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eppur_se_muova

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

Reply to lunatica (Reply #17)

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 02:29 PM

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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