Stargazer swallows fish alive.

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
  • Stargazers are often found by Melbourne Divers in Port Phillip Bay.They bury them selves in the sand waiting for unsuspecting fish to swim close by. They position them selves where all the fish action is likely to be. Often found buried in the sand near Pylons or rocky ledges. Fortunately for us they are not 2-3 metres long as they would be more of a threat to swimmers than a White pointer or Salt water Crocodile. Pang Quong To use this video (or part)in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email me at pqaquatic @bigpond.com

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  • @injusticeanywherethreatens4810
    @injusticeanywherethreatens4810 8 років тому +180

    This is the type of music I think about when watching aquatic animals eat each other...

    • @starjeti
      @starjeti 8 років тому +7

      indeed

    • @maywalker997
      @maywalker997 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah I turned the volume off, the music is very off-putting, bad and an odd choice.

  • @pigjubby1
    @pigjubby1 8 років тому +82

    4:12 Okay, now there's no excuse for this guy getting caught. He must suffer from the worst case of ADD. The guy was just looking at the big guy burying himself right before.

    • @DubStepChic111
      @DubStepChic111 8 років тому +14

      lol maybe he flunked out of fish *school*....get it?

    • @Renville80
      @Renville80 7 років тому +9

      I don’t think fish have much of a short term memory.

    • @charlesreed8420
      @charlesreed8420 5 років тому +3

      Fish are brain dead creatures.

    • @FarmYardGaming
      @FarmYardGaming 3 роки тому +4

      The way it's edging forwards like "IS IT GONE?! IS IT THERE?!"

    • @pinecedar180
      @pinecedar180 9 місяців тому

      I looked at that too and no, its a different fish. The one thats caught has a tail thats straight in the back but the one thats looking has a different shaped tail.

  • @A1God25
    @A1God25 8 років тому +309

    😂😂 @ the stingray at the 5:24 mark. That was a "wtf was that" moment.

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  8 років тому +25

      Fiddler ray or Banjo sharks(local names for this species)

    • @whysosyria1
      @whysosyria1 7 років тому +3

      looks like a skate or a guitarfish

    • @dannydaniels1886
      @dannydaniels1886 6 років тому

      LOL

    • @margotpittman567
      @margotpittman567 6 років тому

      😂😂😂Riigght!

    • @KrotowX
      @KrotowX 6 років тому +9

      Stingray - What you said?
      Stargazer - Umm, nothing. (burrows deeper)
      That fish school could crap on stargazer to teach him not be so naughty.

  • @Reach1335
    @Reach1335 7 років тому +30

    2:30 Fish on the right: "Is that Stargazer really going to try just hiding in a clump of seaweed instead of burying itself? I gotta watch this!"

  • @kat-xz9nf
    @kat-xz9nf 4 роки тому +19

    LMFAOOO AT 4:30 you can see the fish looking terrified inside of its mouth. It’s face is like “:O”

  • @FloozieOne
    @FloozieOne 8 років тому +68

    What a superbly adapted animal. I especially like the way it buries itself so quickly with just the little button eyes showing. If you hadn't seen where it buried itself you would never know it was there. But those eyes... how does it keep sand from sticking to them? And what a mouth! It is half or more of its body. I guess that is so it can eat things almost as big as it is. A good plan I think... eat once and then sleep for a week.

    • @theshagg5091
      @theshagg5091 3 роки тому +4

      I agree it is a super fascinating animal it must pack a crazy digestive system to swallow those fish; you wouldn't typically thing a fish that size could eat another similarly sized fish like that. I also read somewhere that they have bioelectrogenesis and are venomous. So this is a very cool fish and those crazy adaptations are clearly very successful.

  • @freddykrueger5503
    @freddykrueger5503 8 років тому +173

    Nature is one big horror show

  • @Iveseenittoo
    @Iveseenittoo 7 років тому +51

    We have these little guys on the east coast of the US. He has a face only a mother could love but it is his mouth you need watch out for. I caught one about 5 inches long one day. While trying the remove the hook, he lunged forward and bit the end of my right thumb. They don't have teeth but they do have some serious jaw pressure. My thumb was black and blue for days. I dubbed them "Thumb Smashers" after that. I have found fossils of this fish too.

    • @Serpenfishil
      @Serpenfishil 7 років тому +4

      Passed out how could he have bit your thumb when you're a cat! You don't even have thumbs!
      (don't take this seriously, it's just a joke)

    • @rcdogmanduh4440
      @rcdogmanduh4440 6 років тому +1

      New England we called them " goosefish" but not sure that was just misinformation.

  • @mrk45
    @mrk45 8 років тому +45

    Those silver fish look so derpy.

  • @WarriorsCats321
    @WarriorsCats321 8 років тому +10

    That fish at 2:55 was like, "Shit, I'm out of here."

  • @Frunnnk
    @Frunnnk 9 років тому +111

    The fish r like"bruh we can see u"

    • @alaskanbullworm5500
      @alaskanbullworm5500 9 років тому +40

      "Gets eaten anyway"

    • @ML7WL
      @ML7WL 7 років тому +8

      "...no you can't e_e"

    • @rabbit0664
      @rabbit0664 6 років тому +4

      I am not the fish you're looking for.

    • @mikefrancoeur6752
      @mikefrancoeur6752 5 років тому +1

      That's exactly what I was thinking!

    • @gauritrimbakkar9666
      @gauritrimbakkar9666 3 роки тому

      Fish aren't humans,and you should know by now anyone other than human doesn't have a brain

  • @vladimirtiffany
    @vladimirtiffany 7 років тому +64

    Never going to the beach or under water ever again

  • @badgoodweather
    @badgoodweather 10 років тому +60

    I love how it upchucked the scales

  • @Vladpryde
    @Vladpryde 8 років тому +100

    "GET IN MAH BELLY!"

    • @MARINE_VIRUS
      @MARINE_VIRUS 7 років тому +1

      THAT FISH IS A CANABELL CUZ ITS A FISH EATING OTHER FISH

    • @MARINE_VIRUS
      @MARINE_VIRUS 7 років тому

      Imagine this fish Vs the underwater worm that also eats fish

  • @BigMike793
    @BigMike793 8 років тому +57

    YO 5:25 is like a metal gear solid moment

  • @tristrisX
    @tristrisX 3 роки тому +2

    Humans : the floor is lava
    Fish: the sea floor is a stargazer

  • @thedoggo6783
    @thedoggo6783 8 років тому +21

    2:40 the battle between the two camouflaging monster.

  • @omar16777
    @omar16777 8 років тому +17

    05:24 That sting ray is like: Da Fuck!

  • @sithious3
    @sithious3 10 років тому +24

    Combine lazy, ugly and fish together and this is what you get. X3

  • @piplup2009
    @piplup2009 10 років тому +181

    that thing fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down

  • @AnaheimElectronicsInc.
    @AnaheimElectronicsInc. 4 роки тому +5

    3:02 fish on the ground: “imma head out.”

  • @armarxcolony4619
    @armarxcolony4619 6 років тому +26

    At 2:40 I was like ' Is he mad? '

  • @brianskinner5711
    @brianskinner5711 6 років тому +3

    Star gazer seeks a bit high falutin--I'd call them Looker Upper Gulpers. What a great world we live on. Such creatures abound and amaze us. Our imaginations cannot grasp the wonder and complexity of it all. Thanks for collecting and sharing all this.

  • @kevinzh5898
    @kevinzh5898 7 років тому +6

    5:24 that flat shark reacted like human being, "I got you"

  • @ManicMindTrick
    @ManicMindTrick 10 років тому +15

    One of the best fish videos on youtube.

  • @sydneyp3357
    @sydneyp3357 10 років тому +121

    I can't take this seriously with that music xD

    • @AazzaA1275
      @AazzaA1275 7 років тому +3

      thats why i found it also humorous!

    • @rabbit0664
      @rabbit0664 6 років тому +3

      Sydney P My dog likes it, came from the other side of the house.

  • @firstnamekaty8830
    @firstnamekaty8830 8 років тому +3

    HA! That stargazer fish looks like the trash lady on the Labyrinth movie! "Hey, get off my back!!!"😂😂😂

  • @paulhowell6430
    @paulhowell6430 10 років тому +7

    I love the way it coughs up the scales!

  • @godofobelix
    @godofobelix 9 років тому +58

    that fish on 2:57 :" I know what you did there " lols

    • @abdallagurashi9566
      @abdallagurashi9566 8 років тому

      Hahaha

    • @toad762002
      @toad762002 8 років тому +1

      +Dante hollow How about reaction from the ray at 5:25?

    • @freddykrueger5503
      @freddykrueger5503 8 років тому +2

      +Robert Brown If the ray could talk, it might have said......"The hell was that ??" when he thought he detected some movement to his right.

    • @heartedlytinmanadonis8857
      @heartedlytinmanadonis8857 7 років тому

      whatever it is that fish stood under that dirt like it knew better ...

  • @surfclimbcycle
    @surfclimbcycle 7 років тому +2

    4:59 the fish are all like "hey, anyone seen Bruce..?"

  • @NessCuddles
    @NessCuddles 9 років тому +30

    I regret searching this thing on google images....

    • @lovingbritt
      @lovingbritt 9 років тому +5

      Lol yeah they are soo ugly

    • @andreyv.vieira521
      @andreyv.vieira521 6 років тому +4

      I Relate to you SOOOOOOO much, i swear,this Fish looks like it came from
      Hell Itself O_O

  • @oblivionguard9022
    @oblivionguard9022 4 роки тому +2

    2:43 Fish on the right: *watches star gazer have a seizure and disappear under the sand.*
    Also fish on the right: Ight imma head out...

  • @curlywolfone
    @curlywolfone 8 років тому +10

    So, I found out a few months ago, we have an electric "Cat Fish," and now we have a "Bushwhacking, poisonous, electric Fish with frighteningly large, sharp teeth." I'm reminded of the old adage, "Truth is more scary than fiction." Now on this video, I see him snap the fish in his mouth, swallow it down in one gulp, then belching out the scales. Hey, Steven King, are you paying attention here?

  • @sada0101
    @sada0101 7 років тому +2

    John - "seriously you know that we can see you right?"
    Jack -"who are you talking to? There is no one there"
    John - "wtf dude, he is right there, you cant see it? Lol, you are dumb"
    Jack -" where?"
    John -"omfg, see here, these eyes, thi......."
    *Gets eaten*
    Jack -" oh yeah, lol."

  • @harrycassio49
    @harrycassio49 8 років тому +3

    Very nicely done Pang, recently discovered your channel. You must spend a lot of time out there to get that superb footage, although I don't know whether the cheery music fits the torrid struggles depicted in your video. Would love to know the equipment you use, I'm sure I've swam past you under some pier. I struggle to find like minded buddies, would love to join you some time.

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  8 років тому +2

      Thanks for the comment,Harry. I am sure we would have crossed paths under water. The nature of my work allows me the opportunity to get wet nearly everyday. However I seldom know in advance where and when i will be, making it hard to coordinate private dives.Saw some of your video posts... very nice!

  • @RumpSpank3rGaming
    @RumpSpank3rGaming 7 років тому +1

    *lol* @2:38 , when your fart smells so bad you gag

  • @Misterbazzuka
    @Misterbazzuka 9 років тому +50

    Campers

    • @witwot61
      @witwot61 3 роки тому

      I mean I get it but that sounds really dumb

  • @anongladstone
    @anongladstone 8 років тому +17

    Never knew Stunfisk to be so aggressive.

    • @chaotixthefox
      @chaotixthefox 7 років тому +3

      Stunfisk is based on a completely diffrerent fish.

  • @Autumnvicky
    @Autumnvicky 6 років тому +1

    That fish ever bit my foot my scream would become the next legendary 'bloop'. lol

  • @MJDHX
    @MJDHX 8 років тому +3

    1:20 LOL, that's like from a cartoon or something. *Fish gets eaten, burps up scales*

  • @Kligor2
    @Kligor2 10 років тому +14

    that last one "please no"

  • @phantomflames5063
    @phantomflames5063 7 років тому

    3:49 them fishes were like
    Fish : yooo what in the actual f*ck was that motherf*cker doing in the sand

  • @oceans80
    @oceans80 10 років тому +2

    Thank you for posting, a captivating video! I have never heard of these fish before.

  • @67Bullshark
    @67Bullshark 7 років тому +1

    VERY INTERESTING!! GREAT FOOTAGE!! ;-)
    Besides of the music....

  • @fruitlion8
    @fruitlion8 5 років тому +1

    And then he's like "K, I'm done. Back to bed" after.

  • @snells-window
    @snells-window 11 років тому

    You have some incredible footage Pang! I couldn't believe it had a go at that large leatherjacket! I am still waiting to see a stargazer.

  • @Hallands.
    @Hallands. 7 років тому +3

    Why's the music so perfectly fitting?

  • @DaveBryant_ByronBay
    @DaveBryant_ByronBay 7 років тому +2

    Hey Pang, what is it with Stargazer videos that gets so many viewers? 500,000 +, congrats!!

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  7 років тому

      Not sure Dave-maybe viewers like to see some action. Always imagined how scary the bay would be with 6 ' size Star gazers

  • @realtick
    @realtick 8 років тому +1

    Lol, fish at 2:55 was like "nope."

  • @joannavechellea2955
    @joannavechellea2955 3 роки тому +1

    The shrimps be like : we can see you
    **gets eaten anyway**

  • @kookamongus
    @kookamongus 6 років тому +2

    Why dislike this, it’s nature

  • @meatsaucegod
    @meatsaucegod 9 років тому +29

    that Trigger Fish was too hard to swallow though lol

    • @cryptocorynes1253
      @cryptocorynes1253 6 років тому +6

      the trigger is locked to prevent other fish from swallowing it, pretty good defense against predators that swallow whole.

  • @twitchster77
    @twitchster77 7 років тому +1

    How the hell do I always find myself on this side of youtube every couple of months? I mean seriously...xP And to think...I started the night off watching cute guinea pig videos! haha /facepalm

  • @Nabataku
    @Nabataku 7 років тому +2

    2:31, Fish is like: The heck are you doing man?

    • @The_Noctu
      @The_Noctu 3 роки тому

      "that's my seaweed!"

  • @PMAngst
    @PMAngst 7 років тому

    The cuttlefish said: You guys made me ink

  • @chicorico70
    @chicorico70 9 років тому +18

    This background music tho... !!

  • @mikeh2520
    @mikeh2520 2 роки тому

    Stargazers are amazingly good to eat in New Jersey! The first two times that I speared one (free diving) the fish won the contest by quickly burying itself about 1.5 feet down in the sand. I had the problem of having to get my spear out and to keep breathing. It took me a couple of trips to the surface for air and back down again before I yanked my spear out and lost the fish. I had to take my speargun leash off of my wrist to be able to get to the surface. On one fish that I had caught and taken home to eat I managed to get poked by a spine on the top and found out about the venom. My hand and arm were numb and painful and I felt sick for a while but was fine the next day. None of my fish books mentioned that Stargazers had venom but they did mention the electric shock. So this fish offers up the most dramma of any fish that I have ever dealt with. The fights in the water, the poison and the shock. I got shocked the very first time I touched one on a jetty but never again after. It was like a capacitor discharge shock (I fix electronic equipment), not bad but it definitely gets your attention. But the taste of the Stargazer meat is exceptional. Maybe because they eat so many crabs and blue claw crabs are sweet and delicious. The trick to spearing them is to grab the spear with both hands immediately and start shaking it and pulling it up out of the sand. These fish will hit jigs bounced off of the bottom while fishing from the sides of New Jersey jetties. I have to vote this fish as my #1 New Jersey fish for taste. Sounds strange but only a few of us know how good it is to eat. The taste is the only thing that keeps me coming back for it again. Good luck and beware of the surprises if you try to catch them. Definitely avoid the sharp spines. Cut the spines off with snips right away.

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  2 роки тому

      yes I believe they are good to eat...think their also a commercial fish for sale in some fish markets

  • @PangQuong
    @PangQuong  11 років тому

    Easy to find at Rye jetty or Portsea- look around or near pylons. Look for their eyes or slight discolouration in the sand where they have buried.

  • @Stefanox36
    @Stefanox36 7 років тому +1

    Loved the title! What did you expect? Was the stargazed supposed to KILL the fish before eating it?

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  7 років тому +1

      OK! may be it should have been Stargazer swallows fish alive.

  • @dokanyon
    @dokanyon 4 роки тому +2

    I have a silly question. How animals that are swallowed alive, die? I mean what happens in the stomatch? They suffocate first?

    • @chrispya1
      @chrispya1 2 роки тому

      I wonder about that, too. What a way to go. I hope they suffocate quickly, before the stomach acid hits.

  • @Nico-tr7vs
    @Nico-tr7vs 3 роки тому +1

    I’m glad they put this background music, I wouldn’t watch this otherwise

  • @AndrewNewton
    @AndrewNewton 11 років тому

    Excellent capture...you too Pang.

  • @enders9514
    @enders9514 7 років тому +2

    I like how he is coughing up the scales :D

  • @carlyletom301
    @carlyletom301 6 років тому +1

    3:46 Looked like a real life seen from the movie Nemo. "OMG, Fred, Fred, where are you? He was just here a minute ago, and and now he's gone. Must of been Sandy, the sand monster."

  • @KingofSpadesdj100
    @KingofSpadesdj100 3 роки тому +1

    Stingrays swimming freely n living their best life
    Also stingrays: don't look at me he like fish I'm a ray that's just too bad for y'all

  • @deucecaptin6
    @deucecaptin6 7 років тому +1

    I like how that one fish seen him bury himself and was like nope😆

  • @Jayyy048
    @Jayyy048 3 роки тому +5

    1:37 Didn’t even care that fish had a horn!! 😲

    • @anaalina5964
      @anaalina5964 2 роки тому +1

      And that single horn is the reason it survived lol

  • @sneesnoo458
    @sneesnoo458 4 роки тому +2

    Lol at 5:23 the stargazer burps and it scares the shark ray swimming by

  • @Ryguy392
    @Ryguy392 5 років тому +1

    When it is swallowing the fish, it looks like a receipt printer in reverse.

  • @PatDaliki
    @PatDaliki 9 років тому +3

    just imagine these things being bigger than humans, and then swimming past one..

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  9 років тому +1

      +Wayno Ryan or hiding beneath the waiting for you to swim by.

  • @Technocolor00
    @Technocolor00 7 років тому

    Welcome to the ocean, where all your soft vore fantasies are not only just possible but an everyday occurrence

  • @MrPoohman1981
    @MrPoohman1981 8 років тому +1

    minute 2:27 was too funny. that camouflage fish saw it and stopped in its tracks slowly turned around and went away

  • @leonwisam4372
    @leonwisam4372 8 років тому

    fish : lalalalalala
    digger guy : chomp
    fish : ded !

  • @teamprey8966
    @teamprey8966 5 років тому

    When your playing hide and seek but your hiding behind a lamp......

  • @markmccartin6179
    @markmccartin6179 9 років тому +1

    Absolutely astounding footage well done sir

  • @Josh-jy6hg
    @Josh-jy6hg 7 років тому

    I'm enjoying this side of UA-cam too much, finding progressively weirder and weirder fish fuck each other up...

  • @SoniaSoma
    @SoniaSoma 9 років тому +1

    Great footage! Thank you for sharing!

  • @ashbringer7251
    @ashbringer7251 6 років тому +1

    Who says you can't work comfortably at home and make a nice living? Well this fish does

  • @amplifyquell
    @amplifyquell 8 років тому +2

    I like the marbled stargazer fish . It looks like it would make a great friend !

  • @PAULLONDEN
    @PAULLONDEN 7 років тому +1

    That must be one of the most inventive evolutionary addaptations....just waiting till the food swims into your mouth....

  • @crisn565
    @crisn565 3 роки тому +1

    He’s the ultimate call of duty camper

  • @forssi1
    @forssi1 6 років тому

    The most interesting video i've seen for a long time 👏 Thank you

  • @habbi126
    @habbi126 7 років тому

    Thanks for uploading!😇

  • @bentley9249
    @bentley9249 6 років тому +1

    The fish were singing, I know you were trouble when you walked in. 😂

  • @emmancastro6282
    @emmancastro6282 8 років тому +4

    speed 0.25 you're welcome

  • @BJORNWTFAKAWDM
    @BJORNWTFAKAWDM 5 років тому +1

    How does it feel to have a whole living octopus in the stomach? Could it exit out the rear end in a swift manner without being digested first?

  • @corsijtsma3546
    @corsijtsma3546 7 років тому +1

    *"Joe! Yeah i think i found whiscash!"*

  • @malcolm1732
    @malcolm1732 7 років тому +3

    Being a fish must fucking suck.

  • @YiannisPho
    @YiannisPho 8 років тому

    Wonderful video. Well worth watching.

  • @tractorguymark7726
    @tractorguymark7726 7 років тому +1

    Nothing burps like scales!

  • @KareBear2199
    @KareBear2199 3 роки тому +1

    "You kids get off my lawn!"

  • @stanleyhutchinson1097
    @stanleyhutchinson1097 8 років тому +1

    How did you film that??? was that in an aquarium??? Now I know what that fish is named?? I've seen it at the market but didn't know what it was.

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  8 років тому

      +Stanley Hutchinson all wild stuff

    • @stanleyhutchinson1097
      @stanleyhutchinson1097 8 років тому

      Good Job, Obviously you Scuba Dive, just curious what beach or ocean was that??? Thanks

    • @PangQuong
      @PangQuong  8 років тому

      +Stanley Hutchinson Southern portion of Portphillip bay Melbourne ,Australia.

    • @stanleyhutchinson1097
      @stanleyhutchinson1097 8 років тому

      Ahhh Melbourne. Very nice . Thanks

  • @coolvid
    @coolvid 11 років тому

    Caught stargazers often, know I know just how fast they are. Great footage

  • @philosophy20
    @philosophy20 3 роки тому +1

    Loving the (Louisiana?) Jazz tune tho!

  • @ReggieDEdmonds
    @ReggieDEdmonds 6 років тому +1

    The way it spits out the remains and just leaves it in its jaw for a while never going in the sea those poor fish

  • @sandi21515
    @sandi21515 5 років тому

    "Stargazer eats fish alive?" Well of course it does. Don't be so shocked, it was too much trouble to fire up the barbecue.

  • @itsallaboutprotein
    @itsallaboutprotein 10 років тому +3

    Triggers be like... No you didn't!

  • @drawingjamaa9267
    @drawingjamaa9267 8 років тому +1

    how did you get a stunkfish?

  • @belugabibletranslations8594
    @belugabibletranslations8594 6 років тому

    Great video. Tactics and strategy totally applicable in business.

  • @ExopMan
    @ExopMan 8 років тому

    The awesome adaptation of the triggerfish, perfect example: 1:50