WTF...Barry the MBU Puffer

WTF...Barry the MBU Puffer
We all see lots of viral cat and dog videos all over Social Media. I may have just found the aquatic version. Meet Barry the Puffer. I’ve never seen a fish so responsive to the world outside his or her tanks. Check this out!
The MBU puffer, AKA giant puffer or giant freshwater puffer, is one of 30 freshwater species of puffer and native to Cameroon, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, specifically the east coast of Lake Tanganyika close to the mouth of the Malagarasi River and the mid to lower sections of the Congo River.
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They grow to an adult length of 67 cm (26 inches). Like all of its relatives, the Mbu puffer is capable of inflating itself with water or air when stressed or otherwise frightened. It feeds on smaller fish, mollusks and crustaceans, and snails. Species kept in captivity require a varied diet consisting of shelled foods to help ensure good health and to prevent tooth overgrowth.
The Mbu puffer is just about the most aggressive tetraodon that you can find. However, these fish do learn to recognize and interact well with their owners. If an owner does decide to risk introducing tankmates with the puffers, you will need a massive tank, and the species you choose to share the environment must be sufficiently fast and agile to be able to outswim the puffer.
Credit to the Barry the Puffer KZbin Channel:
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:36 Barry the MBU Puffer eating action
01:49 Background information about MBU Puffer
03:35 Keeping MBU puffer as compared to keeping an octopus
04:49 Do you know what MBU stands for?
05:01 Wrap-up
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[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

Do you know what the "MBU" stands for in MBU puffer?

[@markwong92]

Might Bite U? In all seriousness, it seems like it isn't a initialism, but Mbu, from it's African roots.

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

@@markwong92 nice!!! 😂

[@DerDtRM]

must be the scientific name of this puffer: Tetraodon mbu...like Mark says already...he lives in african freshwater sees and rivers and "mbu" is a speech from kamerun ;-)

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

Thanks adding your thoughts.

[@chrisdevoe7885]

Taken from the web: Tetraodon Mbu is widely spread throughout the Congo basin and Lake Tanganyika; in fact the word Mbu means rock in certain African dialects. It is pronounced "uhmboo"

[@barrythepuffer5938]

Thank you for the great video 🤗 I try to use my KZbin channel to spread the right information about freshwater puffers but hey, time is rare these days 😔😆

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

Hello! Your channel and is so much fun and you ad your partner work well together as a team. I found Barry originally on FaceBook and then went down the rabbit hole. I see there are a few channels out there. I've never seen a marine creature so aware of the outer world. Thanks for raising visibility!

[@tammyeldred2035]

At first I was like awww his little teefies and then I was like whoa his teeth are chompers of death! Awesome video. I needed that today 😂

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

Tammy, thanks as always for adding some light to the comments. Yeas, these little critters have some no-joke choppers. And such personality!

[@davidressler9316]

Looks like an underwater beaver

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

Sure does!

[@lashaunguthrie1628]

Mbu is one word not an acronym. It’s African as you know. Em-boo or Mah-boo

[@italodepilla5705]

Speak to much. Show the fish