Teaching Sharks (and Eels) to Attack Invasive Lionfish
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- If sharks and eels are taught to eat invasive lionfish, they can help lower lionfish population in the Caribbean.
Lionfish are quickly eating and replacing native species of fish in the Caribbean. Their population in the Caribbean has exploded in recent years. This video shows sharks eating lionfish.
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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
„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 😂
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)
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).
Shark:
Why is it spicy
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.
*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
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.
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
YOU GET A LION FISH AND YOU GET A LION FISH
That last shark said some 0-60 in 0.3 seconds 😂
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a fish... give a fish... umm... a fish, you feed the fish its whole life.
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.
This is very very smart wildlife management. I love this type of innovation.
This is actually smart. Better than wasting resources on these invasive species.
Next video "Teaching Lionfish to Attack Invasive Lionfish"
god sharks' muscles are crazy. the way they beat their tail so aggressively and accelerate so fast is scary as hell
You are literally teaching sharks that divers = food.
Great job 👏🏽
Have they learned or are they still expecting lionfish on a stick?
3.6 thousand people don't know the damage these fish cause.
and also teaching sharks to associate food with spear fishermen. Smart.
Divers:feeds sharks with lionfish
4million people:Interesting
Reminder that while we know sharks that are even 3/4 our size can mess us up very badly if they attack they actually don't. We can KNOW it's their environment and can outclassed us but they don't know it. For them we are a similar if not bigger, weird new fish, and they don't know if we can bite back, swim better, attack, be venomous etc. That most are very docile, they don't want to push their luck and get injured. Big whites and Tiger sharks are bigger and thus are likely less intimidated, but still think twice before risking it.
This lionfish is a worldwide pest and alread arrived in Brasilian waters, you made a great good work!
Next time the shark goes after one and it fights back "Waiiittttt wtf man your not supposed to do that"
These wont kill the sharks and eels? Are they immune to lionfish venom?
Shark: try the lionfish darling its dashing
that pool the guy was holding on is sick
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
Alternate Title: Local scuba divers open a restaurant in the sea to feed only marine life
I had no idea that sharks and eels could eat them. Good thinking!
where i live(Florida) we also have a problem with invasive lionfish. This is a good practice and as the description explains, can help reduce the population of invasive lionfish.
Thank the lord for these human mains
The ocean meta was getting supper stale with these annoying lion fish mains
Amazing! Fantastic work, thank you for doing this!
Florida man tries to domesticate modern dinosaurs
Why am i not that surprised
I wonder in the future if the decendants of these sharks see human beings not as food but as a hunting ally
Am I the only one who tends to forget that lionfish are things that exist?
One of my friends on little cayman expressed fear that we are teaching them to see humans and expect food and not as much see a live lion fish and see dinner
This is the type of innovative thinking we need if the human race wants to restore biodiversity in the ecosystems.
Don't the Lionfishes' spines cause trouble for their stomachs and stuff?
You can teach Cattle to eat Thistles, even the Musk Thistle, which in my opinion is the most resilient of the species and most aggressive in my area, it's like crabgrass and foxtail grasses, but a milkweed species, very spiny, but you can teach your cattle to consume it, if they graze it when it goes to flower, they will graze it when it is almost ready to go to seed. You won't be recommended to raise a cow calf operation on it that I'm aware of, so prove me wrong, but milkcow operation at family level can sustain a musk Thistle or two in the grazing process. If you want more information, go to nebraska's department of agricultural bovine development services, or whatever gets you to the UNL ag department and research. I'm personally of the opinion, that I'd rather eat a pig, I love bacon, but I can't eat pork, so I'm stuck with fish, feathers, or cows, or deer, and I haven't hunted caribou, waterbuffalo, ibus, you name it...
The sharks: *I like these humans!*
And what about the lionfish's venomous barbs that cover its body? I'd worry for the safety of the sharks and eels.
So I suppose when I spoon feed my kid his dinner I'm teaching him to attack?
Will they do it on their own though?
Awesome. Good work!
I wonder if any of these animals got stung while eating it and died soon after....
are sharks and eels not affected by lionfish's poison?
Is there any videos yet of predators hunting & eating lion fish on their own without humans feeding them?
Did you just *draw in teeth* in the thumbnail?
No one knows the stomach ache these guys had after a while
I’m scared of sharks but this looks fun lol
Don't Lionfish have poisonous defensive spines? How does it affect sharks and eels?
Can these sharks and eels safely digest the spines on the lion fish???
Teach them to eat cane toads next time😂
Those lionfish don't belong in Atlantic waters, they were brought there by people. The fish has no predators in the Atlantic food chain and eats everything small enough to fit in its mouth, including young fish that should make up the next generation.
Lionfish are spreading like wildfire and killing all native fish in their youth. Sharks and eels are the only predators capable of working around the venomous spines but they would rather play it safe than experiment with this strange new fish.
I can relate, like getting one of those short and curly hairs stuck in my throat
Did you give the shark fake teeth in the thumbnail?
Is it just me, or does the sharks teeth look weird on the thumbnail?
36 hrs later, the dying sharks & moray eels are discussing strategy:
" nextime, EAT the SMOOTH-looking black things instead of those barbed, spiny, gut destroying 'snacks' that they keep offering.
Urrrgh, just passed another spine, right through my ascending colon.....
bruh sharks dont die on lionfishes sting
@@Paul-vv5ql LOLS, perhaps not, it's the constipation that kills them
@@citizenscience659 mayyyybe but there are other way for the sharks to avoid them lol, like eating them at the bottom or eating them from head to tail
I may be late to this but, Is...is that? Fake shark teeth in the thumbnail?
How do the sharks/eels not get stung?
Does not lionfish's spikes hurt sharks mouth?
So what's the natural reason why sharks and eels don't already attack and consume lion fish without human intervention, that suddenly becomes irrelevant when human intervention occurs? Does the venom and spines suddenly lose all worthiness??? Can't they directly kill it themselves, or is this video entirely predicated on pre-killed reactions similar to tourism bait feeding? There's no follow-up footage that proves either a shark or an eel has "learned" to eat a lion fish as a direct result of human intervention, versus millions of years of oceanic evolution that otherwise conditioned them not to?
how is no one talking about the MS paint drawn on teeth in the thumbnail
They’re fiiiiiine.
that looks like so much fun
this is our only hope!
All the while, I was thinking some higher being putting us on sticks to feed to the lions. Us, the ultimate invasive species.
Don't the Lionfish poison the the sharks and eels?
yes
It's like domesticating dogs or cats.
Imagine if we had evolved as an aquatic species, what species we might have domesticated.
Sharks instead of wolves. Manatees instead of cows.
Oohh good idea just feed lionfish too sharks and eels
Keep teaching sharks shit until we have sharks with spears.
Aren't they poisonous?
So i don't get what are they learning if we literally feed the fish to them?
They will instinctively see Lionfish as a food source and kill them.
@@shindex2 But doesn't it have like venomous spikes and shit? How are sharks supposed to avoid that on their own?
Why is sharks teeth drawn in thumbnail?
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
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
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
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*
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
Meanwhile in Sharktube and Eeltube: Making humans think we don't know how to catch fish to get free food
lol under ratted comment
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. 😂😂
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!
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
Everyone, take a minute to learn from the experts in the comment section.
Ikr!!! It is irritating
Ah the TH-cam 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.
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 in movie : brutal and menace
Shark irl : hey water monkey, what's your offer? May i have pet as well?
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!
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.
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
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!"
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.
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*”
Lionfish: "being an invasive specie without any natural predator"
Humans: Say "ahh"
Shark: AHHHHHH
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
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!
😂
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.