Fish Biologist Reacts To Terrifying Fish Encounters

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[@FinTume]

That guy pulling the gator's tail boop'd a Brazilian wandering spider during his trip to the Amazon. He's so mental :D

[@metal_pipe9764]

Well it clearly wasn't wandering

[@wxbrainiac]

​@@metal_pipe9764 it wandered into the Florida man's territory

[@CandidKiller]

At least he knows what he can and can’t grab, some people would grab the cotton mouth 😂

[@Kitsune1989]

That would be Fishingarrett channel. He's a bit nuts but entertaining.

[@pleasantdashi7112]

He’s a ranger

[@incineroar9933]

Clearly the barracuda's name is Shark.

[@FlowceanSoul]

This makes sense, I had a goldfish named Barracuda as a kid. He ate all of his goldfish tankmates. He was a bastard.

[@justanotherveganonyoutube710]

I'm subbed to that guy that goes out into the swamps looking for alligators. That dude is absolutely crazy. 😂😂😂

[@KonoDingosDai]

20ft burmese python*

[@speedb.bernard5404]

Whats his name?

[@Hooy-Jaymay]

And he's still out there looking for that Giant Python, it's like his White Whale

[@justanotherveganonyoutube710]

@@speedb.bernard5404 not sure but next time he pops up in my feed I'll comment it on here.

[@urgereturnz6540]

Y O I N K

[@BoxOKittens]

As someone who grew up in the swamps of Florida, casually yoinking creatures big and small is a passtime for many folks down here lol

[@myntss]

Vouch

[@inertiaking1]

​@@myntssas a fellow Floridian, it's not that bad

[@froginabucket7294]

Floridians and Australians are a different breed

[@aaronvokins9686]

The man who does it definitely knows his stuff about the florida everglades.

[@amandas7252]

Have you ever seen a man crush a cockaroach with his bare hand? Only in florida.

[@1lurch11]

One of the biggest changes in a waterbody ever done was in the netherlands we made a sea into a lake, that of cause changed the kind of fish that are in that lake/old sea it took about 2 years after closing it off to became freshwater instead of salt water. It was called the zuiderzee before closing it off, now its called the ijsselmeer.

[@Frogboyaidan]

What happens to the fish

[@AW-hg3pc]

they all died and new ones took their place. This was done in a day and age when people didnt really consider ecological impact as mutch.

[@koenhartholt7033]

Also dont forget the usual flooding that happened once in a while. If we didnt block it off the province of flevoland would never have existed and everyone that currently lives near the ijsselmeer would constantly be in danger of having a flooded house. The ecological impact was indeed horrible but it also made it possible to turn the land that was a flooding risk into actually livable area.

[@shortleader0958]

Truly one of the most insane projects to ever succeed.

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

"...it's a literal jump-scare-" *soundbyte as if on cue* POGGERS! ...no, THAT is a literal jump-scare. PERFECT timing.

[@EasterWitch]

7:45 Yes our trout can have such pronounced red spots! It is indeed brown trout (Salmo trutta). These seem to be quite young so has retained their smolt colouration (they have a tendency to do so if they stay in the river/lake). They could potentially be mistaken for arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) although they tend to have light spots on a darker body and red or white bellies etc.

[@AspiringSpaceWizard]

Whos the fish master now ?

[@adamg7984]

The arctic char I've seen resemble the bull trout and brook trout in north America. Are the arctic char of Europe more like brown trout?

[@GBGlass1]

​@@adamg7984 no there's a few differences between the two, an artic char seem a lot more pale than a brown trout. You can also tell easily a difference just by looking at their fins, char have very red/orange fins with a white line at the end of the fin whilst brown trout have more yellow fins which sometimes also have a white line but its not something you can see on every specimen.

[@xxexvisionsxx2111]

I’ve read most rays breach water to a.) obviously avoid predation b.)I’ve read it’s to “itch” if a micro parasite is irritating them, c.) is to knock debris loose from their skin if I’m not mistaken.

[@inertiaking1]

And use it to rizz up mates

[@ashensage7968]

fishinggarrett I get his YT shorts all the time. Dude is INSANE. He went to the Amazon and booped a wandering spider on it's head as well as holding various poison dart frogs. He's just floridaman incarnate.

[@sergioventura2595]

DocuDubery does fun fake history videos

[@ehlowgovna]

This is false. His videos are historical.

[@nemcsakchat1826]

Erdély is Hungarian land not romanian

[@crastinativeapollo1231]

@@nemcsakchat1826 Hungary does not own Transylvania anymore, they lost it after WW2. I’m surprised u didn’t know this

[@commandertaboo7734]

thats a real and factual channel

[@commemorative]

@@nemcsakchat1826 You lost we won

[@GregoryMcBride-qf7hx]

You need to create a series where you go out into the field in log all the different species you find in a Pokédex like thing, you could get an animator to do some cheap animations or maybe do them yourself, I think it would be a really cool series that would bring a lot more attention to your channel. It would also encourage kids to go out and experience nature. And we need that right now.

[@PatTheFox]

Hehehe

[@playernotfound9489]

nah going out is kinda dangerous rn. look at ALL of the bad stuff going on

[@PatTheFox]

This is literally just the Weevil World channel he made

[@Raven-Jomi]

As a Norwegian, I can personally say that we do have trout in our lakes. We call them Ørret

[@isleofdead1337]

I’ve seen that “I’m in the Everglades looking for a 20ft Burmese python” guy so much lately, he scares the shit out of me

[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

When you mentioned connecting every waterway in the US I immediately went. "Those dang CARP would take over everything!"

[@Frogboyaidan]

Can they survive in the Arctic 🤔

[@swampdonkey1567]

​@@Frogboyaidanwhere there's a carp there is a way

[@Hades1100]

Asain Carps would absolutely destroy so much of the natural lake environment we have, it'd be a disaster of epic proportions. Not even kidding

[@LilTechCricket]

Had close encounters with 2 large barracuda, a very large Key West lionfish, 2 large green moray eels, and a porcupine fish as large as a human torso. The one barracuda was hanging around us divers way too much so I swam up to it and went starfish with my body. It sized me up, decided I/what I was spearfishing wasn't worth it, and swam off. Fish psychology award achieved! Lol! The dive master that was on the boat was like "You're crazy for swimming up to that 'cuda with a string of dead fish on your hip." I was just annoyed with it hovering in our area constantly and did what I do with sharks: big, slow body language that says "I'm the big guy". I've dealt with/encountered many kinds of sharks without a cage, as well. Many are like overly aggressive/pushy dogs, and if you have a breed like that (like I have dlhad in the past and had to train them to be good boys) you have a taste of how pushy the sharks can be. I love them. You just need to control them with them snouts and swim parallel with them, never behind or IN FRONT OF a shark. I've encountered other dangers of the sea like stingrays and poisonous/venomous fish, as well.

[@Hooy-Jaymay]

I love that everglades guy, so far the only things to bother him out in the swamps were the mosquitoes.

[@dracopengui805]

Welcome to AVNJ Curse Watch! Number of times AVNJ cursed: 6 Number of times Twitch Chat cursed: 3

[@lizardlord4k]

"I don't know why I'm so white today" AVNJ-2023

[@timtrolll]

My Sunday always gets better with an Avnj uplodad

[@junchan_3200]

Europe have native brown trout while America have native rainbow trout, they are invasive in each others territory, btw Italian brown trout do have the neon orange spots which are super cool.

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

1:06 I would not put my hands in there. I would go down, down, down, down on my knees, and beg please.

[@c.d.rstudios4691]

"Terrifying fish encounters" *alligator on the thumbnail*

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi760]

Went to an aquarium yesterday got to pet the rays, skates, and sharks!

[@calebseeman6115]

I know this video is 2 weeks old now but the mobula rays in cabo breach usually to show off to mates and to get rid of parasites as the force from landing often pushes them off of their bodies so I assume that's what happened during 2:25 I really love rays so I'm glad to see them get some time on the channel :D

[@TACOINSURANCE]

Brown trout are native to Eurasia. Rainbow trout are native to the North American Pacific watershed.

[@SmartiesSniffer]

I love those videos from the guy who explores/works in the Everglades because everytime he uploads I know he’s still alive

[@ade5136]

Fishingarett has such a fun channel

[@AlastorTheNPDemon]

This guy grabbing reptiles like they're confections at a buffet is a psychopath. LoL

[@JesBdoinItAgain]

After that Rome video I'm wondering if anyone would make a Jurassic world-like game, but instead of dinosaurs, it's fish control

[@Hades1100]

Sea Dino control

[@CentipedeGuy]

The first video was my local fish store, there’s a shark in there two. Also when I was little I stuck my finger in there and the baricuta darted at it and got like an inch away from ripping off my finger… also yes it’s a AWSOME fish store

[@danielled8665]

Ah yes, my favorite fish... an alligator.

[@dudeudontknow341]

That barracuda was looking at the camera like “yea mfer put yo hand in this water see what happens!”

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

the worst thing a fish enthusiast can encounter is a rude and cheesed off person. there was a reddit post of some brickead shoving someone doing waterside photography with expensive equipment right into the pond

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

Sounds like someone got their shit kicked in the doctor had to neuter em

[@shuckleuser4285]

i think the reason hes grabbing those animals is theyre invasive an hes probably gonna "take care of them"

[@Hades1100]

Most invasive species fuckin suck and deserve that yoinkage

[@super8bitvideos]

"Must have just wanted to show her something cool" "Nope."

[@darthplagueis13]

The red dots on the trout absolutely aren't edited, they really do look like that. Can't quite remember if it's all year around though.

[@MastemaJack]

I think only tiny fish would be able to swim the aqueducts. There are points where there is very little water and points where there would be pipes. I think a trout would be too big.

[@creepywaffles4783]

The yoinky dude was that kid who screamed “Mommy! Look what I found!” In a very excited tone as if he single handedly won the Super Bowl by capturing deadly pokemon in the park.

[@Ms-Vlogs.]

6:10 Answer: Yes, Europe does have native trout species and the most well known European species is brown trout. I’m from the UK and that is our native species. Most trout and salmon species in America are part of the “Oncorhynchus” genus (with 1 or 2 trout species in Asia)

[@patrickdix772]

10:20 yeah, a Roman aqueduct has a very shallow slope, like 1:4800. That's less slope than a lot of rivers and steams go through that fish still swim through. Transition points in and out or cisterns is a different matter, but the aqueducts themselves would present absolutely no problems for a species of fish that swims upriver.

[@MrBern91]

Nooo! Barracudas are like longer and faster macharels, while tunas are big and fat macharels. And yes, there are several species of trouts native to Europe.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Yet again another AVNJ W, love your videos

[@SharkUsingaComputer]

so after minimal "research" there were fisheries established along aqueducts which suggests fish could enter and could theoretically swim freely? i dont know how the intake mechanism worked or if there even was a complex mechanism that could potentially block the fish from entering. but also most water obtained from aqueducts was from groundwater/natural springs, so no fishies

[@SharkUsingaComputer]

man avnj comment section has me doing INTENSE google searching

[@terrytheinsane]

Once (on three different occasions) I pet a rabbit, a shark and an alligator. Guess which one bit me

[@eliotasterforrest5026]

As a previous rabbit owner I can only guess which one it was 😂

[@starlight0313]

That water snake isn't going to deal much physical damage but it WILL musk the hell outta you

[@sagi434]

Love ur content bro ❤

[@DrelvanianGuardOffic]

I feel like Barracuda only invokes fear in those that have watched Finding Nemo.

[@drawbyyourselve]

The Trout in the video are "European Trout" (Salmo trutta fario I believe) has those red spots. They are common throughout all of europe, even the East Sea

[@brigidtheirish]

Rays sometimes breach to knock parasites off. Sometimes, they seem to do it because it's fun. Who knows, maybe he heard the woman and breached to get a look at what made the noise.

[@themenagerie5247]

that's a tiny enclosure for a barracuda, they're open ocean swimmers!

[@joelmitchell4289]

when I was young, me and my family went to the keys to do some snorkeling. I thought it would be a good idea to wiggle my finger below me, but 10 seconds later I saw a Barracuda staring directly at me, so I stopped. Thankfully nothing happened, but that's when I realized they are just as dangerous as sharks, especially in open waters

[@ekramer2478]

Took a cannoo through the Glades on a class trip in the later eighties. Gators. And mosquitoes.

[@connahbourton5097]

“Fuck with em, but don’t fuck with them” ~ AVNJ on alligators

[@shadedleafcatdragon4618]

The guy who herps the Everglades, I wish I could find so many different herps.

[@Unfortunately_Mickey]

There’s basically no regulation on fish and reptile care at stores in most states and it’s disgusting.

[@BryJamie]

Pretty sure I saw a lemon shark for sale one time in a big open pond where you can stick your hands in. Or similarly body shaped shark.

[@al145]

Stingrays breach because uh... Because they can

[@jkasaunder228]

The brown trout with the red spots are a very sought after strain of German Brown Trout.

[@saudade7842]

The trout vid is a mockumentary lol

[@RealLenny]

glad im not alone with my fear of diving beetles. Every year they try to infest my pond and then they bite through my hands while clearing weeds. Those evil little creatures could go through steel if they wanted to.

[@wanderingchef6620]

The manta ray is literally showing off it's a mating display.

[@procow2274]

9:10 technically neither. The whole time line and jesus thing is actually a misconception. Its actually 2 years off and AD doesn't stand for after death.

[@sirlothric6357]

Ah shit. This video is definitely gonna affect the trout population

[@painter8475]

Stingrays and other fish use breaching to remove parasites

[@josephmcalister3901]

"You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July." - Mayor Vaughn.

[@xchara6996]

1:50 “why he look mischiefs” in the comments made me giggle a little ngl

[@YaBoiJeffe]

Seems like they want someone to put their hand in. Somebody ignorant thinking "haha, youre not a shark, tickle tickle"

[@PhoenixPhenom777]

The person who made the Roman-Trout Video is a meme channel

[@supahfly_uk]

I used to go fishing on aqueducts in Manchester.

[@attemptsatthings]

He sounds like nerdy chills mixed with bright side

[@butter7734]

Amazing I actually learned something. Didn't know stingrays breach like that. Never seen that before.

[@bladehunter2747]

when people say humans are on the top of the food chain, they are referring to fishingGarett

[@shanedillis153]

Dude goes out barefoot in the Everglades and Amazon dudes wild

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

Fun fact, even something as small as honeybees are actually very capable of unrewarded fun play. It's very interesting.

[@Reflex_art]

That guy grabbing the chameleons made me so sad if you grab them like that it breaks their super delicate ribs

[@ashensage7968]

Chameleons are invasive. He catches invasive species and culls them. So... Probably doesn't care the yoink might hurt it ahaha

[@wxbrainiac]

The ones he yoinks are invasive to the everglades they deserve it

[@wukazii3418]

The everglades guy is a machine

[@shotagrande]

Yes in Portugal 🇵🇹 We have trout and salmons

[@keyke7372]

I haven't seen your channel in so long

[@Toxtrice]

Fish man do more Weevil man

[@mitchgendered]

'I hatched a fish from supermarket caviar' by max fosh was uploaded a couple days ago,,, worth the 10 mins fr

[@weebbbop]

hello twitch! anywho that was one pretty barracuda in the first one!

[@DailyBasicG]

Sting rays don't breach! That is an eagle ray. Breaching can be a mating thing.

[@gaylordzapikowski9053]

Some aqueducts were actually large enough for people to pass through, we know this due to accounts of some actually being used in sieges to storm fortified towns (see the siege of Naples by Belisarius, though some engineering work had been done to widen the passage).

[@thomasroot620]

Water snakes are terrible to handle I hear not because of the bite but because of the other end...

[@frankallen3634]

Removing parasites is the breach reason

[@cadillacschertz2172]

Oooooooo barracuda

[@EXcentricSAM]

I was diving a wreck and there was a school of Baracuda. They were pretty chill a couple came up to see what was happening It was awesome. Those fuckers are huge. I know one was as long as me and I'm 6' 3" / 190 cm.

[@backuppixiedust1115]

“A single region like a freshwater ocean” you mean like the Great Lakes?

[@triba11]

in my opinion, I like to think of a shark as more of a heavy armor 2 handed weapon user, as opposed to a barracuda being more along the lines of an assassin or AGI build

[@procow2274]

Imma pet that swamp puppy

[@spitfirebird]

Hi twitch chat! Wonderful to see your hilarious messages once again!

[@sovietpenguin5450]

That fish you didn’t know what it was, it was a brook trout I believe

[@supershadow125]

I saw that dude messing with the alligators on KZbin shorts, shit was wild lmaoooo

[@blakedavis9383]

The Florida everglades guy is the Florida man version of Steve Erwin 😂 I love his TikToks

[@chiaseed9683]

ooooo barracuda 🎶

[@paulcuffarofan3246]

Fishing garret is the average florida man

[@redneckchemistry]

I think those red spotted trout are brook trout

[@cthechud87]

This mans really said "shiners would still have a plaice", and just moved on, as though he didn't just make a phenomenal inter-species fish pun

[@ShiruKitty]

the tank at 1:55 is the one by my house and sadly they closed down this year ;(

[@thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030]

Brown trout is considered native in Europe