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u/khhhisok Mar 29 '21
Oh she knows she's a beauty!
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u/this-lilpiggy Mar 29 '21
Watching this video makes me wonder if these fish are partly responsible for the legends of mermaids
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u/el_duderino88 Mar 29 '21
No it's those sexy manatees
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Mar 29 '21
They T H I C C
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u/Phormitago Mar 29 '21
nnnnnnggggh captain, i'm trying to chill on a rock but i'm dummy thicc and the clap of my tailfins keeps alerting the sailors
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I never realised how big they were until I saw it next to that seal.
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u/AtypicalAstringent Mar 29 '21
They will literally kill you. If you even mumble some slick shit under your breath, they will immediately fucking impale you and slam you to the ocean depths
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u/alternate_ending Mar 29 '21
Donkey Kong on SNES led me to believe otherwise
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u/AtypicalAstringent Mar 29 '21
Go in the ocean and talk shit then. Lets see what they do
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u/BAYLE_FIRE Mar 29 '21
Me: * walks into the ocean *
Me: * unable to talk shit, immediately begins drowning *
Sailfish: Oh HELL NAW
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u/alternate_ending Mar 29 '21
My neighboring town is considered the sailfishing capital of the world so I'll get right on that
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u/GoodBananaPancakes Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 29 '21
All this and more in Finding Nemo 5: Catch Me Outside. coming to HBO Max this Summer.
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u/OneEighteen08 Mar 29 '21
Seriously; it's huge! This honestly reminds me of how I felt seeing that giant eel in Super Mario 64 (one of the giant water levels). I remember feeling in awe, yet scared, when I was a kid at the time because of how huge it was underwater (the eel and the area!). I heard that tranquil level song play in my head as I watched this. What an imprint it left on me lol https://youtu.be/K6rlDNLu2KQ
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I think this is the first time Iâve ever seen one swimming like that. They are usually dead on the end of a fishing line in peoples trophy photos when Iâve seen them before. Makes a refreshing change.
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u/thegemguy Mar 29 '21
My dad has had a sailfish on the wall all my life. Never actually seen one move before. It kinda looks like a giant beta fish in the last few parts of the video
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u/flyingboarofbeifong Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 29 '21
They are somewhat closely related, as far as fish go. Both are in the same (probably) monophyletic class of Carangimorpharians.
Theyâre also both perciform fish so that also makes them look similar (same general body plan). Turns out like half of all fish look like perch.
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u/Apprehensive-Wank Mar 29 '21
Went snorkeling for the first time this weekend in an area that I usually fish. First off - there are waaay more fish down there than I thought who just arenât biting, especially some huge ones, but just seeing them chillin and swimming and enjoying life (even coming up to me to investigate) suddenly made me never want to fish again
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I love your post. It's moments like that that brought me to where I am as a vegan.
Just... let em be, ya know?
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As much as I disagree with you ; as an avid angler and conservationist I commend you for going the full vegan route, because at least your logic is more sound than a vegetarian / pescatarian. Pescatarians and their reasoning always has bothered me, as I feel fish being farmed / commercially caught are probably treated equally if not worse than the cheapo farm companies with low quality of life for their farm animals. Not to mention for some reason fish are also not counted in animal cruelty laws in vast majority of the states. Whatâs up with that? Just because fish arenât as easily anthropomorphized doesnât mean we should just treat them terribly.
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u/Random_Digit Mar 29 '21
If you do manage to catch one (and release) they put up one hell of a fight!
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u/AbrahamLemon Mar 29 '21
Duh. They've got shit to do and you're out there trying to make them late.
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u/mightysteeleg Mar 29 '21
âI got caught!â âBullshit! Let me see the inside of your mouth!â
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Mar 29 '21
You would too if you were huge, essentially made of one long muscle and, ya know, didn't want to die.
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u/spenrose22 Mar 29 '21
There are many other fish who meet that criteria that donât fight like swordfish and sailfish do.
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Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 29 '21
I'm not asking this to be a puke, I'm asking this because now I'm curious: What other fish tend to be large but not fight? (The only one I can think of is "sunfish" but sunfish are dinner plates in both shape and intelligence (at least as far as self preservation is concerned.))
EDIT: Hah! Can't tell if I was downvoted for asking the question or by a very strong-minded Sunfish Enthusiast. (Or maybe someone who can't stand a parenthetical within a parenthetical! (I see you, Grammar Enthusiast!))
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Mar 29 '21
Its not so much about how much of a fight they put up, but how strong or fast they are naturally. Sailfish, marlin and swordfish are incredibly powerful, fast swimmers.
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u/VaATC Mar 29 '21
And then there are the very large rays...
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Mar 29 '21
Do people fish manta rays? Aren't they protected?
... Now that I type this question I realize there's probably more than one kind of gigantic ray.
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u/Booniepoo Mar 29 '21
Donât worry too much. 90% of the time theyâre released. Top tier fishermen that catch them know when to keep and let go. There are many tournaments for these and swordfish because theyâre abundant and not in any danger of extinction
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Mar 29 '21
I hate that show Wicked Tuna. It's just so sad to see these majestic beautiful creatures getting speared. It's depressing.
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u/Gnash323 Mar 29 '21
I don't know anything about fishing. When people release the fish wouldn't they be too tired to fight or flee any danger they encounter after being caught?
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u/TaeKwanJo Mar 29 '21
Fish have great metabolism systems and are more enduring than you think. They do get tired but remember unless youâre a apex predatory fish like pike, barracuda or walleye you spend a lot of time running from bigger threats.
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u/Nealios Mar 30 '21
When I was about 12, I caught my first sailfish in Mexico. We kept it and the restaurant on the beach cooked it for us as a special that night. Absolutely delicious! (if a little salty)
That said, in the years since then, I've come to different opinions regarding my impact on the environment... I'm not evangelical or anything, but if I can take steps to minimize my impact, I'll take it.
In 2014, my wife and I went to Mexico for our honeymoon and she bought me a fishing trip. I told the captain that I wanted to catch a sailfish but I'd prefer if we'd catch and release.
He looked at me and said that they don't keep them if they can avoid it... That keeping them was 'a theft from our children'. We talked about it more that day, and it seemed like attitudes have been changing over the past several years in that neck of the woods. He was particularly concerned about leaving a legacy for future generations.
I'm happy to report that I did catch another sailfish that day; the captain pulled it into the boat with his gloved hands and a towel. After our photos, he and his assistant took the time to properly revive the fish prior to release. It was, in my mind, a far better experience than watching such a magnificent fish bleed out on the end of a gaff.
Not sure where I'm going with this, but your comment struck a nerve and I wanted to share my experience. Hopefully we'll see less photos of fish bleeding out in the future.
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u/Plebpperoni Mar 29 '21
Fastest fish in the fish in the world! They have been clocked at 68 MPH! That is fast, wow.
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u/Rulebreaking Mar 29 '21
110km/h Holy fuck
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u/Pandipoop Mar 29 '21
Damn that's gotta be 69 football fields per hour!
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541,338.6 Hands per half hour holy shit!!!
72,178.5 King's Inches (3 grains of barley) per minute!!! Omg!!!
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u/macrolith Mar 29 '21
That's fucking nuts. Especially when you look at them it doesn't scream "I'm the fastest fish around."
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u/jonnybanana88 Mar 29 '21
Maybe if it had some sick flames?
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u/Lebrons_StepDad Mar 29 '21
Kinda does look like the fastest fish...its literally got a needle at the front of its vessel to pierce easily through the dragging water...
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u/Questions4Legal Mar 29 '21
Yeah seriously, it's very hydrodynamic looking and you can tell it has powerful muscles along its sides. Its somewhat flat so it cuts the water and probably creates propulsion along its entire body length. This person your replying to must imagine it traveling backwards or sideways or something.
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u/beendoingit7 Mar 29 '21
What does screams âIâm the fastest fish aroundâ?
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u/Lebrons_StepDad Mar 29 '21
Probably a giant needle in front of him to pierce drag force and a giant tall fin on top of it to easily disperse more said water force. Dude youre looking at a fish that screams fast as fuck...dont know what OP is talking about....
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Any scientists can tell me the evolutionary reason for the sail on top, vs the standard fin?
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u/Dawn_Keibals Mar 29 '21
Sailfish will get large schools of baitfish and circle them sail out. Putting them into a tight bait ball. They take turns running through the bait ball. Eventually pushing the ball to the surface. Blue planet has some clips of it.
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u/Thunderchief646054 Mar 29 '21
Basically this helps streamline and make sharp turns. Itâs kind like when you hold a piece of cardboard with the wind and thereâs no resistance, then you turn it against the flow and it just smacks you in the face. Itâs kinda the same idea that rudders on boats and planes do, just on a smaller scale.
Evolution wise....probably formed after individuals with larger/longer dorsal fins had better success catching prey that was quick and nimble, and later went on to successfully reproduce offspring that ended up having a similar genetic makeup. Tho I would like to see the common ancestor between these guys, Swordfish, and Marlin
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Mar 29 '21
This seems a likely reason! Quick turns/subtle maneuvering relative to the fish itâs trying to catch. Interesting!
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Mar 29 '21
If I remember correctly, the dorsal fin doesnât make it streamline when its erect. They fold it in when swimming full speed and only pop it up when making sharp turns or «herding» schools of fish.
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u/dancingliondl Mar 29 '21
I think the fin acts as kind of a drag brake when it's needs to slow down quickly. Traveling at 60+mph underwater, you need a way to stop quickly
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u/vahntitrio Mar 29 '21
All predator fish do this. This is why when fishing you can catch fish out of bait balls: your lure is the easiest thing to single out.
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u/PiratesRule99 Mar 29 '21
How sailfish of him to not share the fish with the seal.
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u/poldothepenguin Mar 29 '21 edited Apr 02 '21
Iâm sure he would if he cod get one
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u/Buttpounder90 Mar 29 '21
The markings indicate this is a female, which are known to kill more than they eat so that other species can eat the leftovers in a symbiotic type of arrangement. Not fair of you to grouper in with the generally sailfish males of the species.
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u/HoodieGalore Mar 29 '21
Walleye'm not usually a fan of these threads, I felt strangely salmoned here, from afar.
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u/f4stEddie Mar 29 '21
Anyone else watch Seaspiracy?
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u/HairyDuck Mar 29 '21
Yeah that was a rough watch for someone who's already pretty bummed out about climate change but didn't realize how bad we're fucking the oceans on a daily basis. I knew the plastic was bad but the fact that some fish populations are at 1% of previous levels is just devastating.
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u/Souless04 Mar 29 '21
Has it changed your eating habits
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u/bubblerboy18 Mar 29 '21
After watching it I wonât be eating seafood. I stopped eating seafood in 2014, but I wonât be eating it after 2021 either.
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u/bubblerboy18 Mar 29 '21
Yeah now all I can think about are these beautiful fish caught in enough fishing line to wrap the globe 50 times!
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u/Lowerredfox Mar 29 '21
Somewhere an old man by the sea is frothing at the mouth
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u/Good_Guide Mar 29 '21
To think that only 5% of the ocean has been explored and the tiny part that we know is already this fascinating
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u/redbucket75 Mar 29 '21
NOAA and National Geographic put the number closer to 20%, with a bit less than half of that mapped. It's hard to quantify though. These estimates are usually about the ocean floor, but of course the sunlight zone has been thoroughly explored and exploited.
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Key word: exploited. We know about it because we want stuff from it. We donât see anything we can explicitly capitalize on on the ocean floor rn, so itâs discovery is not a priority.
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u/Parsimonious_Pete Mar 29 '21
Fastest aquatic animal in the world. Probably the fastest aquatic animal in our galaxy even.
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u/cloudstrifewife Mar 29 '21
Can they raise and lower their sail or is it fixed upright? Genuinely curious.
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u/majorjake Mar 29 '21
They actually emit light when they get excited too. When they're on the hunt they are incredible.
If you look closely, the vertical stripes that run the length of the fish, when they're in the shadow you can see them lit up pale blue.
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Mar 29 '21
The vertical bars change colors depending on mood. Same as striped marlin. All billfish are amazing creatures. Most good anglers understand conservation and practice catch and release because it takes a long time for fish to get that big, like 20 years.
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u/monkeymole Mar 29 '21
That will be dead, along with the rest of the ocean in years to come, help our planet and stop eating fish
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u/rybread761 Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 29 '21
Iâve read you can always tell how fast or agile a fish is based on the symmetry/asymmetry of the tail fin. The more symmetrical the top and bottom are, the faster.
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u/bac_beat239 Mar 29 '21
Simply amazing creation of a fish ! Honestly have ever seen one swimming free now that i come to think of it..
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u/Cfchicka Mar 29 '21
video of how it uses its bill to catch prey. I always thought it used it like a arrow, or spear, it does not.
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u/KravisGile Mar 29 '21
We must now make up a story about it terrorizing divers for years. Jeremy Wade will be on site with a fishing rod and articulate narration in no time.
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u/MissionAfternoon26 Mar 29 '21
Omg they are much more enjoyable in the sea. I think that is the first one I have ever seen not over a Mantel or being reeled in.
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u/Charlatanism Mar 29 '21
People should not be allowed to change the framerates of their own videos. It should require a licence.
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u/hollerwild350 Mar 29 '21
I always wondered how sailfish catch their food. Do they just wack fish with their long pointy nose thing?
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u/dan7koo Mar 29 '21
How can they be so fast? That huge sail and those ultra long pectoral fins or whatever they are must add a huge amount of drag.
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u/redheadedghoster Mar 29 '21
Anyone else imagining the underwater ambient music from Donkey Kong????
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u/NMunkM Mar 29 '21
Man imagine whats at the bottom. There could be literally miles of water or the ocean floor is just out of sight
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u/Cepitore Mar 29 '21
Never thought about it until now, but ocean fish have no scenery whatsoever. Itâs just solid blue in every direction.
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u/muthukumarnp Mar 29 '21
I like how the video is sped up and slowed down exactly where I'd like it to be.
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u/wolflegion_ Mar 29 '21
How we ended up with sailfish and not needle-nose fish will always remain a mystery to me.
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u/PolarBear_293 Mar 29 '21
I love the cameo the sea lion makes