Traditional Otter Fishing in Bangladesh

Otter Fishing (1997): In the world's most crowded country, Bangladesh, it's hard to imagine there's any room for nature. But we discover a unique relationship between man and beast.
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Crashing around in a log box, two otters in rope harnesses are desperate to get to their food. A fisherman lifts the lid and out they dive to munch on the fishtails scattered outside their wooden cage. Bengali fishermen use these otters to herd fish into their nets. Every year Bengali menfolk bid their families farewell and sail downstream to catch their fish. With a sharp smack on the bottom, the otters are dispatched into the water and told to swim for their keep! More often than not, they get caught up in the nets and incur verbal abuse from their masters. As crimson sunset falls, the fishermen cook by their fires and the otters curl up in the boxes and go to sleep.
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[@LaniJeb96960]

That Otter ass slap tho lmao

[@brokeanglerinc2410]

"you did daddy proud otter" Slap em back

[@markcinelast]

hahaha

[@kimkimcabusas4203]

😡😡😡😡

[@91010186]

Let me teach how these people should live their lives because i have the conscience of how animals should be treated. *Continues to monch a big chunk of KFC while commenting*

[@superbaby4622]

What about dogs & horses? These fisherman are also poor.

[@91010186]

@@superbaby4622 yeah, the irony.

[@sharilshahed6106]

Yeah lol, these treehugging daisies chanting "poor otter" like they'd let themselves starve or get harmed for the sake of other living beings.

[@theundefeated6645]

The world is a scary place to live....damn.

[@GuidedPirate]

I love how the mans just grunting at his otters and they put fake subtitles on. He literally grunts and the subtitles say "Relationship?"

[@keyurmukherjee425]

No sir he is not grunting! It's the desi way of loving!

[@GuidedPirate]

@@keyurmukherjee425 😂

[@puffpuffpass3225]

Your dumb he was speaking another language so it translated it

[@catdaddydonbrewer007]

The fucking lady ask him “do you have a special relationship with the otters?” He replies “relationship? It is as it seems.”

[@GuidedPirate]

@@puffpuffpass3225 its a language I grew up talking. The man grunted and they put fake subtitles.

[@ahandleofindiancitizen]

চাঁচা অনেক পুরনো অভিজ্ঞতাসম্পন্ন 😊😊

[@Lemmi7810]

The slap on the arse 😂 like footballers telling each other they did good

[@imesenlalemtur1938]

😂😂😂😂

[@yj9032]

People who kill and eat animals are complaining about animal cruelty.

[@togodbetheglory9725]

They feed'em first? They don't hunt with full bellies 🐹🤣🤣

[@nit2rock]

It's clear from the way the otters are struggling against the rope .....it's not fun for them

[@ChupiTheTerrible]

Depends on the fishing group. This one was... Messy to watch after seeing a larger, better practiced group go at it.

[@fcbGER]

if they wouldnt use them like this they wouldve sold the parents fur years ago

[@christiantorreon6146]

they were not treated properly, just earlier i saw a fishing with otters vid but its really different, the otters go to their cages on their own as soon as the trainer call them just by voice

[@navjeevannj286]

thats where ,we as human have failed on course of evolution,we were superior in brain capacity,but we at some point failed for our nature and mother Earth

[@SharminAktarbd]

Those people are also struggling . So both are strugglers .

[@strikerone6991]

Hey otters dive and chew the line through

[@user-lb1ef6tb8j]

Unfortunately the otters haven't using youtube

[@silashurd3597]

To anyone who thinks that these otters are being abused, then you clearly aren’t paying attention to how these otters are doing, they get to swim in their natural environment as they work and they’re fed. Also this is how other countries do similar stuff we do but differently so this is completely normal for them

[@mistaman4638]

Completely normal to keep something in prison & treat as a slave is a Narrsasst... Have a wonderful day human..

[@bryanbulmer6716]

Because it is done all the time does not make it right. However I don't have a better solution so that's that.

[@064pointbreak]

Take a long walk on a short pier! can't you see this tradition is getting extinct?

[@Samad24_]

@@mistaman4638 not in prison it’s earning food from fishing and a nice place to stay from its work no different from us humans

[@anitat9727]

​@@mistaman4638Lol. Look who's talking

[@iddrisali8972]

All commenters are wiping for otter not for those poor guys!!!And these commenters like to have milk from cow, egg from hen, ride on horse and many more from the animals without any shame. What a shame and what a hypocracy!!!

[@aadilhussain1101]

lots of people see the plight of the poor otters in this video, and rightly so. How about the poor men and their plight. No body sees this? no body wants to see this. Coz we care so much about animals we forget the humans. And then people resort to this way of life!

[@kaosaechao56]

Got that NFL good job pat.

[@thumulalitha7187]

I am reading FLAME TREE ROAD novel.from this book i came to know about otter fishing.amazing thing.

[@higuitasantos7546]

All of these animal lover comments is annoying. They have sympathy for animal more than the people, like these people has a better option to help their lives. Even this kind of technique u call cruel is helping this animal from extiction.

[@SFVnative]

You're right. I have more sympathy for those otters than for those shitty dirty people who routinely murder all their female babies, sell what children they keep into slavery, pay people pennies for work; and rape, murder and maim women and children. The country is full of blind and disfigured for life women who had acid thrown in their faces just because they didn't want to date or have sex with some asshole. I've even heard of children having their arms and legs cut off so they could be sent out to beg. Even the worst caucasian sociopath doesn't do that unimaginable shit. They're stupid too. There's probably a shortage of women because so many are killed at birth, but the women's parents pay men to marry them, after which most of the men and their families murder the women by burning her alive and then they go on to the next one. They also sell their kidneys for stupid stuff like wedding parties, after which they are in ill health for life. There have been numerous documentaries about life in those shit-hole countries. Those otters probably have higher IQs than the men who treat those playful affectionate animals like insects.

[@lonewolf1469]

@@SFVnative wtf are you talking about? Are you a rasist or what?

[@lonewolf1469]

Man and women population are the same.

[@Mythpathz]

Well I am not Bangladeshi but I am From West Bengal so I can understand there language

[@RonLennard1020]

Well I see that we can use otters for work but I know there is a better humane way being that I’m from America. I respect those people because they use what they have with what knowledge they have. At least they’re not eat the otters & feeding them

[@neemzito3159]

Exactly! Alot of people commenting how cruel it is but these otters get to catch fish and swim in a river in their natural environment.

[@MashZ]

Yes there are many modern ways but 1000 years ago many parts of world was using this method. It went extinct except in two districts in Bangladesh

[@tarmizi2005]

*Spank* !

[@karenchervier9420]

Well, I wouldn't treat them that way. The spank wasn't hard to traumatize them; the final touch to get them into the cage, basically. But I would enjoy the rapport with my animal a more affectionate way, like with a pet, besides making it work and provide food for me or to sell. I am more worried about our ''modern ways'' of fishing nowadays, depleting the oceans, mass production, with the demands from over populated earth and growing greed from the middle men who have no clue about how nature works and how it suffers! These guys here are saints compared... Let's just put things into perspective. This reminds me of the cormorant fishing too...

[@aboelsofalabed1588]

woman asking: so do you have to have a special relationship with a otters. fisherman answer: relationship my ass. me: hahaha this woman thinks after work fisherman and otters they having a TV dinner then sleep in the same bed

[@jjsjke1033]

Atleast leave them around to play after the job is done..they are caged all the time except during catch

[@dontmd4158]

Gentle encouragement lol

[@omigad1088]

Just me or theres no fish

[@jordansailors6510]

This say it's from 1997 and yet it's better quality than the modern day Bigfoot sightings

[@TahsinHasemAonim0175]

Love how you pronounced Surdanbon properly

[@sayakghosh2707]

*Sundarbon.

[@Jaqen_Hghar]

@@sayakghosh2707 "সুন্দরবন" is better 😅

[@Sulueti]

They are my friends ... who I keep on leashes and force them to work ... riiiiigggghhhhhtttt

[@Shinyboy29]

Sulueti their ancestors have been doing this for nearly 2000 years Aren’y you gonna blame the ancestors too?

[@User-ts4lv]

At least they get to do wat they're born to do and at least this guy properly leashes them

[@katothegod8500]

There working animals god put them on for us to use every thing is for a reason

[@choysakanto6792]

Don't we put dogs and horses on leash too?

[@vonderloo3184]

Too bad this bitch narrator doesnt tell you these are protected species.

[@jovanahmedsabbir695]

I love Bangladesh ❤️❤️

[@Realatmx]

I was not aware otter found in India 🤩

[@paul6353]

Seriously? Was that slap on the ass necessary!! And that look , lmao

[@Mr.BADDA91]

Poor oters 😢😢

[@SIMOPARAS]

@Malik Elbert Lol ..

[@AnmeKazuto]

@awesome guy lol vegan

[@holdencox4695]

Sad me am pour oteers

[@holdencox4695]

He can feel bad for otters and also not eat salads 3 times a day goddamn

[@unnamedtroll1444]

@@AnmeKazuto anime pfp

[@33bigmoney]

This is the "undeited" version

[@praveencv8731]

Very good side music

[@twenties3154]

Proud Bangladeshi ❤

[@neemzito3159]

Awesome! Those otters look really happy!

[@DZ14783]

do they lmao

[@viralofwpinoy3496]

They are screaming for help..... damn!

[@gwenlecouazer5708]

C'est très noble ; Respect.

[@nirhaber6149]

Poor otters. I love them so much. For me they are like dogs and cats. I have one as a pet. This is makes me feel so bad 😭

[@morganlandauer]

Why, because it has a job? Animals with jobs are better stimulated than pets.

[@silashurd3597]

@@morganlandauer you tell him

[@silashurd3597]

This is normal for countries like wherever they are

[@musahussain5855]

These otters have a more freeing life, in a more natural environment here. Then as house pets.

[@unnamedtroll1444]

You are cruel, they’re a wild animal

[@pauldeleon6317]

Otter of this world!!!!!

[@moondevilz]

4:15 the way he smack their @$$ Lol

[@janainthehouse6645]

a little smack on their butts...haha

[@ferrerolounge1910]

Relationship? It is what you see! 🤣

[@avirossilmi]

friends? why you smack them?

[@marktan8074]

@KoivuTheHab 🤣🤣

[@maxstriga9233]

They meow like newborn kittens

[@Sufisticated4U]

I've seen them in the rivers of jogannath pur and I wondered what these animals were and local sylheti folks called it "Whoom" and it was difficult to work out what the animals were from a distance..but im now sure they were otters.. if you know what they are then correct me what really is a Whoom?

[@jac174]

Whom is whoom and otter is river cat

[@bikteahnamte7669]

Still didn't know the use of otter after watching video. Lol

[@positivesmile5161]

Where the result!!!!! Please come back to 1997 Record more!!!!

[@dracomalfoy4099]

Herry Liang they dont need to go back in 1997.They could take a trip to Bangladesh and record cause maybe they are still using this method to catch fish?poor fisherman

[@reynaldjeromelitonjua1477]

My god , why he slap the otters but 🤣

[@sudsee]

Omg! The otters

[@mudassirfishing]

Awesome liked video love and respect from india Angler.👍👍

[@jarnodatema]

why does he smack their behinds

[@jarnodatema]

Does he treat them right?

[@mahabub1409]

Jarno Datema smack with love. Not to hurt them.

[@aadilimtiyaz8235]

Reminds me of a porn movie

[@riyakhatun5504]

Jarno Datema KO

[@farichkendal3458]

Where are the fishes they get?

[@pravaatmishra69]

Ohhh my gosh....Indian rythm.....waahhh

[@tryndamereiv9616]

Little smack on their butt😂

[@ayeboaye9140]

Awesome

[@rabbijacoobbenjaminisraelb7095]

I first thought the otters were the dinner

[@Travelsandmore333]

Guy doesn’t see the otters as friends or even living things. He sees them as money.

[@batman_2004]

Love its meat. It's absolutely delicious.

[@M1guel7Dias]

Why the stick if the otters are peaceful animals?

[@punarinya3598]

This is totally not good

[@SIMOPARAS]

I have seen worse. but, ..it is what is. Horses pulling on potatofields is kinda same

[@timskarin4254]

Welcome to the real world, kids

[@nightshade4166]

They treat their animals just like their wives.

[@SanjuSingh]

Night Shade they smack their assess.

[@Ahmed-ob6ec]

Lol believe me in many cases the animals are treated better

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Kinky.

[@superbaby4622]

What about pet dogs & horses?

[@MDJ774]

Hit em on the ass 😂

[@faisalaldossary6062]

I have seen other people who go fishing with help of birds on other documentary , how interesting people rely on different species to survive

[@sayedarman8730]

That is good idea to catch fishs.

[@egyaquatic7348]

I see no fish

[@무군]

This is such a great metaphor for capitalism.

[@taz012090]

I agree

[@Henry-dy2ty]

Poor otters :(

[@bryanbulmer6716]

I went to Bangladesh for a whole month for a mission trip and I didn't know anything about this or I would have for sure went an seen this first hand.

[@fatchurrozi3281]

Maaf pak.apa harus di tantai itu berang2 ya.kasian pak klau bisa di lepas.from 🇮🇩

[@maxguansing2672]

otter gets a butt slap before getting in the cage. Ridiculous

[@blacksuede11]

I don't see how this works at all, more like slaves too me.

[@shivamgusain2444]

A L What Indians has to do with them? They are from Bangladesh and apparently they are keeping them out of extinction because of their fish catching or whatever is the technique.

[@heavyice1]

AL funny huh? Half knowledge is harmful...but in this case when it's clear the people are from Bangladesh and you say they are Indians...it's bloody hilariously disastrous. Just enjoy n don't say a word and we'll act like nothing happened.

[@etheriousjackal5577]

What are horses again...?

[@yuspianallfathoni7664]

Kejammmmmmm

[@lostagain6928]

we need atleast 30 minute video

[@aprilguy8200]

Justice for otter 🥴

[@killahpriest9528]

how do they catch? i just failed to see its effectivity. as a reco fisho myself i fail to see its effectivity compared to good old traps

[@avichanda4641]

I think otters draw the fishes towards the net

[@mrakjunior]

Wow I want to have those do they fish salt water.

[@SFVnative]

Sea otters fish in seas. These are river otters.

[@TheNoobComment]

:To me, they are friends. It's because of them i can make money" okay, what a bullshit owner he is. Doesn't seem to be treating them good.

[@seagriffon1016]

Not the nicest otter video. They don't deserve such a wonderful animal.

[@joeellis4013]

ya the most graceful animal belongs to that guy. He looks like sells fish for crack!!

[@rafsanAhmed93]

unfortunately they are the only peoples saving this otter. because of them they are still not extinct. P.S: this probably some of the last ottur.

[@superbaby4622]

What about your pet dogs & horses? Theses people are also poor. Animal & man both are same here.

[@malikrahman8649]

Assuming the otters don't live a very long life in those cramped cages. Poor people treat animals like the way rich people treat the poor.

[@morganlandauer]

Actually animals with jobs that live in captivity live much much longer than in the wild.

[@soepsoep6445]

@@morganlandauer yeah but the quality of life is much lower

[@joserizal1158]

Animal cruelty!!

[@pavankamat6985]

Are you vegan?

[@ishwarirao6387]

Jungle safari me fish khate hue dikha tha glass ke ander tha

[@hiimryan2388]

*slaps otter a$$* 4:08

[@rickbh2864]

I can see this being a useful tool

[@reesemoore5703]

They are not tools!

[@1RetroMetro1]

It's 3AM and I want to try this

[@Md_Sani2019]

love u form Bangladesh, 😍

[@HmmAnime]

Just use a fucking fishing road or a net. Damn it.

[@suhanakhalib]

Where is austalia?

[@wisewarnanazara317]

Ineffective and cruel

[@wisewarnanazara317]

pavan joshi hounds really does help in hunting because the can help corner, even take down the target. Look at the number of fish they get, Lol.

[@nardmatirezbernardespinosa4537]

i want that pet

[@PakPikPuk]

Do it like The Mink Man, not like this, noo!!

[@Bitam-mg4ot]

Sometimes I am ashamed of myself that I'm human ...😓 poor animals 😞😓😓😓😞💔💔💔💔

[@Workdove]

It's a Mandela effect. There is no way this was real in the original timeline.

[@samantharamesh7572]

I feel sorry for the otters, i want them to be free to play and hunt as they please

[@vonderloo3184]

They are protected species.

[@vonderloo3184]

@Jason Berryman yeah check the CITIES dot org for that.

[@TheAryanKnight]

I feel Sorry for the animals trapped in the Zoo and houses of USA. These guys are actually keeping otter wild and letting them fish and work and not babysitting a tiger in house backyard and treating them like dogs and not predators lol.

[@abysmalbismo]

​@@TheAryanKnightDo you really think otters on 2 foot leashes that get shoved into a box whenever they're not being used are living better lives than zoo animals? What would a thirdie know about animal compassion

[@anitat9727]

​@@abysmalbismoRacist much?

[@muthurathinam9428]

Good and well trained but they should live freely in water.that is the nature law..one way it helps folk to eke out livelihood,but to some extent they should be freed and they should learn new tech to catch fish..will they do?or govt.,will force them/?who knows better than Almighty.,

[@Cenutasahan]

top

[@jadie_1pp163]

Human dominate the earth, animal have to obey human or be killed. Until modern day, rich country human learn to love and protect animal. In this video, if those otter not work for human they will be eaten for sure.

[@rajeshrathod6272]

What meaning in this

[@fahimhossain5784]

Cruel !!

[@ceilingsandfloors]

Technically they wouldn't be "fishing" if it was for otters, but ah well.

[@ShangHighRoller]

Considerably less graceful and elegant than cormorant fishing. This looks like amateur hour.