Yup. Surprised me too, and I've liked sharks for a long time too. I do forget that they can go really fast, but to just see it at the end there. It's like woah, just glad its not swimming at me like that.
I like how almost all the sharks start off politely swimming past you not getting in the way, and then stop and go "oh hey is that for me?" and come back lol
Honestly it very much reminded me of trying to feed stray or skittish dogs, that are just like, "yo don't get too close, i'mma back up now," and then, "huh, is that food... nah not interested," and then, "okay one bite," and then run off to eat it by themselves at a safe distance.
I was diving off Cayman Brac and I'm convinced that sharks, eels and barracuda know what a spear is. We were constantly followed by a combination of all three, and our guide speared 32 lionfish in a week. Not one of them went to waste.
I had one that kept bumping into me like it was saying “there is one there can you get it for me” and it was so annoying but funny I had to keep pushing him away so the others could have a few fish
@@lizzy8525 The poison probably doesn’t affect sharks. Hammerheads regularly get stung while eating stingrays, and tiger sharks are known for eating jellyfish and sea snakes.
So we got a good news and bad news situation. Good news: humans have begun serving up food on forks for us! Bad news: they're feeding us the ugliest shit in the ocean.
I think this is a great way to introduce new predators to lionfish- but my second thoughts was a negative thing to come from this technique unfortunately is that it also teaches the sharks to come to divers for food, which we all know that teaching wild animals to associate humans with food is dangerous. I hate to say that it could potentially lead to bites by hungry sharks who think that humans = free food.
Maybe the first generation, once the humans stop this practice the sharks will hunt lionfish themselves and teach their children. The future generations of sharks won't remember who gave them the idea.
I have seen this done many times with sharks and eels as well as big groupers and snappers. Nevertheless, in those areas, you still see lionfish hanging out in the open with all of those other critters swimming around. My conclusion is that they will eat lionfish if someone disables them or puts them in a vulnerable position, but otherwise will wait for the divers to do it. In one place in the Turks & Caicos, the big Nassau groupers will come out to meet divers and take them to the lionfish, pointing them out like bird dogs. They typically select a diver who has something in his/her hand that looks like a weapon, and will try to persuade him/her to go get them a lionfish. I have seen only one instance of a grouper grab an healthy lionfish. That was when i went into a tight little cave and, leaving my attendant grouper at the opening, scared a lionfish out right into the groupers mouth. The grouper seemed quite satisfied with itself, but still followed me around begging me to hunt for more.
Yeah, as nice as it would be if this trained other fish to eat lionfish I think all it really does is create a potentially dangerous association between divers and food for the fish (sharks).
Ah the RUclips experts at its finest.see how they stalk every documentary videos, scientific videos etc. Comment section and write their expert opinion on the subject.
I usually always comment my opinions on the comment sections of videos like this, although I usually comment my opinions on others expert opinions that I believe to not be exactly “experts” not that I am an expert, but I think I have a bit of a better grasp on this than some of the people here.
Richard Lew They do already. Morrissey spoke out against feral cat trappings - they are the largest threat to Australian wildlife and have already eradicated multiple native species
This is actually a really smart idea- Since the Lionfish doesn't have any predators in the areas it's invasive if you teach the ones that can eat it to eat it then they'll really get hunting down the population!
Exactly. There's also the fact that sharks live for a decent while and morays aren't terribly short-lived either. You might get even multiple decades of benefit from training a single animal.
It was worth a shot. The program stopped four years ago because it didn't have ongoing success. They didn't think about this too well. Sharks will not go underneath the coral looking for lionfish where they hide. The divers were holding them out in the open which is not a natural setting for the fish to be hunted.
Training the morays, I think atleast, would’ve been better than also training sharks since morays eels do live in small crevices near coral, where lion fish live.
Lionfish: "Nooooo...we should not be randomly fed to fish that usually don't eat us! That's illegal!" Eel and Shark: "Yummy food! Time to Rip and Tear!"
I knew the eels could eat them, but I'm glad to hear the sharks are immune to their poison too. Edit: Apparently I never heard that these fish are venomous and not poisonous.
It's not that they are immune, it's that they are eating it in such a way that the venom isn't released from the spikes. The divers are trying to teach them how to correctly eat the fish so they don't get hurt
Hi, marine biology major here. This is a great example of biological control! The only thing I would say is harmful about this method is that it teaches sharks that humans = food, and lead to sharks biting humans or showing aggression towards humans. Then, people assume sharks are inherently bad or harmful creatures when in reality, we taught them to be that way!! This is why reef sharks tend to swim around/up to divers expecting food from them. I would probably recommend killing the lionfish, releasing them from the spear, and then letting the sharks go at them. That way, there's a degree of separation there.
It’s so adorable how careful and worried the sharks are like “uhm? Human? Are you sure I can have this? Do you want me to eat this? Thank you human! Weeeeeeee........*off into distance*”
@@ayayan31 Uhhh no, I didn't even realize that until I saw this comment. I clicked to see what the title said, teaching the sharks to eat lionfish. I doubt anyone clicked because of the teeth 😂
Actually the lionfish are props except instead of using props, the shark actors use real lion fish corpses just like this 6 million dollar man show- wait
I'm not a fan of seafood, but seeing all of the sharks and barracuda's happily chomping down on lionfish somewhat makes me tempted to try out lionfish for myself.
Ah I see how predators learn to eat them without their spines getting in the way. Theyre fed the lionfish at a certain angle where they have the spines facing away and their weak spot faced towards the predator. I saw a video of a grouper eating a lionfish that was free swimming and it kept on analyzing it and charged at the weak spot..probably been taught how to eat it
For those wondering "why?" Let me remind you google exists, literally just look up "are lionfish invasive" and you'll get your answer why this is necessary. So instead of writing a 3 paragraph essay full of bs of how these divers are destroying the local marine wildlife just put 3 words into a search bar.
This might actually work. The last time I went diving in the open, we were around a coral reef and saw several lionfish when out from under one of the reef rocks (I think a black tip) and started to tear apart the lionfish. We couldn't figure it out. This might be the reason, though what is shown a different species of shark others could be teaching different shark species the same. Groupers have already been eating lionfish for a while now, yes, this could possible work.
@M T Well, after a while the species eating them should gain immunity to their venom, so it should be fine. I go down to the deep south parts of Florida and some of the restaurants will serve them, provided, they've got the stock. They go through Lionfish so quickly.
@M T it’s not that simple, they do not early reproduce as fast and on the contrary it would be a good thing as it would kinda repair the some of the damage of our over fishing. See the more sharks are around a reef the healthier the reef is. Reefs that have no sharks left are generally already dead. We desperately need sharks so a spike in their population would be more than welcome...
Sharks: "We have been apex predators since before these uppity lizards called rexes roamed the Earth. To quote my favourite hooman the John Cena, *are you sure about that*?"
@@justmrcrow Hi Fire, yeah I would ike to beleive that they will learn to hunt and start feeding on lionfish but in relity, they are just learning that people with bubbles give food.
@@justmrcrow Hi Fire, well to gu is enjoying feeding the sharks etc, so how to feed them is how he is doing I guess. But if you arking how to tech them to search for lionfish, than that is another story. There is no other way than need, its evolution, they have to be in need of food and they cannot find and learn that way. Mind you this will take years to be imprinted in sharks etc that lionfish is a source of food. Imagin a shark will find out that lionfish is a source of food, it will procreate but its "kids" have no clue they are born with the "intelligence" to hunt that it was imprinted in them through decades. This is an addition to that. So guesstimate, heheheh but once food will be scarse they will turn on the lionfish, lionfish is shooting in its own foot by eating everything. Unfortunately it will take the destruction or many speceis for this to happen. Hope it is clear , m english is not the best.
Patrick Rahill was wondering this? I would love too see these sharks and eels adapt to eating Lionfish so they don’t take over reefs/corals in our area, but how they know these shark/eels survived after eating them? Granted the stings didn’t hurt them time being, but was they alive come 24 hours later from eating the Lionfish?
You’re doing two great deeds in one there, which are obviously getting rid of those bloody pests, and feeding the sharks, which can help them to breed better because of the extra food.!.!.!. And, everyone that hasn’t had their heads up their arses for the last few years, will know exactly how much help all sharks around the world need, because of the stupid idea that every wedding has to have that tasteless(I have worked in a chinese restaurant for a while, and I worked for a few weddings, which meant that I had the chance to try sharks-fin soup, and it is just a waste of money and sharks) soup, just because it is expensive, which they think shows that they are great people who have more money than sense, when it just shows that they are DICKS.!.!.!.!.
I love the videos showing people in boats chumming the water so people in cages can get up and close to creatures like the great white sharks. I especially like the part where they get these really big sharks to associate boats and human shapes in the water with getting easy food.
chumming makes sharks think of us as food because we inside a cage are in the same vulnerable state as the bait. However if you swim or dive freely the sharks will gladly swim near you, circle around and even let you escort them but won't attack you at all unless you touch them without consent or they're emaciated. You should check Malibu Artist drone footage and see how sharks play hide and seek with the divers without even disturbing them.
No tenía conocimiento de que este pez fuera una especie invasora y problemática, yo soy de España y este pez sólo lo encuentras como mascota en tienda, pero me encanta como habéis hecho del problema una solución, enseñando a las especies locales a devorarlos y como es un pez lento es una comida fácil! Bravo
We aren't high enough in fat for the shark to want to eat us. Most deaths by shark are simply the shark trying to figure out what a person is. And the best way for them to do it is to bite, and that goes as well as you'd expect
Wow, those movements the sharks did were so cool! You can see why they're such great hunters. Cause they can swim like masters! LOL ooo now got a cool dragon idea in my head
No lionfish were harmed in the making of this video.
Nathan Frey apart from they got eaten
SPRIZAH FoR AnIMalS hardly leaves a dent on their population especially now that they are invading other places in the world
They teach the shark,eels and many living sea creature to eat lion fish! poor lion fish! in danger species coming soon
I wish i can control everything
John Carlo they destroy entire ecosystems. We teaching these predators to recognize them as food since the lionfish has no real natural predators.
SivSama what lionfish destroying the entire ecosysten? How lionfish are cute and kind poor lionfish what happen in 2018
Alternate Title: Sharks learn to eat with a fork.
knife as well as napkin.
DO THEY SPIT out BONES ALSO?
The diver's will be well shocked when a shark turns up in a DJ
that's clearly a really big two pronged dinglehopper v nv
(and eels)
„Mum I dont like spicy food.“
„Shut up baby and say thank you to the nice man who gave you the free lionfish.“
😂 LMAO
Give him a little kissy goodbye.... oops he bled
baaaby shark doo do dodo dodo
@@aHat69 NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@lobsterking1451 😂
Shark: too good to be true! Now we have human waiters serving diner ?
Eel: I know right
@@mikeb1039 shark in Asian water eat lionfish even barakuda
@@mikeb1039 humans feeding sharks bad, yes. Sharks eating lion fish good
Other shark: *Yay*
Dinner*
Always amazes me how fast sharks can be. They can look so sluggish patrolling the reef, but they’re capable of such bursts of speed
Yup. Surprised me too, and I've liked sharks for a long time too. I do forget that they can go really fast, but to just see it at the end there. It's like woah, just glad its not swimming at me like that.
Most fish are like that. Even aquarium fish that float around so lazily can clear the full length of a 4+ foot tank in a flash when motivated.
This is predators in general for the most part. They are just conserving energy. Fast = going for the kill
This is the equivalent of aliens coming from space to feed us cheeseburgers
Because the cheeseburgers are killing the moon
@@thatyellowfellow Curse you, McDonalds
Spicy cheesburgers, because their venom
Teaching human to Attack Invasive Cheeseburgers
It's not but ok
I like how almost all the sharks start off politely swimming past you not getting in the way, and then stop and go "oh hey is that for me?" and come back lol
Sharks actually pretty docile to humans,
@@r3zaful Some, yes. Others like say, a Great White or even Tiger would prove more difficult to handle.
Honestly it very much reminded me of trying to feed stray or skittish dogs, that are just like, "yo don't get too close, i'mma back up now," and then, "huh, is that food... nah not interested," and then, "okay one bite," and then run off to eat it by themselves at a safe distance.
@@V1ctorTrophies great whites leave humans alone unless they are confused. Tigers and bull sharks are aggressive to humans.
@@ShaddySoldier true, I meant more as in a scenario as this video, I don’t think the great white would be able to be as gentle
I was diving off Cayman Brac and I'm convinced that sharks, eels and barracuda know what a spear is. We were constantly followed by a combination of all three, and our guide speared 32 lionfish in a week. Not one of them went to waste.
There are some fish who use hunting buddies for food. Morays are in that group.
So they now see humans as worthy teammates.
@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 I like it, symbiosis
I had one that kept bumping into me like it was saying “there is one there can you get it for me” and it was so annoying but funny I had to keep pushing him away so the others could have a few fish
it'd be interesting to see if they still followed you without the spear
The spear gods have descended
Meanwhile in Sharktube and Eeltube: Making humans think we don't know how to catch fish to get free food
lol under ratted comment
Lionfish: I have venomous spines that kill anyone that touches it, no one would ever dare to eat me!
Sharks: Okay, and?
I was wondering about that... Are they immune to the poison? Or do they just not eat the barbs?
@@lizzy8525 The poison probably doesn’t affect sharks. Hammerheads regularly get stung while eating stingrays, and tiger sharks are known for eating jellyfish and sea snakes.
@@CaptainKotetsu Thanks a lot for the info!
@@lizzy8525 Sharks and Eels are like the oceans Honey Badger. They Don't Give A FUCK!
@mosses Soto LOL!
So we got a good news and bad news situation.
Good news: humans have begun serving up food on forks for us!
Bad news: they're feeding us the ugliest shit in the ocean.
Worse news: Some of them are still cutting off our fins and then leaving us to die! 0.0
maybe it tastes good
yeah, i have the same opinion, shark fins surely taste good.
@@TieuDaoVuong Mmmm, nothing gets me salivating quite like knowing the animal I’m eating was tortured. 🤤😋
I can definatelly see this on a Family Guy weird Cutoff. 😂😂
I think this is a great way to introduce new predators to lionfish- but my second thoughts was a negative thing to come from this technique unfortunately is that it also teaches the sharks to come to divers for food, which we all know that teaching wild animals to associate humans with food is dangerous. I hate to say that it could potentially lead to bites by hungry sharks who think that humans = free food.
Sea bears.
Maybe the first generation, once the humans stop this practice the sharks will hunt lionfish themselves and teach their children.
The future generations of sharks won't remember who gave them the idea.
@@mirkohoble thats optimistic.
@@mirkohoble too optimistic
But the sharks won't see the divers as food but rather as something that gives them food.
That probably the shark equivalent to eating a burrito from Chipotle, probably had the shits for days.
Literally laughed out loud
That is so funny! haha
Oh god! Here comes the spines! AAAAAHHHHH!!!
@@knox7945
Ahhh! Dont say that eww 😂😂
TOUGH MAN RANDY SAVAGE yes just yes
I have seen this done many times with sharks and eels as well as big groupers and snappers. Nevertheless, in those areas, you still see lionfish hanging out in the open with all of those other critters swimming around. My conclusion is that they will eat lionfish if someone disables them or puts them in a vulnerable position, but otherwise will wait for the divers to do it. In one place in the Turks & Caicos, the big Nassau groupers will come out to meet divers and take them to the lionfish, pointing them out like bird dogs. They typically select a diver who has something in his/her hand that looks like a weapon, and will try to persuade him/her to go get them a lionfish. I have seen only one instance of a grouper grab an healthy lionfish. That was when i went into a tight little cave and, leaving my attendant grouper at the opening, scared a lionfish out right into the groupers mouth. The grouper seemed quite satisfied with itself, but still followed me around begging me to hunt for more.
Damn lazy ass fish
Yeah, as nice as it would be if this trained other fish to eat lionfish I think all it really does is create a potentially dangerous association between divers and food for the fish (sharks).
Everyone, take a minute to learn from the experts in the comment section.
Ikr!!! It is irritating
Ah the RUclips experts at its finest.see how they stalk every documentary videos, scientific videos etc. Comment section and write their expert opinion on the subject.
I usually always comment my opinions on the comment sections of videos like this, although I usually comment my opinions on others expert opinions that I believe to not be exactly “experts” not that I am an expert, but I think I have a bit of a better grasp on this than some of the people here.
@dwone jones Nah u shut up fam
Samwich417 Uselton I see.
Lionfish: "being an invasive specie without any natural predator"
Humans: Say "ahh"
Shark: AHHHHHH
I'm just waiting for PETA to criticize the eradication of harmful invasive species
Richard Lew They do already. Morrissey spoke out against feral cat trappings - they are the largest threat to Australian wildlife and have already eradicated multiple native species
Eliz G Don't harm the invasive species!
*Ignores the mass numbers of native species that rapidly go extinct because of said invasives*
Richard Lew Harmful and invasive? How?
Obunga Is watching lion fish dont directly eat coral
Eliz G Can’t you just let nature take its course?
Shark and Eel: *dangery predators*
Human: *gib free food*
Shark and Eel: *cats and dogs of 22nd century*
Guess what? People already are keeping eels as pets.
underrated comment
Imagine after a few thousand more years, domesticated eels and sharks as pets are now as common as cats and dogs
What a wholesome comment.
@@Tater_Toot I would love to have a domesticated shark!
This is actually a really smart idea- Since the Lionfish doesn't have any predators in the areas it's invasive if you teach the ones that can eat it to eat it then they'll really get hunting down the population!
Exactly. There's also the fact that sharks live for a decent while and morays aren't terribly short-lived either. You might get even multiple decades of benefit from training a single animal.
It was worth a shot. The program stopped four years ago because it didn't have ongoing success. They didn't think about this too well. Sharks will not go underneath the coral looking for lionfish where they hide. The divers were holding them out in the open which is not a natural setting for the fish to be hunted.
@@wizzlesticks Yup. And now all the predators just bother divers because now they associate spearfishing (& sometimes just regular divers) with food.
Training the morays, I think atleast, would’ve been better than also training sharks since morays eels do live in small crevices near coral, where lion fish live.
Lionfish: "Nooooo...we should not be randomly fed to fish that usually don't eat us! That's illegal!"
Eel and Shark: "Yummy food! Time to Rip and Tear!"
I knew the eels could eat them, but I'm glad to hear the sharks are immune to their poison too.
Edit: Apparently I never heard that these fish are venomous and not poisonous.
It's not that they are immune, it's that they are eating it in such a way that the venom isn't released from the spikes.
The divers are trying to teach them how to correctly eat the fish so they don't get hurt
Big difference between venomous and poisonous .
They are venomous, and even we can eat them.
@@FirstLast-gv1zl Let's be real, some probably got stuck.
here in brazil its "venenoso" like poisonous and venomous is the same thing here xd
the chaotic lawful equivalent of "florida person training squirrels to attack people"
I'm a Florida man and now I'm gonna be the squirrel king
chaotic lawful is just neutral. do you mean chaotic good?
chaotic lawful??? stop using terms you dont understand
Omg! This random person misused a D&D term! I am so pissed off. ☺️😝
@@raissacamelo7498 Correct.
*Lionfish have no predators, they said.*
Then people made sharks their bitch
No natural predators in the atlantic. so they dont know if they are edible. you just have to show them they can eat it.
None as fierce as WHITE DUDE WITH POKEY POKEY STICK!!
Fear the pokey stick. Fear it
Are the sharks and eels immune to the venomous spikes
Hi, marine biology major here. This is a great example of biological control! The only thing I would say is harmful about this method is that it teaches sharks that humans = food, and lead to sharks biting humans or showing aggression towards humans. Then, people assume sharks are inherently bad or harmful creatures when in reality, we taught them to be that way!! This is why reef sharks tend to swim around/up to divers expecting food from them. I would probably recommend killing the lionfish, releasing them from the spear, and then letting the sharks go at them. That way, there's a degree of separation there.
thanks,bye...
I mean the real solution is that humans shouldn't be swimming in the ocean without deep diver suits
Yep, that's also the reason why you can't feed at the zoos casually.
Nobody asked, redditor
I totally agree with you.
Shark in movie : brutal and menace
Shark irl : hey water monkey, what's your offer? May i have pet as well?
Shark:
Why is it spicy
It’s so adorable how careful and worried the sharks are like “uhm? Human? Are you sure I can have this? Do you want me to eat this? Thank you human! Weeeeeeee........*off into distance*”
I don't get it. Why won't they just build a wall?
Juun Jūgo make the lionfish pay for it
Even if they could do that, it's a bit late don't ya think?
sammy man9000 haha J O K E
UNDERRATED COMMENT right here!
😂
It's cool to see how the sharks try to get a good angle on the fish before biting it. They're such good boys.
Why did you really badly edit fake teeth into the shark in the thumbnail😂😂
I think it was on purpose and satire 😂
It's so people could notice it. Click the video, comment, but give a view in the process. It seems you've fallen to their trap card
@@ayayan31 Uhhh no, I didn't even realize that until I saw this comment. I clicked to see what the title said, teaching the sharks to eat lionfish. I doubt anyone clicked because of the teeth 😂
just saw after this comment man
i just noticed that what and why
lionfish: *exists*
Humans, Sharks and eels: I'm 'bout to end this man's whole career
Hope you can do it..
why do yall still exist?
@@reddeadtryhardbichfromgtay2048 tf is your problem?
@@AlexGaming-jp8og Overused boring comments that should have been dead 2 years ago. You trying to have one with me?
@@reddeadtryhardbichfromgtay2048 your just an asshole,you said "wHy Do YaLl ExSisT",like wtf,he just made a joke,asshole.
Aren’t they covered in venomous barbs?
Shark after eating a small pincushion: ”something don’t feel right”
Poor sharko getting dupped into noming a spicy boi
They don’t get harmed by poison or venom
Hahaha . They might just develop a taste for spice.
Man, those lionfish are some great actors it feels like they are being eaten for real....... oh wait
Actually the sharks are the actors
Actually the lionfish are props except instead of using props, the shark actors use real lion fish corpses just like this 6 million dollar man show- wait
I'm not a fan of seafood, but seeing all of the sharks and barracuda's happily chomping down on lionfish somewhat makes me tempted to try out lionfish for myself.
Ah I see how predators learn to eat them without their spines getting in the way. Theyre fed the lionfish at a certain angle where they have the spines facing away and their weak spot faced towards the predator. I saw a video of a grouper eating a lionfish that was free swimming and it kept on analyzing it and charged at the weak spot..probably been taught how to eat it
no my friend, they where just thought that the ""bouble people"" give free food only
Do you even play hungry shark world?
Just wait until they get the sharks big enough then they'll start eating the divers xD
I do 😂😂
Lmao
You need at lease a L shark
You need the tiger shark geeze
Sharks sure can move fast if they want to, scary.
Only inbabshort span to chomp your head off
Wtf man did you see how fucking fast he took off
@@josephpa05 Look up the Mako shark.
@@josephpa05 Sharks save energy and only "Sprint" when they can get food.
For those wondering "why?" Let me remind you google exists, literally just look up "are lionfish invasive" and you'll get your answer why this is necessary.
So instead of writing a 3 paragraph essay full of bs of how these divers are destroying the local marine wildlife just put 3 words into a search bar.
2:38 DID YOU SEE HOW FAST THAT SHARK DARTED AWAY JHEEZE
I'm starting to really like reef sharks; they're not (as) intimidating, very docile (compared to other sharks), and in this case extremely helpful.
most sharks are pretty docile, if you arent stupid, they wont attack you...
okay bullsharks maybe?!
@@Helena-me6mp
Bullsharks *definitely*
Also tiger sharks.
@@peternagy6847 also great whites.
Sure if you see it you're probably alright, but you aren't going to see the vertical launch.
No natural predators? Problem solved. Brilliant
Lionfish: I HAVE VENOMOUS SPINE MUHAHAHAHA
Sharks, Eels and groupers: ok, and?
YOU GET A LION FISH AND YOU GET A LION FISH
"ight bro, so i'll give ya free lessons and some free food, just don't eat me k?"
"deal"
Make the sea great again!
for putting a problem into an ecosystem that was innocent in the first place. thanks bastard humans
Robert Mueller..... is that you?
@@Alusnovalotus actually lion fish are the ones destroying the ecosystem
@@Alusnovalotus actually it’s an invasive species it’s called life
@@grahamkight9111 yeah, dude, after having been released by careless pet owners into environments they were not native to.
How the hell do y’all stay afloat with those balls of titanium
You can see an immediate increase in the shark's speed the moment the lionfish gets speared. There ability to detect that kind of thing is incredible!
Correct title: Teaching Sharks and Eels that Humans bring food....
Lol its so fuckin true...
Well hey atleast they won't attack People
The ones that sharks us why we fish definitely already no this
@@magnusthered4973 do you have dyslexia XD
@@Falckie8008 no I was just drunk that day
This is fucking awesome work!
GoddardsFitness k but how the hell are they swimming with the sharks and not getting killed
Johanna Smithy I never knew about that, I honestly used to think of the as mindless beasts but this actually puts a new perspective of sharks
Lionfish: Why do I hear boss music that sounds like Doom music?
0:45 EEEEEEEEEEEEE
This might actually work. The last time I went diving in the open, we were around a coral reef and saw several lionfish when out from under one of the reef rocks (I think a black tip) and started to tear apart the lionfish. We couldn't figure it out. This might be the reason, though what is shown a different species of shark others could be teaching different shark species the same. Groupers have already been eating lionfish for a while now, yes, this could possible work.
@M T Open season. Shark steaks are good and groupers are better.....eels- Uh.....that depends, never had eel......or maybe I have but can't remember?
@M T
Well, after a while the species eating them should gain immunity to their venom, so it should be fine. I go down to the deep south parts of Florida and some of the restaurants will serve them, provided, they've got the stock. They go through Lionfish so quickly.
@M T it’s not that simple, they do not early reproduce as fast and on the contrary it would be a good thing as it would kinda repair the some of the damage of our over fishing. See the more sharks are around a reef the healthier the reef is. Reefs that have no sharks left are generally already dead. We desperately need sharks so a spike in their population would be more than welcome...
Lion fish: natural predators? No
Humans: hold my beer...
Sharks: "We have been apex predators since before these uppity lizards called rexes roamed the Earth. To quote my favourite hooman the John Cena, *are you sure about that*?"
diver "this thing's kinda spiny tho"
shark: "ya in da carribean mon! we like dem spicy!"
You’d be better off teaching the Chinese to eat them.
ok?
@@tobyryu9083 ok
Just tell em that it's an ancient remedy and they'll make it endangered just like they did the pangolins
lol, so bloody true!!! get them out there eating lionfish and using the spikes as some chinese medicine
bad joke, much racism. wow!
Great thumbnail love the use of MSpaint for the teeth
Please keep doing this for the sake of our oceans!
He is just feeding fish, they ware not learning. to help you have to fish them out. its not difficult, but we have to get off our asses to do it
@@protogenoi1 They're learning, if you feed it to a shark, it will remember it's edible (probably)
@@justmrcrow Hi Fire, yeah I would ike to beleive that they will learn to hunt and start feeding on lionfish but in relity, they are just learning that people with bubbles give food.
@@protogenoi1 Yeah, but in which other way would you feed them ?
@@justmrcrow Hi Fire, well to gu is enjoying feeding the sharks etc, so how to feed them is how he is doing I guess.
But if you arking how to tech them to search for lionfish, than that is another story.
There is no other way than need, its evolution, they have to be in need of food and they cannot find and learn that way.
Mind you this will take years to be imprinted in sharks etc that lionfish is a source of food. Imagin a shark will find out that lionfish is a source of food, it will procreate but its "kids" have no clue they are born with the "intelligence" to hunt that it was imprinted in them through decades.
This is an addition to that. So guesstimate, heheheh but once food will be scarse they will turn on the lionfish, lionfish is shooting in its own foot by eating everything.
Unfortunately it will take the destruction or many speceis for this to happen. Hope it is clear , m english is not the best.
Great Job !!! This needs to happen as much as possible and maybe We could end up with a breakeven population of these Invasive eating machines.
I love how these fish just happily accept help from humans.
Using a native animal to get rid of an invasive species is an amazing thing to watch. Helping nature hold its balance.
The sharks looked so harmless it made me fear less of them 😀
Teaching sharks to scalp from Spearfishing people...the locals are gonna 'love' you . . . .
0:30 awww he acts like a fussy kid, so cuteeee :)
Lion fish: Nooo my venom is supposed to keep you from eating me!
Sharks & moray eels: lOl SpIcY fOoD mAkEs MoUtH gO bUrRrR
Pretty brutal stuff. Kinda cool watching the sharks taking them.
Um, remind me...
Don't lionfish have venomous barbs on those spines of theirs?
Isn't the reason they don't have many predators because of that?
Yep. Poisonous injected and ingested and for most creatures it's like attacking a porcupine.
That thumbnail has the greatest photoshop skills ever seen in all of history
Nice work there! How do you verify that sharks and/or eels are actually acquiring the eating habit?
The scuba guides let us know since they see the sharks and eels everyday. But, last time I checked, it wasn't an acquired habit yet.
Patrick Rahill was wondering this? I would love too see these sharks and eels adapt to eating Lionfish so they don’t take over reefs/corals in our area, but how they know these shark/eels survived after eating them? Granted the stings didn’t hurt them time being, but was they alive come 24 hours later from eating the Lionfish?
Well in Red Sea something is eating them
Yes I have the same question
Well said!
You are one crazy son of a Bbbbbbbbbbbbb!! like always buddy your stuff is amazing. Umberto Polanco
hahaha thanks umberto, hope everything is going well!
Patrick Rahill nothing is going well
Levi Mehmedov I hope things get better then! Have a good New Year!
In 10 Years when AI takes over: "Teaching Sharks, Eels, and Lionfish to work together to attack invasive humans"
Your comment wins the comment section 😂😂😂
Have they learned or are they still expecting lionfish on a stick?
Just by reading all the comments i feel like i could do this with my hands tied and blind folded lol
Hahah, yeah ... but don't actually do that.
Fish are friends NOT FOOD 😂
Next video "Teaching Lionfish to Attack Invasive Lionfish"
This is actually smart. Better than wasting resources on these invasive species.
When my parents make me eat something new
Sharks are crusaders and lion fish are heathens
They will secure us the promised land, the Caribbean
animation station Sharks are Stardust Crusaders
Ho! You're approaching me, instead of swimming away your approaching even if i had a venom on my body you still wanna try eat me?
You all do know that lionfish are poisonous right? Wouldn’t continuous consumption kill the shark?
Well,at least we have something else to do with lion fish besides sell them
Dude this is pretty bad ass
You’re doing two great deeds in one there, which are obviously getting rid of those bloody pests, and feeding the sharks, which can help them to breed better because of the extra food.!.!.!.
And, everyone that hasn’t had their heads up their arses for the last few years, will know exactly how much help all sharks around the world need, because of the stupid idea that every wedding has to have that tasteless(I have worked in a chinese restaurant for a while, and I worked for a few weddings, which meant that I had the chance to try sharks-fin soup, and it is just a waste of money and sharks) soup, just because it is expensive, which they think shows that they are great people who have more money than sense, when it just shows that they are DICKS.!.!.!.!.
I love the videos showing people in boats chumming the water so people in cages can get up and close to creatures like the great white sharks.
I especially like the part where they get these really big sharks to associate boats and human shapes in the water with getting easy food.
chumming makes sharks think of us as food because we inside a cage are in the same vulnerable state as the bait. However if you swim or dive freely the sharks will gladly swim near you, circle around and even let you escort them but won't attack you at all unless you touch them without consent or they're emaciated. You should check Malibu Artist drone footage and see how sharks play hide and seek with the divers without even disturbing them.
Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day...
Teach a village to fish and they will eat for a lifetime...
No tenía conocimiento de que este pez fuera una especie invasora y problemática, yo soy de España y este pez sólo lo encuentras como mascota en tienda, pero me encanta como habéis hecho del problema una solución, enseñando a las especies locales a devorarlos y como es un pez lento es una comida fácil! Bravo
I don't get it... why won't they just give them guns?
These wont kill the sharks and eels? Are they immune to lionfish venom?
Nature never stops being so beautiful and utterly terrifying
Lionfish are my favorite animal. I always do them for projects and once had to make a clay version of one, very fun ^^
Yeah they’re pretty cool but they’re also an invasive species in many areas
Reef sharks are so nice man.
I wish I had like a 40,000gallon fish tank for one or even two of these awesome animals.
Until they find out how easy humans are to eat then it’s “hey there meaty and not that hard to catch”
We aren't high enough in fat for the shark to want to eat us. Most deaths by shark are simply the shark trying to figure out what a person is. And the best way for them to do it is to bite, and that goes as well as you'd expect
that’s gg boys
0:20 that was some dumbledore level sorcery there! How did he just flick the javelin without even moving his hand?!?!?!
It has an elastic band
I find it so cool how moray eels squish their prey by tying themselves into a knot and dragging the victim through.
Uhhmm.....?
Does diver guy become next on the menu when "lion fish" is no where to be seen?
Pet a lemon shark.
Came here to point out the poorly done Ms paint teeth in the thumbnail
*Amazingly done
2:38 wow he's fast!
Wow, those movements the sharks did were so cool! You can see why they're such great hunters. Cause they can swim like masters! LOL ooo now got a cool dragon idea in my head
That last shark said some 0-60 in 0.3 seconds 😂
so many people trying to turn this into anti refugee propaganda lmao
Because pro invasion propaganda is okay
The bible warns to defend from foreign hordes
Population is a weapon