When I first came into contact with percebes at a tapas bar with my roommate, Deborah, she told me that people die trying to harvest them. Deborah is from Galicia, an autonomous community (as it's been described to me) in northwest Spain, where most percebes are collected. They depend on intertidal motion for feeding and consequently grow on coastal rocks where the tide constantly moves in and out.
I couldn't understand why and wasn't sure if she was exaggerating until I came across this video of percebes harvesters. I almost couldn't watch certain parts. Harvesting percebes should be classified as an extreme sport.
I also feel much more comfortable paying the seemingly hefty sum it costs to purchase this delicacy.
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