A school of those fish swam around me when I was in the Red Sea at about 30 feet down. I just hung out and waited. Did not want to get poked by those fins..
Most larger fish will eat lionfish, but only when they're dead... Few (if any) predators can take down live lionfish b/c they can quickly turn their venomous spines toward predators... why lionfish proliferate like crazy, no natural enemies...
What would have been even better is that illiterate people that make comments without understanding the situation, would have Google "Lionfish problem" to learn before criticizing
Good video. We all need work to get rid of them. Here is my effort in Grand Cayman - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6_BdtOFi_mg.html - my deepest kill was at 347 feet on a rebreather.
When an eel has a maw with a pharyngeal jaw, that’s a moray, When it’s jaws open wide and there’s more jaws inside, that’s a moray When it sulks in a reef and has two sets of teeth, that’s a moray When an eel bites your thigh and you bleed out and die, oh that’s a moray!
I’ve heard that Loinfish are an invasive species in some parts of the world, but I’ve also heard Crown of Thorns Starfish is out of Control in Australia on the Great Barrier Reef, although I’ve seen very few! It’s nothing more than posturing for financial grants! Disgusting behaviour, but to be expected as Socialism is riff in many Universities.
At least lionfish invasion in the Caribbean was true. I was a scuba diver prior to the lionfish invasion. I still recall the first time I saw one. It was awesome. Then as I continue diving other days, I saw two, and three, and so on. Eventually, I saw dozens of them each dive. I witnessed the event
I would be curious if big groupers or moreys catch on faster to this training. Groupers are also being over fished in many areas that lionfish are a problem. Stressing the apex fish doesn't help the issue. Awesome vid. Healthy reef and you get to play with moreys. Im envious. :-)
Have to admit I'm confused. Supposedly Lionfish are protected because of their venomous fins. I've seen RU-vids of them being eaten by sharks, Groupers, Tarpon and eels with no apparent ill effects. Doesn't seem like much of a defense.
Well, Lionfish are not as aggressive and dangerous to humans as feral pigs but they are an invasive species so they are (or were) growing without control. I believe that by now, there are new natural predators controlling lionfish population in the Caribbean so I think there is no need to hunt them anymore. 😉
🟦 That bone crunch (just after 2:47) was so satisfying,... I'm concerned though that the Moray might hurt itself getting the fish off the barbs of your "Sticker",... and whether or not it might be a good idea to just drop the fish to it with-OUT the sticker?
It's a valid concern. We normally try to remove the fish from the "Sticker" but in this case, the eel was so excited that we stayed away as a precaution
I remember when so called “walking catfish” first appeared in Florida. People thought they would eradicate many native species. They didn’t know Florida. There are critters in Florida that can kill anything. Now people are worried about Burmese Pythons and other invasive big snakes. The snakes are a challenge but I think there are a lot of alligators, gars, snapping turtles and other snakes, not to mention people, that will put up a good fight.
Well done. Fantastic video. Morays are probably the only species I've seen that have zero issues swallowing lionfish. Even barracudas and scorpionfish are not too keen on them though they are definitely on the menu
That Morey better stop eating my fish tacos. Lionfish are delicious and right there with hogfish, tilefish and snook as my all time favorite fish to eat.
In the USVI, it's illegal to directly feed other creatures the lionfish. We cull them and leave them on the reef. We have been seeing fish (especially mutton snappers) acting like bird dogs - they will swim toward divers then toward the reef and back until you follow them or swim away. Almost every time I've followed them, there's been at least one lionfish where they took me. I'll cull them and leave them on the reef. Don't get lazy and leave your gloves at home - I was envenomated ("stung") in the pad of my thumb about 3 weeks ago. Doctor says it will probably be another 3 weeks before I'm back in the water...
The only invasive species in this video are the divers so everyone that dislikes this video has a perfect right to dislike it as I do the world was getting along just fine till humans started interfering that’s the problemOn this planet is the humans
man just in this short clip i counted about a dozen of the spiney little bastards.... its seriously that bad. im glad teaching predators to hunt them is working somewhat
Humans cause the problem then want a pat on the back for killing animals that they put in the situation. If the lion fish needs to be purged from that region fine, okay.. but the fish itself is innocent and just trying to survive and do what a fish do.. stop making videos about it for credit. Its a shame that they have to die but don't be proud of it.
