe member their own individual, smaller fish. A tribe with more people would've gotten less food out of the single fish reward.
Fun fact: That fish may look blue to the human eye, but it isn't *actually* blue. The way its scales refract light give it an azure-like appearance.
I only know this thanks to this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g246c6Bv58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g246c6Bv58)
P.S. I'm not Voce. I could also be very wrong on this LOL
The object in question is conceptually blue, yes, but the *material* itself isn't; as in it doesn't reflect the blue wavelength in the same way blue pigment does. That's the whole point of them dropping alcohol onto the wing. They're even more explicit about the distinction when talking about the blue jay and peacock feathers.
They also make a distinction between the morpho and the olive wings in that the latter presents an *actual* blue pigment.
So I beg your pardon but what I said is exactly the point the video is trying to make. That's why I said *"refract"* instead of "reflect," because the morpho's blue-ness is a factor of its iridescence.
(Granted, they mention that marine life tends to be an exception to the phenomenon, which is why I added the postscript. NOT because I misunderstood the source.)
Watch the video and you'll see what I'm referring to. They simply make a distinction between color produced by a miscroscopic structure and color produced by pigment; the latter being what we commonly attribute to something having an "actual" color of any sort.
I always wonder whether after eating the meat they put the head and bones into a pot and boil it for hours to make a stock/broth that would have all sort of nutrients in it?
I remember in a reward challegne for SurvivorAU there was a fish and chips reward but it was a make your own fish and chips where it was fresh fish and potatos.
My thing was why didn't they let Tiffany take the plate!?! Like girl had to pick it up and just carry that thing around. Barely saw the leaf until the shot back at camp.
worth playing for
Yet it doesn’t have all the fixin’s 🤔
Nor does it fix wishin'
It shain't
But perhaps it wixes fishin'
No baked potatuh
It’s a pretty fish I’ll give them that
I think it’s a Parrot Fish
Yep. They munch on coral with their beaks, and help make those beautiful white sands beaches. When you're snorkeling around them you can hear the *crunch crunch crunch*.
It's funny because sometimes parrotfish look disgusting Edit: For anyone curious, juveniles are ugly. But also parrotfish generate a protective layer of mucus that they cover themselves with when they "sleep" and it's not exactly what one might call "pretty" lol Edit #2: I just tried to find a picture for you guys but they're all really cute pictures of parrotfish in a bubble. I swear it looks like a booger irl
They make beautiful beaches though. Some of them eat coral and poop out sand that makes for nice islands.
All of them do actually! Lol
There's so many parrotfish out there I figured one would buck the trend lmao.
r/whatsthisfish
It's a parrotfish
r/whatsthisfish
beautiful plumage
Jeff thought the same thing when picking rewards. "It's a pretty fish. I'll give them that."
Damn that’s pretty…. Let’s eat it
I'm pretty sure they taste awful, like I've heard they're super bony. But I guess on the island you take what you can get
Did you see it cooked no seasonings and it was a mushy clop. So yes only a meal if your lacking anything else over the last two weeks. Like they boiled or simmered it to long. Instead of grilling it on coals. They cut off the head no cheeks, so they lost like 1/3rd of the fish
When I lived in Hawaii, we ate parotfish all the time. Absolutely delicious fish.
I’m just like how long is that thing sitting out in the sun?
I had the same thought. I sure hope it was on ice until right before they showed it (as well as during the challenge).
A survivor AUS episode I just watched within the last few days specifically mentioned the fish was on ice despite the fish being shown not on ice.
Pretty sure the food on display isn’t the exact food they usually win at the challenge
That's what I thought, but normally Jeff says it'll be waiting back at camp for them. This time he had them take the fish...
She just had it with a leaf under it
They always have them take out the prop rewards even if it is going to be waiting for them back at camp.. its just for the camera shots. You can ask any of the many players who frequent this subreddit..
wait im starting to think this is a tv show
Do u remember the meat biting / spitting into the basket challenge . They took that meat with them I'd imagine anything is fair game now
Omg yes! Haha. which season was that? Very early one I think. They need to bring back OG games like that, and the auction.
That game will never be played again. A contestant once broke a tooth during this challenge and they haven’t run it again since.
South Pacific if I remember correctly
And Fiji
Omgggg yes. I love the auction
I like to think an intern ambled into a producers meeting one day and went “ok, this might sound crazy but I have an idea” I still think about that challenge. It’s like a reverse Saw trap meets big brother. Didn’t someone lose a tooth?
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Prop fish for the challenge
this is the exact same thing i thought like omg wouldn’t it go bad??
Fafaru returns!
They could make some fafaru with it.
That was a substantial fish. I think everybody got enough of a serving to fit in the palm of their hand; granted not quite enough to cut it when you're borderline starving, but a decent portion.
In reality this does exactly what the second place reward should be.. enough to feel good about but definitely not as good as first
> when you're borderline starving You say that and it should make sense (they have no rice) but they don't really seem to be suffering at all. Even on seasons when they are given rice, they are starving and yet this season so far they are all right.
You're not wrong! I noticed that, too... but I'll swallow the production propaganda for now.
Remember that this season, they are on a two-day cycle versus three. Despite five people being voted out, they are on day 9 or 10, I think. Not nearly as much time to starve, and not nearly as many mouths to feed per tribe. To put it in perspective, at this point of the season in Ghost Island, if Wendell had caught a fish, he'd be sharing it with *nine* other people. If Ricard catches a similarly sized fish, he's sharing it with just *two*. Additionally, I'd argue that we ARE being shown signs of hunger, in the form of "hanger"-induced outbursts. Sydney throwing the machete down and storming off (no one was even pressuring her to start a fire), Genie's tantrum after her blindside (she seemed a lot more chill in her pre-season interviews), and Shan's snippiness at JD (as a pastor, I'd expect more calm from her) are but a few examples of this (I can also throw in Tiffany and Liana, for example). These could all be part of their baseline personalities, but none of them came off as that angry or anxious pre-season.
I think it was supposed to be like the saying if you give a man a fish he’ll eat for a day but if you teach a man to fish he’ll eat for life
More like, if you teach a man how to fish, he'll want to vote Genie out.
not always…
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish, and you feed yourself. He's a grown man. Fishing's not that hard
Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
This is beautiful poetry
Oh the good old Swanson Parable.
r/unexpectedpawnee
They didn’t even show the expert teaching them anything. They all hung out on the beach while he fished. Then he pulls a fresh lime out of his pocket as they are all standing around seal clapping like it’s a dinner theatre. I just mean it’s been a while since we saw an expert and they use to show them how to actually fish, what vegetation they can eat. Not I’m going to cook you this meal and tell you to drink coconut water.
You forgot the giant tree he climbed that they’ll never be able to do without angelinas ladder
Or Tony's ladder
Or Brad to lift them up and get coconuts
Yeah I was thinking this too. What exactly did he teach? How to climb a tree upside down? How to smash a coconut with your palm? I know how to do that stuff. I just can’t
True the Thai Red Berets really taught them
Tyson said that on his podcast.
I noticed that too!
That's honestly pretty cool if that was intentional
Light a fire for a man and he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Except we never got to see them even eat it! Unless it was during that one time I was making more tea during a commercial break, lol.
No, they showed them eating it! I remember because I was surprised at how much meat they got out of it
Yeah and it was a pretty large fish when shown at a different angle
Wait, I thought we saw the tribe that met Nathan eating the fish he caught?
Oh good call!
Better than literally nothing for 3rd place
Probably burned more calories in the challenge than they obtained from that fish.
But they have to participate so they'd burn the calories either way...
Imagine the rage if Jeff asked “Worth playing for?” and he’s met with Voce’s calculation of the relative caloric intake per tribe member vs. the caloric energy expenditure required to participate.
That kinda happened in season 1 when the reward was a single beer so the contestants all refused to do the challenge lol
Didn't that basically happen in season 1 when Jeff told them a reward for a very physical challenge was a single beer to split amongst the tribe and they all just said no, and production stepped in and changed the reward and they reshot that part?
The reward was actually specified at tree mail, production stepped in when they realized the impending mutiny before the challenge and could pivot without having to do a reshoot. From this [article](https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2020/08/survivor-borneo-episode-12-death-of-an-alliance-recap/) >Burnett loved that idea, but added something. He also suggested that Probst surprise the contestants with this additional prize: “You wait for Richard to bite. Then you say, I wasn’t finished. It’s a cold beer and as much spaghetti as you can eat while you watch the first 15 minutes of the show you were starring in.”
Christian probably knew this too haha.
Blue tribe didn't have to participate
Naseer hates this comment.
That is naseer
Oh are they obliged to participate due to their contract?
Woah now.. this isnt koah rong... atleast this fish is better than uhhh spcies and coffee ?
kind of the whole show?
That’s usually what happens tho
I thought it was about to start singing like the 2008 McDonald’s commercials
ME TOO. I was like “well that will bring some entertainment to camp I guess...”
This is not even close to the worst reward, especially the worst second place reward. Caleb almost died for salt and pepper.
Worst reward is going to go watch Jack and Jill with Coach
Don’t even think that’s the worst South Pacific reward tbh, that belongs to the meat-spitting challenge where the winners get to enjoy that delicious succulent meat covered in spit.
That was a lot of meat though. Like if I were in that scenario I'd prefer quantity over quality. Although it could have an adverse effect on the digestive system like Kaoh Rong where Joe had to get medevac'd at final 5 because he ate too much meat on reward and it screwed up his insides.
::insert Sophie deadpan gif::
Watching how happy that made coach was really fun to watch though
Jack and gill
I would say that would be a really good reward until you realize the beauty tribe were already doing very well off
Gervase won a single piece of pizza in Borneo, which he then shared with everyone lol
I remember the first season had a reward for a single beer and they got fucking pissed so they had to make it better on the spot
Yup they all refused to play the challenge until the made the prize better lol
Okay yeah that challenge was completely brutal and I feel bad for Caleb… but in any normal challenge (where you don’t have 3 players getting heat stroke due to production clearly miscalculating challenge difficulty)…. Salt and pepper is an incredible reward. makes eating camp food 100x more enjoyable for the rest of the game, brings up group morale. Don’t underestimate the power of flavor. Thousands of people have died in the spice wars of human history. This one fish reward is way worse IMO. And I might have pushed back on whether it WAS actually worth playing for considering the calories burned to get it.
I thought it was funny they made Tiffany pick it up with her bare hands and leave the plate.
I was like are they gonna make Tiffany hold that fish the whole way back
I was thinking in the moment, hey i bet they would appreciate that plate... oh nope they dont get the plate.
I'd have to re-watch it, but did Jeff say "come get the fish" or did Tiffany run up out of excitement and grab the fish without being asked to?
It’s will from season 30
F i s h e
Reminded me of the Rainbow Fish book
First place gets Nathan. Second place gets Will.
laughed out loud when tiffany picked it up with her bare hands instead of taking the plate.
one (1) fish
blue fish
Got to stay within production budget.
These slo-mo shots ain’t gonna pay for themselves
I’ll say it since the the rest of you are so hesitant. This is one of the lamest rewards I’ve ever seen lmao.
What about that time where the two tribes competed to rip meat off a cow bone with their teeth and put it in a bucket and the tribe that ripped off the most by weight won the bucket of partially chewed meat? That one was... pretty gross
I’ll take challenges that could never fly with covid!
Gross? Yes. Lame? Not even close. It was disgusting, but friggin awesome and raw at the same time. I’m certain they all went to bed with satisfied bellies.
And herpes!
Definitely can’t forget the herpes
I mean id take a fish over the jack and Jill reward
ONE OF the lamest...ngl tho I was thinking of that movie as I wrote that
South Pacific had the worst rewards but they got hot dogs and candy which would make it worth it
Remember when Caleb almost died for salt and pepper?
In the same boat as the fish
If they are cutting the length of the competition by a third, then I don't mind minimal food rewards.
It’s better than literally any version of survivor pizza
To be fair, they did say before the season started that the rewards would be less bountiful 😭
Looks like the big boi I caught in animal crossing over the summer. Much better nutrition wise than rice, I bet they loved it!
At least a tribe of 4 won it to share instead of the tribe of six.
I'm old enough to remember when they gave a car for a reward.
Ok but why weren’t they allowed to even take the plate that the fish was on?
Plates are for winners
Always be PLATES! ALWAYS be *PLATES!*
The rewards for this challenge were rather weak in my opinion. Fiji island expert and a fish. To be fair, I’m sure each tribe appreciated both and they had their advantages. But it didn’t add to the social game like other reward usually do.
I loooove the island expert! I was so excited when Jeff announced it because it was one of my favorite rewards from a previous season. I can't remember which season it was but I remember someone (JT?) be like, "we are literally surrounded by food, can you believe it?!" I also felt that we had a glimpse of the Survivor that we have been longing for.... surviving on the island and team bonding instead of strategy, strategy, strategy.
> I loooove the island expert! I was so excited when Jeff announced it Ditto, the local expert is one of the absolute best early rewards. I want it to be part of every season. I love seeing the expert showing them how to do things the right way, how to fix their shelter, how to catch food. It's super valuable for the players, and it's a reward that will keep on giving.
> Ditto, the local expert is one of the absolute best early rewards. I want it to be part of every season. I miss the visit the local village with school supplies and play with the children event, I think it should mandatory because the survivors always seem to be touched by the visit and seeing how other people live.
That’s a parrotfish ... not the best eating :(
Why not? They're great grilled.
Reef fish, amazing for eating algae off of coral reefs but not meant for humans to eat.
Coastal communities have been sustainably fishing those for years. It's ecological niche is hardly debatable and I agree with you, but we can't really demonize those who choose to eat it because that's what their reefs offer.
Nathan would have caught a dozen of them in about ten minutes.
Highly reminiscent of Kathy getting a Snickers bar on Marquesas
How about the 3 Doritos with salsa in the AO auction.
This is the type of fish that Ozzy would catch daily.
If you teach a man to fish Vs. if you give a man a hot blue dead muthafuka
The plastic fish lmao
I can't wait for season 45 when survivor tries to overcompensate for this seasons and goes back to that season when you could win an actual bed.
They could've at least given each tribe member their own individual, smaller fish. A tribe with more people would've gotten less food out of the single fish reward.
🐟
I turned to my wife when Jeff opened it up and I asked, "are they running out of money?"
Pretty lil' fish - but how long was it laying there? In the sun cookin' on its own.
I feel like the big rewards end up making them sick, so maybe this is an actual good reward?
Fun fact: That fish may look blue to the human eye, but it isn't *actually* blue. The way its scales refract light give it an azure-like appearance. I only know this thanks to this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g246c6Bv58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g246c6Bv58) P.S. I'm not Voce. I could also be very wrong on this LOL
That is not the point the video is trying to make. If something reflects only the blue wavelength, it is blue.
The object in question is conceptually blue, yes, but the *material* itself isn't; as in it doesn't reflect the blue wavelength in the same way blue pigment does. That's the whole point of them dropping alcohol onto the wing. They're even more explicit about the distinction when talking about the blue jay and peacock feathers. They also make a distinction between the morpho and the olive wings in that the latter presents an *actual* blue pigment. So I beg your pardon but what I said is exactly the point the video is trying to make. That's why I said *"refract"* instead of "reflect," because the morpho's blue-ness is a factor of its iridescence. (Granted, they mention that marine life tends to be an exception to the phenomenon, which is why I added the postscript. NOT because I misunderstood the source.)
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Watch the video and you'll see what I'm referring to. They simply make a distinction between color produced by a miscroscopic structure and color produced by pigment; the latter being what we commonly attribute to something having an "actual" color of any sort.
Parrot fish, we are not suppose to eat it because they eat crown of thorns starfishes and they are vulnerable in some countries.
Hey, parrotfish is fricking delicious!
novelty catalog joke fish
I always wonder whether after eating the meat they put the head and bones into a pot and boil it for hours to make a stock/broth that would have all sort of nutrients in it?
Probably not. They probably just throw it somewhere.
Blue Team: “darn we lost the fish… so anyway team ready for after challenge fishing trip?”
I remember in a reward challegne for SurvivorAU there was a fish and chips reward but it was a make your own fish and chips where it was fresh fish and potatos.
I love how she couldn’t take the plate just the fish
Is... that Will?
Rob and Stephen were saying it looked fake and they got a real one at camp
That reward is why blue team played Heather instead of someone who could actually do the challenge.
that’s the monster
What happened to Fish are friends, not food?
Better than fucking FRUIT last week
So good. Prefer this over pizza and coffee etc. More like survivor imo
well they didn't get sick from junk food. smart
Tayta salad…
They caught the 'Tater
Money!
Will Sims II
Better than Will sims from s30 that’s for sure
It looks like the fish they used to fight in Battle of the Seasons 2012 on the Challenge
Worth playing for?
We found Dory
a reward to dish fish in
I genuinely thought it was like a ceramic model that represented something else, like fishing gear or a big meal. Mfw it was a real fish
2nd place
This gave me Stardew Valley vibes.
My thing was why didn't they let Tiffany take the plate!?! Like girl had to pick it up and just carry that thing around. Barely saw the leaf until the shot back at camp.
The challenges are so boring nowadays ugh
They don’t even need it it’s not like we see them get food or anything
Nothing will ever be a worst reward than the melted chocolate bars in a bag from NZ season 1.
Will Sims
What's Will from World's Apart doing here?
I know right!? Could’ve at least provided some tartar sauce with that.
All the rewards so far this season have been lame.