How to Harvest Gaspods in Subnautica?

In Subnautica, how do you harvest the Gaspods from the Gasopod creature?

I have only noticed these creatures doing two particular things: looking beautiful from afar, or being painful while up close. And now that I have a torpedo launcher, I need to harvest these little "gas pod" things to make the necessary Gas Torpedo ammo.

How do I harvest this? Because the gas explosion just looks like unselectable dust.

Solution 1:

You swim near them, they then emit small yellow balls. If you are quick enough, you can grab those balls before they explode and harm you.

It is as simple as that. Get the Ultra Glide Fins so that you are fast, plus a Seaglide, and just provoke them to release the gas pods. Then grab them before they explode, and if you can't get all pods, run away quickly enough to not get damaged by the gas cloud.

With practice, this becomes fairly easy and quite safe.