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

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 01:58 PM

Aug 2014

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.

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Giant Grouper swallows a shark in one gulp [View all] lunatica Aug 2014 OP

This happened in Florida? I'm not surprised rocktivity Aug 2014 #1

I call it the Godzilla effect lunatica Aug 2014 #7

Giant groupers are nothing new :) Marrah_G Aug 2014 #39

Mmmm, sandwiches shenmue Aug 2014 #2

DUzy! BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #15

"We're gonna need a bigger loaf of bread." lpbk2713 Aug 2014 #31

I was going to post this, but was disturbed by the graphic nature of the video... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #3

I momentarily felt the same way as you did but lunatica Aug 2014 #5

I'm glad you did... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #6

the speed with with that Grouper came up from the depths lunatica Aug 2014 #9

I think we first saw the grouper when the camera landed in the water at the beginning... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #11

Marlin always went back to the tent to mix drinks hifiguy Aug 2014 #12

This is graphic? It's about the tamest animal death I have ever seen. JJChambers Aug 2014 #19

I watched my poodle and my airedale die at the vets... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #27

It's one fish swallowing another fish and there's no blood. Jenoch Aug 2014 #33

I'd say you're no candidate tosh Aug 2014 #41

Put the fishing pole down and back away from the water... lunatica Aug 2014 #4

A real fisherman would have found a way to reel in that Grouper... Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #38

Groupnado II Blue Owl Aug 2014 #8

That was a Goliath grouper. They get well over 600 lbs. Lochloosa Aug 2014 #10

BURP! hifiguy Aug 2014 #13

Well, it's not a very big shark. Marr Aug 2014 #14

That's a white tip reef shark. It's maybe 4' long. LeftyMom Aug 2014 #16

I'm only inches over 5 feet long. lunatica Aug 2014 #17

Relax Orrex Aug 2014 #20

Thanks! That makes me feel so much better lunatica Aug 2014 #22

Photos like this will not reassure you ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #23

and you're absolutely right! lunatica Aug 2014 #25

hey, the human won magical thyme Aug 2014 #34

Hmmm... would you like to go Grouper fishing whistler162 Aug 2014 #24

Back in the 70s a couple of guys were diving in the Gulf of Mexico TexasProgresive Aug 2014 #18

Now that's what I call a super duper grouper! Orrex Aug 2014 #21

Never thought I'd see the day when DUers laugh about a fellow living creature eaten alive whole Kaleva Aug 2014 #26

It's kind of what critters do Kalidurga Aug 2014 #28

It's all part of the great circle of life. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #30

I don't think groupers are able to get the local farmer's market charlie and algernon Aug 2014 #32

Yeah... someone from PETA needs to whistler162 Aug 2014 #36

Ummmm- It's a fish, eating another fish, because it needs to eat.... Marrah_G Aug 2014 #40

There's always a bigger fish (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #29

Dayum! If that shark was four feet, then that Grouper was a monster! BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #35

I want to know what happened next Duer 157099 Aug 2014 #37

I thought of that too. LuvNewcastle Aug 2014 #42

I imagined that scene from "Alien" Duer 157099 Aug 2014 #43

I misread the OP as "Giant Groupie" panader0 Aug 2014 #44