Combating the Invasive Lionfish-by Wearing Them | National Geographic

[@Exxcessivve]

This is a great example how a whole community can benefit from cooperating in conservation work and putting resources to good use. I really liked this video

[@sirjoey7627]

If you can't beat'em, wear'em

[@asasoya]

Top 10 Impossible Goals goo.gl/dhbfIy

[@cjhl0383]

Jontron?

[@GateKeeperXL]

Great teamwork by the locals and the experts. Recently the fish has been found to be adaptable to freshwater therefore it could invade the rivers as well but with this kind of effort I believe it can be controlled.

[@billc6762]

The best way to fight Lion Fish is have Gordon Ramsey serve it in his show and restaurants.

[@johnwt7333]

He already did. Search it on KZbin

[@unkownboi67is_unavailable62]

Its bURNTTT

[@JV-uc5gh]

They are great to eat .Really tasty fish .Fun to hunt also .

[@TheSilentCosmonaut]

this guy at work keeps eating my lunch from the fridge, time to wear him!

[@huntress44]

bring a raw lionfish and maybe he'll stop 😂

[@invisiblepower7947]

🤣

[@claymarzobestgoofy]

Ahh great to see that the ability of men to drive any species to extinction might be useful for once XD

[@MsHojat]

Lionfish jewellery seem really cool. I thought that lionfish were somehow threatened or something.

[@rkade2894]

I live in Belize and it taste good

[@estebanc2532]

that kids fade at 2:20 tho!! fresh af

[@alimadman6923]

I think we gonna have to call the Chinese to take care of this problem.

[@TobiBabalola-u3v]

Nope

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

😵 *Holy shite! @**2:50**, I counted 22 of those little beasts, besides the one the guy speared! They're everywhere!*

[@drwisdom1]

I just don't see there being enough demand for lionfish jewelry. But if they taste good fried and aren't unhealthy, then that should provide the finances to eradicate them.

[@santi9005]

Tell me how the kid at 2:20 looks a little like vaas from far cry 3

[@ere117]

*megusto*

[@readynow12345]

I think that one dude should dedicate himself to a dentist lol.

[@DrMateen36]

now this is what i call a happy ending to a not so sad story...

[@ericolsen67vw]

Nice u guys

[@alehanjdro1]

The jewelry must smell very fishy...

[@tracinglightphotography805]

Scientist were able to fully eliminate all mosquitoes on an island (I forgot it’s name) by introducing males that were developed in the lab in some way. They then would release them into the wild and as they bred with the females, they would kill them and all the mosquitoes eventually dies off on the island. I think it’s possible that they could apply this same concept to lion fish.

[@undertyped1]

A lobster isn't a fish.

[@dirkkvnlixD]

cuando hablas espaniol pero lees los subtitulos de todas formas.

[@gr8gmblr]

tienes que aprender english....

[@deathsonggaming]

0:29 lobsters are not fish

[@thatonedude4926]

Ey bro i also know another invasive species that keeps endangering other species. This unique species is commonly referred as "Humans"

[@averytaylor7823]

Shall we eat them and wear their bones as jewelry?

[@TobiBabalola-u3v]

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[@TobiBabalola-u3v]

We are colonizers

[@キムケイ-k9f]

「ミノカサゴ」だと思って書きます。　特別な浮袋を使って水中を意のままに泳いでいる。有毒で鋭い刺に触れると、分泌腺からあふれ出した毒が注入されます。刺自体は致命的ではないが呼吸困難を引き起こします。ただし、刺された数や毒に対する耐性にもよる。

[@keeperofthegood]

Given the popularity of the fish as a food, as a decoration and for the ease and volume attainable... when the lionfish population tanks, will there be public outcry, fish farmers, and government incentive programs to maintain a supply.

[@glowfishin1]

Unlikely. the removal of invasive lionfish will allow the native species to thrive.

[@keeperofthegood]

There is an absolute notion that invading species are bad. I don't feel that way, even though yes, I helped pull Purple Loosestrife by hand once upon an invasion. At one point in time or another every plant or animal was an invader. Independent of Lionfish, the native local species were already in decline. That is a recognised global issue of our oceans as a whole for hundreds of species of fish and non-fish alike affecting every nation that has a fishery or fish habitat. It could be that Lionfish will become part of a new oceanic mix of fish, supplanting an historic mix that we are currently watching die out due to the changing nature of oceanic waters. This is a paradox view, and not one that is unique. In Canada and the USA around the Great Lakes this is an ongoing news item www.glfc.org/eforum/article3.html and represents realistically my first statement about the loss of the Lionfish if it is eliminated.

[@Penguin-nr8sq]

they're not gonna tank anytime soon my guy

[@copyRtest1]

This isn't viable on the large scale. You need to find a way to make lionfish into food

[@Penguin-nr8sq]

people are trying to train sharks to eat them and some species are starting to so thats a start

[@eduardolaviada5375]

that yucatecan accent pelaná

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

no fear of men...just like the dodo

[@zoox055]

Is it dangerous? The Lionfish,?

[@locustbeangum4106]

Sky-Gamer if you take out the spikes it's not.

[@engineer9865]

well i can't wait to see lionfish will become one of the endangered species one day :)

[@jenniferbriscoe9959]

But what if that creates a market for lion fish that exists even after invasive lion fish populations are gone?

[@bkjeong4302]

Or worse: if the market provides an incentive to protect invasive populations. Happened to rainbow trout which are way worse than even lionfish

[@victorhinojos3050]

I highly doubt they will be able to make the lion fish go extinct, and in any case they can farm the fish that was there before.

[@TheFlyingZulu]

Things go back to normal and they farm the fish that are naturally there?

[@johnbaker4847]

good luck with that...

[@bkjeong4302]

Now expect this invasion to get worse because of this.

[@JohnnyAfghanseed]

is it just me or are the lionfish kind of stupid? or just really cocky not realizing they can be speared?

[@henriksyrrist8806]

its because they don't have any natural predators so they don't recognize the danger they are literally fish in a barrel they are dumb as a box of rocks

[@fireisgood8959]

not1

[@scarypineapple8608]

Poor countries: Its hard to support my 4 kids. Me: Then stop having so many kids....?

[@sumthangelse89]

I can't beat my wife either but it don't mean I'm a clip off her toenails and start wearing them as earrings

[@charlesbrown9405]

Sumthang ELSE , wonderful comparison, fish vs person, almost the same

[@williamsims8936]

At least they put the evasive species for good food. But why jewelry?

[@packbadge]

Because they are using every part of the fish that they can? Duh. I don't see where you are not understanding.

[@JoseGranny]

It helps earn money for their families.

[@williamsims8936]

Thanks. Now I know.

[@packbadge]

IHaveTheBullet55 Bf4 gaming Did you not even watch the damn video?!

[@kaykapumpa9296]

I don't get it.... If the lion fish have always been there why the need to completely eradicate them? I mean ya they eat lobster but I bet they eat something else that's harmful and that keeps the balance in the eco system.

[@kunibertrandolf1886]

You haven't read the description, have you? It's an invasive species in these waters

[@kaykapumpa9296]

But it's always been there right. Meaning this whole time both the people and the fish have been able to enjoy other fish. I'm not against hunting them. I'm just not too sure about trying to completely wipe them out.

[@kunibertrandolf1886]

+Kay Kapumpa You do know that the ocean is bigger than the average fish-tank and that all kinds of fish live in the ocean, right? The lionfish was brought into the caribic waters by man. So it doesn't belong there and has no right to be there. They don't want to kill every lionfish on the earth but they want to get rid of the lionfish in the caribean sea because they are destroying the local flora and fauna- that one that DOES belong there

[@kimmy1743]

no it has not always been there, it is not native to these waters and theyre only trying to wipe them out at waters where they dont belong.

[@kunibertrandolf1886]

*to stupid to write caribbean, sorry

[@youfirst.]

first find new name because people dont eat 🦁 s

[@KieranMullen]

export them to China

[@TobiBabalola-u3v]

No

[@slhines7]

I guess letting nature take its course is out of the question.

[@FiddleMiA]

considering they're destroying coralreef ecosystems maybe that isn't the right choice?

[@linahh.2020]

Something happened that increased its population more than normal.

[@FiddleMiA]

Yeah some one fucked up and introduced them to the environment they're not native

[@phillybigdoh]

Lionfish were brought to this area by man... it's not their natural habitat. They can, however, thrive in this area as it's full of life and coral. They destroy the local habitat by eating all the eggs and other species are not able to multiply.

[@slhines7]

I guess they are similar to the Asian Carp and other invasive non-native beings. Beats me either way.

[@lisasnickars]

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[@binkwoudman4866]

sneaky bastard