I Found The UGLIEST Fish In The Ocean (And Got Attacked By Clownfish…)

[@PerryAlexander-il5xd]

Qualiy Lembeh strait videos, great work and keep it up, the suscribers will come!!!!

[@barnydillarstone]

Thank you so much for the support! Plenty more vids in the pipeline so watch this space 👀 This was filmed in Tulamben, not Lembeh - have you dived in Indo?

[@helgo719]

What a brave little fella this clownfish is 🤣 Attacking something probably about 200x it's own size. And you even got it biting you on camera!! That is a moment for a best-of montage right there if you ever decided to make one 😂 Those lyretails and the morray eel working as a team were seriously impressive! I'm always amazed by interspecies cooperation like this. It always makes me wonder how this behaviour emerged and for how long it has been a thing... And last but not least congrats on finding that huge frogfish! What a cool fish!! Thank you for taking us with you on this mission ☺

[@barnydillarstone]

Very brave!! I've never had a clownfish so committed to biting me before. I wasn't even anywhere near his eggs by the end of it and he was still chasing me down. I'll do a 'best of' montage at some point and that one will make the cut for sure!! Yeh it's really cool watching the lyretails and morays hunt. I've seen this behaviour a few times, although weirdly only between lyretails and the white eyed moray. I know other eels do it, as do other fish like the trevallys (you can see a small emperor try and get involved as well). Octopus are also known to hunt with groupers and trevally, although I think the fish get a lot more out of that relationship than the octopus. Glad you loved the frogfish - it took us AGES to find it but couldn't have asked for a more perfect ending 🙌 when's your first dive going to be?

[@helgo719]

@@barnydillarstone I checked the diving schools in my area and the next Open Water Diving Course to get a internationally accepted diving license is starting at the on the 14. of next month.

[@barnydillarstone]

@@helgo719 let me know how it goes bro

[@helgo719]

@@barnydillarstone Will do :)

[@TheStormey]

Your channel rocks! They are all my favorites! But I do love the mantis shrimp and of course octopus! Octopi?? LOL❤❤😂

[@barnydillarstone]

Thank you so much for the kind words!! Octopus are great. Unfortunately, they're a bit tricky to find these days (because they get eaten 😢). I did find a cool one in my most recent critter hunt vid though - not sure if you checked it out?

[@sidanawy]

Discovery channel need this man asap

[@barnydillarstone]

haha thank you big man! We will get there

[@phuxoi2308]

this looks like so much fun, what an adventure!

[@barnydillarstone]

Woah thanks for the comment! Sure was a lot of fun (apart from the clownfish attack). Plenty more adventures to come. What was your favourite bit?

[@phuxoi2308]

@@barnydillarstone the bit with the lyretails and moray eel hunting together was so cool, pretty eye opening how smart they can be

[@barnydillarstone]

@@phuxoi2308 for sure! I feel like the lyretails are the smart ones though, the moray just doesn't realise it's being used 😂

[@spaideman7850]

Beware of sharks...No, beware of Clown fish !

[@barnydillarstone]

Absolutely!! Clownfish and triggerfish are the ones to watch out for 😱 Are you a diver?

[@spaideman7850]

@@barnydillarstone nope :(

[@barnydillarstone]

@@spaideman7850 ahh maaaan! Well hopefully my vids are the next best thing. Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to find?

[@spaideman7850]

@@barnydillarstone thanks. enjoy your diving. not everybody has this luck.

[@otome3072]

Great vid! So many interesting behaviours n that handsome seahorse. The clownfish was relentless! Hope to see some of these in my September trip to Bali (again) yay!

[@barnydillarstone]

Great to see you in the comments again! Haha I had about 10 minutes of raw footage of the clownfish attack. Usually they only get angry if you're get within a few feet of them, but this one was actively pursuing me even when I was nowhere near the eggs. Ooo back to Bali again - heading to the same places as last time? We should try and go for a dive and hopefully we can tick some of the things off your hit list.

[@otome3072]

I’ll be staying at Nusa Lembongan, hopefully I can tick mola mola n manta off the list 😜. Honestly was shocked that the cost per dive is much more than Amed! learned I had to wear a 5mm which I have never tried so feeling apprehensive about my dive profile n chilly water 😭 would u be in that area ？

[@barnydillarstone]

@@otome3072 oh awesome! Yeh, I’m on Nusa Penida at the moment, just next door. Loads of mantas and molas at the moment so I’m near certain you’ll get to see both. Hit me up when you’re over here and maybe we can arrange something?

[@otome3072]

@@barnydillarstone will do, post more vids in the meantime!

[@barnydillarstone]

@@otome3072 of course 😉

[@myunderwaterspace2760]

Amazing frog fish ❤

[@barnydillarstone]

Thank you, sir! Love your content too. Where are you based?

[@myunderwaterspace2760]

@@barnydillarstone Im living at sumberkima village not far from pemuteran or menjangan island ..your video was great .👌

[@barnydillarstone]

@@myunderwaterspace2760 ooo I’d love to dive there. Is there shore diving up there or by boat?

[@myunderwaterspace2760]

@@barnydillarstone if going to menjangan island have to use boat ..but if like to try shore dive better doing in bio rock dive site at pemuteran village

[@jenniferjempa]

i love ur video and i finde it very interesting!!! But the music when u talked about the frogfish got me too distracted, the music was a little bit higher then your voice, so i couldnt focus on u. And the music it self just was distracted. (idk if it is my adhd brain that have problem with the music) but thx for making my night with this video

[@jenniferjempa]

on the orange ones :3

[@barnydillarstone]

This is really helpful feedback - thank you. Do you like the quirky/comedic music on some of the other clips, or you'd rather something different? I definitely agree that there are some instances where it's a bit too loud, and perhaps some of the music I use is a little over the top 😂 Really glad you enjoyed it, though :)

[@jasenanderson8534]

That's mad! We found a few and one was about half that size, green and yellow colouration it was. Love how you freak out underwater.. I do exactly the same lol

[@barnydillarstone]

Haha, well, frogfish are my favourite so was very excited about this one for sure. Where were the ones you saw? Were they Giant Frogfish? There's a place near me with lots black giant frogs, but I'm yet to film one.

[@jasenanderson8534]

@@barnydillarstone near Komodo... The Hot Rocks dive site. It was biggish, maybe 15cm but not sure it was the giant species, it appears to be a Warty frogfish I think. I'm not overly familiar with them to be honest.

[@barnydillarstone]

Yeh, they're very hard to ID sometimes, especially the juveniles!