I don't think people give enough credit to bony fishes for how scary they can be. Nobody's denying that sharks are imposing as hell, but there's a certain visceral fear I get when I think about goliath groupers. The way they use their swim bladders to bark, the way they do mock charges while opening their gill flaps, their lightning fast gulp, it's all just so intimidating. Then there's the Kaluga which is basically the only sturgeon species that actively hunts fish instead of invertebrates and has been known to eat seals. Their giant bodies and peg-like teeth which are unique to them, their armor plated skin they use to ram things too large to bite, and the fact that they live in freshwater which makes them far more likely to run into humans than a shark. Anyone else get what I mean here?
>>4823176>Anyone else get what I mean here?That the water is to be avoided at all costs? Yeah, no shit, we already knew that.
>>4823176>and has been known to eat seals.Source? I get what you mean but ‘fish attacks’ don’t really seem all that common and rarely have the potential to be fatal unlike a bull shark or something that just needs a proper bite in the right area to pretty much kill you
I don't approve of catfish
>>4823269https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227171990_Threatened_Fishes_of_the_World_Huso_huso_Linnaeus_1758_Acipenseridae>"Unlike sturgeon of the genus Acipenser, the adult beluga is a pelagic predator, feeding primarily on the larger species within the genera Alosa,Aspiusand Engraulis. Seasonal changes in diet have been observed throughout the beluga’s range, and additional food itemsmay include aquatic birds and young seals (Pirogovskii et al. 1989)."Maybe so, but they just seem scarier to me. Everyone expects a shark, but nobody thinks of the caviar fish and oversized bass as maneaters.>>4823285Wels catfish especially are fuckin creepy. Damned blind things have been known to beach themselves to get pigeons like a killer whale, and they've been known to kill small dogs too, kids could very well be on the menu as well.https://youtu.be/on7cixfDl8I?si=DJwxMH9w8ogFTFZwhttps://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fql6qu4j5kf771.jpg&tbnid=UPazcbXM15uA0M&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Foddlyterrifying%2Fcomments%2Fo7q15s%2Fgiant_catfish_choked_on_ginat_turtle_in_a_german%2F&docid=7sTwzTI16eTE2M&w=2540&h=1429&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=8a31d2f674284761&shem=abme%2Ctrie
>>4823298This image is actually very disconcerting.
>>4823298> and they've been known to kill small dogs too, kids could very well be on the menu as well.That’s seriously creepy shit. You’re weirding me out right now. I need something to comfort me immediately.
>>4823349
>>4823358truly they are the frogs of the sea
>>4823368Aren't frogfish the frogs of the sea?
>>4823298Wels catfishs are mostly dangerous because the large specimens can drown you, their jaws are like a bear trap. If they catch one of your limbs while you are in the water, you are fucked.
>>4823368do they also invade your dounstairs shitter and spook you?
>>4823382They could swim up through the pipes and bite you on the benus
>>4823376So no noodling?
>>4823349>That’s seriously creepy shit.It is a decently smart predatory fish that can reach sizes over 2m long and weigh more than 100kg (or significantly more if you listen to old wives tales about 3 to 4 meter long fishes of the pre-industrial era) and has been known to bite people. I really wouldn't be surprised if at least a couple peon kids did end up getting killed by one back in the day.
>>4823369those are a thing?>>4823385correct
>>4823397Yup.Frogfish
>>4823285
>>4823417Thanks, I hate it.
>>4823388>>4823417Whats interesting about Wels catfish is that theyre unusually intelligent and adaptable for a fish. The Orca tactics arent something they do in their native area, only in the introduced parts of Italy.And even though they are more of a cold-water fish originally, they seem to thrive better in the warmer waters of south Europe.
>>4823188fpbp>>4823176I feel you homie
>>4823176They have a sort of otherworldliness sharks don't have anymore due to overexposure
>>4823188>That the water is to be avoided at all costs?Wrong, wuss. It means you go out there, own the seas like your ancestors did, and you show those waterbreathing needleboned faggots WHO'S THE BOSS.
>>4823432>own the seas like your ancestors didlolThe sea swallowed your ancestors by the boatload and they spent every day praying and shunning women and avoiding albatrosses in the vague hope they could exert some form of superstitious control over the nightmarish reality of being on a bunch of logs lashed together in the middle of the ocean guaranteed to capsize if the divine should so much as sneeze
>>4823434Thats some landlubber shit right there
>>4823449Money where your mouth is scalleywag. Get packing.
>>4823388I organised the words in the filename alphabetically: best big big big biggest enorme fish fish fishes fishes gigante gigante huge igfa images ocean of of of of pesce pesce record sea siluro the the the the wels world world world
>>4823467Bless your autism.
>>4823460I'd prefer it if they had tricorn hats, eyepatches and parrots
>>4823397Yes, and their closet relative is the angler fish, and maybe bat fish, i cant remember
>>4823516Also monkfish
>>4823388>>4823467Really though what the hell is that file name kek
>>4823417>>4823426Where i live they are in every single body of water and they are extremely common, even in really shallow rivers.
>>4823385There’s a story about a wels in Eastern Europe somewhere that pulled someone’s hand off at the wrist, so no
>>4823176>Nobody's denying that sharks are imposing as hell, but there's a certain visceral fear I get when I think about goliath groupersHaving a fish with nothing but gums try swallow you while you’re alive seems like a far worse way to go than a shark taking your head off in one bite
>>4823614Just goes to show that you don't need teeth to be utterly horrifying.https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Ffof0hn094uhb1.jpg&tbnid=RpqcfiQ_Hifh_M&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FNatureIsFuckingLit%2Fcomments%2F15pt0lp%2Fmarlin_breaches_out_of_the_water_after_impaling%2F&docid=vcnqx6wGV42thM&w=1170&h=1329&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=1c61b284f48a67b2&shem=abme%2Ctrie
>>4823618Wrong link https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069120/Amazing-moment-angler-hooks-600lb-marlin--giant-fish-spears-MOUTH.html
>>4823618>YEEEEEOOOOOWWWWCH.webm
>>4823176groupers are so fucking cool
>>4823298Is there a place in the Americas were kalugas could be introduced without becoming a problem?In an attempt at conservation, of course.
>>4823618What the fuck did he do that for
>>4823176They could probably get as big as megalodon too. Considering Leedsichthys was a regular old ray-finned fish and about the same size.
>>4823697Swordfish are, shockingly, massive haters. There's even dead sharks that washed ashore found with broken nose tips embedded in either their brain or heart. This hater energy ain't restricted to living things either.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-1967-the-submarine-alvin-was-attacked-by-a-swordfish-38245/
>>4823661fuck off, we have gars and they should be in more places
>>4823712>like a gator but smaller weaker and less coolnah
>>4823736mmmmmmmm, no because>needle teeth>armored scalessturgeon are literally soífish
>>4823742theyre gross goofy and nerdy looking but a really big sturgeon could probably eat any gar so they win
>>4823614This is what tarpons do. Big powerful ravenous predatory fish, but absolutely zero teeth. Why chew when you can swallow anything whole?
>>4823746
>>4823712They're southern, kaluga would need to be northern. There's no overlap.
>>4823761gars go all the way to the great lakes thats the same latitude
>>4823769Well, they would need a place with access to salt water.So they still wouldn't really be in competition with the gar, put them up in east and west coast Canada.
>>4823775gars live in brackish water too, and full salt water if they wanted to, and the only reason why theyre east of the rockys is because the of rockys
>>4823818Was it real, /an/?
>>4823618What the hell happened in that video>>4823705If I had a sword for a nose I’d probably go around stabbing everything with it too
>>4823839https://www.10000birds.com/africa-tigerfish-eat-swallows.htmSeems to be so.
>>4823746There’s a restaurant where I live that has a pier where they pool around and you can feed them. Very big and powerful
>>4823839Yes, Jeremy Wade is a real creature.
>>4823845Well bluefin tuna are even bigger and more powerful than that.
>>4823859Is that just a tiny person?
>>4823848I think it's funny that his last name was wade since that's what he spent so much of his time doing.
>>4823868Nominative determinism
>>4823866Nope>>4823869Speak English
>>4823881more tiny people?
>>4823883https://youtu.be/C-i5s08pYDE?si=sU1eyMUzlPz2vZzphttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/western-atlantic-bluefin-tuna
>>4823886Nah, that doesn't seem right.
>>4823888I want to hurt you
>>4823891
>>4823886There's also dogtooth tuna which have nasty chompers
>>4823848Wow, he doesn’t look like a “Jeremy Wade” at all
>>4823746Most fish have a second set of phyrangial jaws. We actual retain them and use them as part of our nervous system
>>4824015Oh yea? Which part do we use them in brainiac?
>>4823899holy moly I've never seen one of these before
Why do people never talk about tuna? They're basically a modern day xiphactinus without teeth->>4823899Oh shit tuna are fucking scary man. Damnned warm blooded bullet fish with an appetite the size of a truck and their actual size being half of one.
>>4824804>>4824774Most people don't ever see different tuna species and just assume they're all like albacore
>>4823746Teleosts are so retarded looking
>>4824911Cope lube-fin
>>4824821What the hell is he saying? There’s no subtitles
>>4824924>i demand bellets
>>4823285Fair.
>>4825026i am surprised that more fish havent chosen the swordfish defense
>>4823742>sturgeon are literally soífish
>>4825152Topkek
>>4825152jej
>>4823417forced perspective, it is big but not as big as the pic makes it seem
>>4825292https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QODvfIBXTYMI dunno man, looks pretty fucking huge to me
>>4824035in you're mom's ass
I would rather be killed by a shark than a giant freshwater fish in murky water.
>>4827680See yeah that's exactly what I'm talking about. >Being in open water with a shark, fine whatever.>Dodging around corals as a giant bass keeps barking at me and trying to bite my arm and break it off, fuck no.https://youtu.be/OB9Hrq0V7pE?si=Yiyxrzl8Ibdoi9QV
>>4823886>1.75mOof
>>4823176I hate groupers too OP
>>4823176It was a long time ago in a past thread but one anon said a dive instructor said this appropriate line.>"You would rather mess with a shark than a grouper. A shark would bite your hand off, but a grouper will RIP your hand off."
>>4823176Giant fish creeped me the fuck out when I was a kid, stuff like this made me imagine a nightmare scenario of being trapped in pitch black waters while encountering fish the size of whales. In terms of size, none of them beat the beluga sturgeon.
>>4828581
>>4828582
>>4828581>>4828582>>4828584Looks like it could gobble down a grown man if it really tried. Frightening stuff.
To think we eat their eggs and they're this big. It's like the same feeling you get when you see how big tuna are after knowing them from a can your whole life.
>>4823176Worth nothing that even in the dino days, bony fish were fucking enormous.
>>4829738impressive...now make it a macropredator.
>>4823748kek he looks chinese
>>4829738Why did he need to be this big???
>>4829762
>>4829884The oceans of the Jurassic were..unpleasant to say the least. Not as bad as the Cretaceous but still not something you’d want to swim in, the size is for defence.
>>4829738Ok now whats the SECOND biggest bony fish that ever existedI can't find any info on that
>>4830881What was going on in the Cretaceous oceans?
>>4831069>What was going on in the Cretaceous oceans?Hood shit, but in general there was a lot of mega predators present.Another example of Cretaceous sea life is >>4829898
>>4823285Honestly I hate catfish but they taste so fucking good
>>4823620Cool fake story with cgi
>>4831316imagine if we had still these around today
>>4831512They'd go extinct due to competition from orcas
>>4831527pipe down orcafag
>>4825026can he digest a meal this large? seems just wrong
>>4831618I'm sorry?
>>4831616Hate to be a debbie downer reptard, but orcas have been known to take down 60,000 pound grey whales and 40,000 pound sperm whales, I don't think a 20,000 pound oversized sea snake is gonna give them much strife and will pretty easily be outcompeted seeing as they occupy pretty much the same niche. The mesozoic oceans are objectively less cool than the modern and especially miocene-pliocene ones.
>>4831628That mosasaur depiction is outdated, they had a tail fluke.Also they're lizards not snakes retard
>>4831907Snakes are lizards dipshit. Also my point still stands regardless of if the pic is outdated.
>>4823176Fishhsif.
>>4829738>problematicus Yeah, good description honestly.
>>4823176>and has been known to eat sealsNo it does not you liar
>>4832312Yeah it does loser
>>4831628Orcas do not face anything as agile or as deadly as a goddam mosasaurus you moron. Being intelligent, they would at best chase one off as a group or get the fuck out of there if they spotted one. On the other hand, a mosasaurus would absolutely go for the kill on a calf, sub adult or an average sized adult, which it could dispatch quickly and return to feed on later. Orcas can only kill something bigger than them as a pod and it takes them hours to do so. With their tiny jaws their best attack is ramming into and attempting to drown their prey. Literally blessed with no competition, the most onions predator in history.
>>4825152hearty chuckle
>>4830976
>>4823176Growing up swimming in lakes I'd sometimes have nightmares of a big fish eating me, this brings back memories.
