Angry Triggerfish Attack Compilation

Triggerfish can be quite aggressive in Koh Tao. Here is a short compilation of some of the attacks we've encountered whilst diving here!
No divers and no fish were injured in the making of this video :)
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[@kopia77]

I snorkeled with a Triggerfish in Koh Tao (2004) for about 30 mins. Didn't know what it was but we became friends. When I moved away it followed me (very peacefully) and it had it's dinner while I was the look out! We went on doing that until I got out of the water. Then I saw a picture of him/her and asked about what kind of fish it was and got the response IF YOU SEE IT, STAY AWAY! Miss my buddy...

[@vaultdweller123]

Its not a triggerfish then, trigger fish is very aggressive and will attack

[@kopia77]

@@vaultdweller123 Not that one! Well... It had attack other people but... I just kept my distance until it invited me in I guess

[@seaurchin7573]

@@kopia77 maybe a sheepshead fish? They look pretty similar

[@kopia77]

@@seaurchin7573 No... Maybe he just had a good day, maybe I wasn't close to it's nest? But it was a Titan Triggerfish thingy for sure.

[@geybvelasquez6635]

@@kopia77 i find them to be agressive only when it's breeding season.. around may to december here in the phils

[@janefkrbtt]

I just want a video of a diver squaring up with a trigger fish. Just starts throwing some hands at a fish underwater sounds too funny

[@angieolli5022]

Wonder why I never See video of diver stabbing fish.

[@retardcorpsman]

sakuL rehcabnehtoR Because these guys have powerful enough jaws to severe a lobster in 2. Divers are better off ignoring these guys.

[@michaellrueckert9567]

If I ever encounter a angry trigger fish while I’m diving, I will do this 😂

[@janefkrbtt]

@@michaellrueckert9567 thank you for your service 🖖

[@pietervrolijk5544]

My dive instuctor told me he once punched a trigger fish

[@MeAuntieNora]

This video taught me that the only thing triggerfish believe in is anarchy.

[@RoySATX]

Not anarchy, they live by simple, yet strictly enforced rules. Follow the rules. If they attack, you are in their territory. Leave it by swimming horizontally away, they have a conical shaped defense zone so swimming up usually just places you further inside it.

[@Sharkbaitblogger]

Territorial.. once you move beyond their territorial area, no worries.

[@junxizhu]

I love Triggerfish. They are territorial so I would say most of the time they are defensive. If you swim above them, they might attack you as you step in their territory. Just get out of there, then usually it is not a problem. However, during their breeding season, they can be very aggressive. Anyway I occasionally swim near them, they just didn't give a shit about me. lol, they are like Canadian Goose in the ocean.

[@daveholland6293]

This music really is perfect old youtube music

[@GremlinJohnny]

breathe - the prodigy

[@snottysneeze]

Triggered

[@crazycrackheadkids8380]

I know right

[@panda_coffeeanimation1992]

triggered and salty because its in the ocean

[@USMCKong0311]

look they they have human lips. lol

[@DrHydra47]

@@elypowell6797 that's so rascist

[@DrHydra47]

They also have human like teeth

[@lotlum4343]

@@DrHydra47 Africans just have big lips, that’s just how it is.

[@fridamoyogo]

@@lotlum4343 Not all Africans and for you to agree is so racist. Like white people do plastic surgery because many of them want to get bigger lips. Stop this bullshit and write something nice instead.

[@fridamoyogo]

@@DrHydra47 I know right!! It's so dumb too.

[@Actionshots4u]

LMAO!! I have been diving since 1976 and that's the funniest diving video I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing. Joe

[@keaton8306]

Bruh the song you playing is amazing, my dad always went to their concerts

[@Calilasseia]

Titan Triggerfish are nasty. They're STRONGLY territorial, and they have mouthparts that can crush a small clam like a meringue. Which, surprise, surprise, forms a fair part of the diet of these fish, along with crabs and lobsters, which are also dismantled with ease by those car crusher jaws. A large Titan Triggerfish in a bad mood is not only capable of leaving nasty wounds upon a diver, but amputating hands. However, the fish's territory is shaped like an inverted cone, so the best way of avoiding trouble is to stay close to the sea floor and swim horizontally away from the trigger. Make the mistake of swimming up into that inverted cone boundary, and it treats you as an intruder to be dispatched with much menace and violence.

[@twasbrillig33]

+Calilasseia Interesting research there, how did you come upon that information?

[@HinLTx]

+twas brillig I came up on the deck of a wreck and encountered a nesting Titan that chased me for quite a while because I was going up and away from it - I did not have a reference point. The same fish on a different dive, stopped chasing me as soon as I went below deck. The fish seems to make circular attacks and I wonder if it could be chasing me away and then making sure there were no threats to it's nest.

[@scwfan08]

twas brillig LOL. It's on Wikipedia.

[@skyphab]

After a titan bit my fins I got told this as well. Dive deeper and get away. Later they explained me the V-shaped terretory, since then I know. And I hate them 😝

[@StewartGartland]

Clown trigger fish are beautiful, but the Titan trigger fish just strikes fear into most divers. On a recent dive holiday to Komodo we saw heaps but thankfully, none of them were nesting so you could swim right up to them:-)

[@xXMiKuXx21]

I know this is an old video, but I gotta share my story. I swim weekly at a local beach, and there is a triggerfish who lives near my turn around spot. This boy is aggressive, always doing that quick swim towards you-fake out technique. With the little dorsal fin up, he looks like he thinks he’s a shark!

[@MbunaMarcus]

Probably the toughest fish on the planet...pound for pound.

[@nickvannoord1800]

Uhh sharks.... Like all of them

[@jharris9898]

pound for pound my dude

[@brianrittall7271]

@Tyranitar Series thank God for that. I have a 9 inch Clown Trigger. He's vicious. Can't imagine a full grown Titan.

[@YTXGaming]

Well this is why they call it "Trigger Fish"

[@shivan675]

Most of the time they leave you alone, but when they are like this, usually during nesting season, they will ram into you and actually leave some pretty painful bruises.

[@NWforager]

LOL this classic mo fuggin song to this video XD *dies*

[@sthui2866]

*do you fart*

[@endtasid]

wow that was the guy who chased and bit my feet while swimming in koh tao. Mine was a bit darker, nearly black, or maybe it seemed like that because of the light. Never got sure, it chased me aggressively after biting, I swam like hell for my life :-D

[@gwizdolby]

I have a pet trigger and if he tried pulling this shit with me he's getting body slammed brother. Fish need discipline and lots of water.

[@saamthepuffer4336]

no its animal abuse

[@XxthaisCraftThe3rd]

BRUXISH I CHOOSE YOU! BRUXISH USE TAIL WHIP! 100HP turned into 32HP POWERFUK BRUXISH

[@JayceAddisonTiller]

I love this video, haha! Great choice in music, too...one of my old faves growing up. Here, they (grey triggers) are just annoying & will bother you while fishing/spearing. I've not been bitten (yet, knock on wood!), but they aren't shy at all & will swim right up to my face & try to steal our kills. They're pesky & very intelligent. That one whitish type does look like it wants to kiss you, but I know what kind of teeth triggers have--no thanks LOL!

[@andrericardo1454]

Who is here just because he was getting also attacked by one?

[@timothysuprapto6226]

After diving for 8 years and seeing occasional aggressive Triggerfish I just realized that the name Triggerfish came from the short tempered species that is easily triggered lol. Where have I been all this time??

[@richardk6196]

Often times I hate the music accompanying videos like this, but this is perfect. Guessing it's Prodigy?

[@arinkromas]

LOL... brought back memories when i got attached/chased by 2 / a pair Titan Trigger fish (maybe laying eggs) in Amed, Bali 3 weeks ago while snorkeling alone. The scariest experienced in the ocean. Sharks were way much cooler. Lol ;)) Man this sucker is scary!! Thanks for sharing the vdo. Great song by the way - Prodigy- Breath. (come play my game!!)

[@jupiterresident1537]

Karens of the sea.

[@eftsekawe]

"ive got a stupid face! so im gonna attac u! im a fish i like swimming and stuff!"

[@runparkrun]

Hahaha! Funny as hell. Most non-divers will not see the humor in this video only the scary part.

[@VenturiLife]

Man that fish is afraid of nothing.

[@reptilrrudy2389]

The titan triggerfish is like facing a final boss in a video game with an impossible difficulty (diving)

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

“It thinks you’re here to steal its eggs!” “I only ate one!”

[@taeru8786]

I was snorkeling in Miyakojima (near Okinawa) and in the reefs I saw a titan triggerfish, I was avoiding it to not go in its territory, but the currents PUSHED IT NEAR ME 😰

[@AloisAgos]

Bruxish used Psychic Fangs! It's super effective!

[@molokoko786]

Never turn your back on a tiger or a triggerfish

[@Btagent2]

I think they like blue. Very defensive. Attacking 3 divers lol.

[@PedroMatos482]

BRUXISH

[@MrXxMCRxx]

The prodigy lol. Been years since iv herd it! 👍😎

[@spocker22]

RIP

[@SCP-wq6ul]

Where does titan triggerfish live

[@2003SIF]

Southeastaisia common sight. I've dived with them on a daily basis in Thailand ;) always paying attention to their every move when diving with students.

[@punpai4003]

The diver was a fish-o-phobe

[@MrAdryan1603]

I love that music hahah. So funny. That looks like one irritable fish

[@baldkiwi444]

"do you fart"

[@SubcribeMinecraftNOW]

Fuck it, Travis Scott fish

[@jimvanvalkenburgh6163]

*TRIGGERED*

[@i_cant_think8947]

Some triggers get a bad wrap from this, not all of them are actually aggressive like this for example blue throat triggerfish, or cross hatch triggers, the ones that normally ‘attack’ divers are Queen triggers

[@BigEazy-xj4rq]

They're called Triggerfish for a reason...they are reeeeaaally trigger happy

[@SCP-wq6ul]

You scuba divers are the best

[@ThaiTastic]

I remember this

[@jordanhicks5131]

Peace was never an option

[@sakurathenightshadexshadow7989]

Fish: gimme your flippers

[@UncleBlazed]

i read that theyre usually very timid only during offspring season they become very violent to protect their babies

[@Laxvet_]

travis scott fish attack lmao

[@fredocricket58]

Fish be like: you have your land human

[@Randomhero44122]

Jack Russel of the ocean....

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Bruxish

[@ethandagamer255]

Triggerfish? More like TRIGGEREDfish. hehehehe

[@thataintfalc0]

i fucking hate triggerfish man. one of them bit me in leg on a dive a few days back. I wasn't fucking with him or even going in his direction but he just came at me out of nowhere and scared the shit out of me

[@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

youd think that small fish would be afraid of humans as humans are much larger and can be considered as a predator

[@JessiCat1980]

Great video! Great song!👍👍👍

[@ScubaGirlOfficial]

inhale, inhale, your the victim! Fin Times with the Gang :)

[@jay212851]

God I love triggerfish, while the titan trigger is definitely not the best looking triggerfish out there, it sure is aggressive and fun to watch, especially when going after humans 6x his size.

[@Peachie4011]

I love titan triggerfish, they are so insane.

[@Znibro]

Great vid, feisty buggers. Gonna stay away from these in Egypt :p

[@NoSuffix]

What aggressive fish! Guess a harpoon would be handy in these cases.

[@SeaJayBelfast]

Swimming ASBO

[@ThaiTastic]

Still have teeth marks on my fins

[@dive3050]

Those things are scary as shit

[@SCP-wq6ul]

What does titan triggerfish E

[@junglebastard]

territorial as hell!

[@SCP-wq6ul]

Titan triggerfish documentary

[@JamarkJay420]

This is SO dope!! 💯🤯

[@eugenia523]

They should be called Triggerfish because they're so easily triggered.

[@allikinemojica9100]

The Titan Triggerfish

[@Swaggerpede]

I would love to try this in a VR environment (no fish harmed) and see if I could just punch it.

[@davidlong7854]

The toxic bite bro

[@mrkrabstinysadviolin1400]

This song is so dope.

[@andrewpaige1194]

HahHahaha what was the goofy looking trigger at 1:45 & 2:45??? Iv never seen a trigger with a human looking and sized mouth, complete with lips! A huma(n)-huma(n) trigger? Or huma-humuppet trigger?

[@BLBUNNY19]

They are very territorial fish.

[@hugomalmquist4039]

Lmao that Jason Bourne type music 🤣

[@lucasworktv]

One time a triggerfish tried to bite me I think

[@michaelpatrick]

what do they do to you if you dont push them off. it seems like they react more when being antagonized by flippers. just keep swimming... right? what can they do to you?

[@roylarva]

they can bite u seriously...no joking

[@ions2]

They can take fingers off. Those teeth can crush clam shells that are much harder than human bone :S

[@my-linhnguyen5206]

THEY CAN BITE ROCK YOUR CRAZY!! when I brought my baby titan home he bit a big chunk off

[@darthveatay]

So where are they found

[@gezzly72]

Darth Vitiate in the sea 😀

[@SaschaRueeggMusic]

The Prodigy - Breathe

[@jaydenburch2148]

Triggerfish are territorial and aggressive if you come too close to their nest or their territory.

[@thousandwater]

Nice video. If you did not do anything to upset him, maybe he was just in bad mood... haha

[@Bitter_butter608]

British fish attack compilation

[@ndingo]

I was snorkelling in Fiji One time and next thing I knew a trigger fish bites me on the butt

[@topsuwan9887]

Lol I had my new fin bite last time

[@user-ck7uo3sh4c]

Titan Triggerfish are really territorial so please if you see one it’s best to go away

[@creativeidiotgf3024]

If I have gloves I’m grabbing that thing

[@christianmanzanares9682]

Perfect music for it!😘

[@ChaosXTheProject]

Can i know which song is this?

[@ashleyberry8750]

+Chaos X The Prodigy - Breathe

[@jamesonclark8306]

Darude sandstorm

[@liddz434]

'attack'??? or just swam near...? :-/

[@danielschwartz414]

Liddz trying to bite the divers

[@KysEcstacy]

Titan triggerfish look like Mater

[@angi1716]

It's so scary😦

[@g.t.5536]

The right treatment for the human

[@IfunyunsI]

Would you look at the lips on those things?! It looks like its cussing at one point!

[@bjorker40]

So interesting...non the less....I won't be putting any of them in either of my Reef tanks!

[@arsenicmilk4929]

Grimm Day good idea, triggerfish are *_EXTREMELY_* territorial

[@aishahhairol5548]

karen of the sea

[@reidsmith3002]

Lol the comment section is satisfyingly hilarious