Lionfish are not poisonous, they are venomous. The difference between poison and venom is the method of delivery. Venom must be injected into the bloodstream to cause injury, such as through a sharp spine or fang, but is harmless if drunk or eaten. Poison has to be ingested or absorbed to be harmful; lionfish carry no poison in the edible meat of the fish.
But wouldn't drinking the venom get it into the bloodstream eventually? Does venom just get diluted too much somehow to be dangerous by eating or drinking it? Is that why it must be injected DIRECTLY into the bloodstream in order to be effective?
@@matthewcaughey8898 Yeah. And from what I hear, they're quite tasty. Too bad that they have high mercury and are quite expensive for so little meat. And worst of it all, they're hard to catch, because they live deep in the ocean reefs, have poor eyesights, and are slow. That means they can't be caught with fishing lines -- they can only be caught by dive spears. And scuba diving is expensive.
Lionfish swim slow but can turn on a dime, can quickly turn their venomous spines against any predators... They're virtually indestructible, why they multiplied like crazy, and why reefs are dying...
Hello, As part of a monitoring network on invasive alien species in Corsica, we would like to make an awareness video on invasive species in order to raise public awareness. Would it be possible to use your video to carry out this project? Cordially Thank you Bouchard Andréa Alien Corsica Network Pascal Paoli University of Corsica
Yup, immediately had to mute it. No clue why ppl think anyone wants to listen to hyped up techno music for nature docs. Either the natural noises of the nature itself, or something chill and not distracting from the footage.
Divers are teaching groupers, eels and sharks to include the lion fish (invasive species), Into their daily diets. This is a interesting technique, to help control a predatory fish. Lion fish prey on the native species who help keep reef habitats healthy.
yes, they are native in ido-pacific, only invasive in west atlantic coast (in this case from Massachusetts, USA (North) to Rio de Janaeiro, Brazil (South), because they were introduced, and in Mediterranean Sea, from Syria (East) to Tunisia (West) and from Libya (South) to Turkey (North), because the Suez Canal.
You are Correct ! Poisonous and Venomous are two VERY different things ... Most People (including those putting these video's together) , haven't a Clue , apparently ....
Alan Guadarrama They need to get rid of them, since they’re invasive species that are not native or not naturally living in the Caribbean and Atlantic oceans and they’re destroying native species of fish in the oceans, causing their populations to decline and limit the Caribbean and American food supply. The divers kill them for either research or to feed people on the mainland to get rid of them.
Well it didn't win. First of all it was wounded by the spearfisherman or the moray would not get that close. Note that it was going for the head. All fish,eels, sharks etc seem to know that they have to get the head and kill it first. I saw a 25 lb white snapper nail a wounded lionfish that way, and have seen nurse sharks do it also. Groupers just swallow them whole.
Very expensive hobby. Diving is expensive, you know. 2 dives (wetsuit and tanks provided) usually cost around $200~300. And that's assuming you already have the open water diving license (~$700). And you can dive only ~30 min per dive (usually less at the depth where lionfish is), but preparing, cleaning up, boat ride, etc all take 2~3 hours. Actually, you would at least need Advanced license for the depth where lionfish is, so that's even more expensive. I'm sure there are other licenses for being able to wield the spears and stuff. Diving is a very expensive sport.
Venomous, not poisonous. This is an important distinction as poison affects victims via ingestion. Venom must be injected into the bloodstream. Lionfish are great to eat, even raw. Venom can be ingested without consequence. Also this music is terrible and unnecessary.
@@Devastator_1 Thanks for keeping me straight, as I meant Pythons, not Boas. Both big snakes. Good to know folk are taking them down. Time for marketing them as a food source, like the lionfish. "Tastes like chicken." lol
it is gonna take every diver working hard to control these rascals - here is my contribution to the effort in Cayman - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YLAeeYwfcl4.html - feeding snapper and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6_BdtOFi_mg.html - Feeding Moray
They need to attack it from the front. Fish dont know this yet because its a new invasive species. But they are starting to learn from what I see on other youtube videoes. King crabs are invading northern norway in swarms since the russians released theme at Murmask in the 1960s. They belong at the pacific. They kill alot of fish offspring, but we see wolffish, cod and other local fish feeding on them keeping the population down as much as they can, but the killing of the fisheggs and young is still not a good thing. Same is with lionfish
End part is little interesting....cut the 1st part ..... Also watch this creature in Aquarium....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JyK-E6uK5z8.html
