Giant Grouper swallows a shark in one gulp

[lunatica]

It was hard for me to get in the ocean water after watching the movie JAWS, but there's no way I'll ever even stick a toe in it now. I may pass on going on a boat trip too.

[rocktivity]

1. This happened in Florida? I'm not surprised

Now we're seeing the real outcome of the BP oil spill -- Mutating fish!


rocktivity

[lunatica]

7. I call it the Godzilla effect

There's no telling what monsters humanity is creating by using the oceans as our gutters and dumping grounds.

[Marrah_G]

39. Giant groupers are nothing new :)

[shenmue]

2. Mmmm, sandwiches

[BrotherIvan]

15. DUzy!

That was my first thought too: delicious!

[lpbk2713]

31. "We're gonna need a bigger loaf of bread."

[Cooley Hurd]

3. I was going to post this, but was disturbed by the graphic nature of the video...

I saw this on gCaptain a few days ago and debated posting it here on DU, but I found myself repelled by the graphic nature of it. I know, total Marlin Perkins Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom moment, but I just couldn't bring myself to posting it. Thank you for doing so (so I wouldn't get flamed for it ).

That said, groupers are big ol' mfers!

[lunatica]

5. I momentarily felt the same way as you did but

It's not like watching a cuddly, cute, baby seal being eaten by a shark. The emotional shock isn't there. We really can't relate to sharks or Giant Groupers emotionally. So I posted it.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. I'm glad you did...

As I watched it the second time, I could hear Marlin Perkins in my ear!

[lunatica]

9. the speed with with that Grouper came up from the depths

makes me think it's highly likely that it would have swallowed a man in the water with no difference in perception. It was hungry so it fed.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. I think we first saw the grouper when the camera landed in the water at the beginning...

[hifiguy]

12. Marlin always went back to the tent to mix drinks

when shit got real. He always made Jim Fowler go out an face the man-eating warthog or pride of lions.

[JJChambers]

19. This is graphic? It's about the tamest animal death I have ever seen.

[Cooley Hurd]

27. I watched my poodle and my airedale die at the vets...

...and neither were chomped and swallowed during their last moment.

Yes, this is a graphic video for most of us.

[Jenoch]

33. It's one fish swallowing another fish and there's no blood.

I will guess that you never watch nature shows on television that show predators and their prey.

[tosh]

41. I'd say you're no candidate

for an aquarium, then.

[lunatica]

4. Put the fishing pole down and back away from the water...

[Blue_Tires]

38. A real fisherman would have found a way to reel in that Grouper...

[Blue Owl]

8. Groupnado II

n/t

[Lochloosa]

10. That was a Goliath grouper. They get well over 600 lbs.

[hifiguy]

13. BURP!

[Marr]

14. Well, it's not a very big shark.

Groupers get huge.

[LeftyMom]

16. That's a white tip reef shark. It's maybe 4' long.

Nobody get too excited.

[lunatica]

17. I'm only inches over 5 feet long.

That isn't much of a consolation. I'm still excited about it and not in a good way. The ease with which the shark was swallowed enables me to think that a couple or so feet longer wouldn't make that much difference.

[Orrex]

20. Relax

It would only swallow you up to your chin. What's the big deal?

[lunatica]

22. Thanks! That makes me feel so much better

LOL!

[eppur_se_muova]

23. Photos like this will not reassure you ...

[lunatica]

25. and you're absolutely right!

[magical thyme]

34. hey, the human won

[whistler162]

24. Hmmm... would you like to go Grouper fishing

ala Tom and Jerry?

[TexasProgresive]

18. Back in the 70s a couple of guys were diving in the Gulf of Mexico

One came up screaming that a grouper had swallowed his buddy. Shortly after the other fellow surfaced. He said it really swallowed him but maybe the bubbles irritated the fish and it spit him out. The story was in the Houston Chronicle.

[Orrex]

21. Now that's what I call a super duper grouper!

Of course, to catch such a fish, you'd need a super duper grouper scooper.

And the trained crewmember who handles that equipment is naturally the super duper grouper scooper trooper.

[Kaleva]

26. Never thought I'd see the day when DUers laugh about a fellow living creature eaten alive whole

[Kalidurga]

28. It's kind of what critters do

they eat each other. They will do it whether people laugh about it or not.

[Nye Bevan]

30. It's all part of the great circle of life.

And this is one thing that we can say for sure that humans are not responsible for.

[charlie and algernon]

32. I don't think groupers are able to get the local farmer's market

Where they can buy local, organic veggies.

[whistler162]

36. Yeah... someone from PETA needs to

go out there and lecture the Groupers!

[Marrah_G]

40. Ummmm- It's a fish, eating another fish, because it needs to eat....

I'm very confused about why people think the video is graphic.

This is what happens in the world. It would happen with or without humans on the planet.

The "humor" is the shock of seeing such a huge fish taking the fisherman's catch and the people's reaction. People are used to seeing sharks as hunter instead of hunted. Every living thing has a place on the food chain.

[Nye Bevan]

29. There's always a bigger fish (nt)

[BlueCaliDem]

35. Dayum! If that shark was four feet, then that Grouper was a monster!

Being that I'm five feet three inches, that thing would be able to swallow me whole, too! Yikes!

[Duer 157099]

37. I want to know what happened next

Yeah, so you're a large grouper with a whole living shark inside of you. That doesn't sound like a good situation to be in!

Does the shark just stop trying to live? I bet not. I bet the shark uses those teeth and something bad happens.

[LuvNewcastle]

42. I thought of that too.

I was thinking that the shark could just chew its way out. But maybe there's a chemical in the grouper's body that immobilizes the shark. To live that long and get that big, the grouper must have something going on for him.

[Duer 157099]

43. I imagined that scene from "Alien"

[panader0]

44. I misread the OP as "Giant Groupie"