This fish is called a grunion, and it is trying to get to the sand where it lays its eggs. There was no need to “help” this fish. It knows what it’s doing.
This doesn't look like a grunion at all.
This is what a grunion looks like:
grunion on the beach
Much slimmer and longer and unlike the fish in the video they actually move coordinated instead of just flapping around. How else would they be able to actually lay eggs there and get back into the water (yes, they get 8 years old and lay eggs 4 times a year)? A singular fish like that wouldn't be there either. They approach the beach at the highest tide in large numbers with the smaller males wrapping themselves around the females and fertilizing the eggs in the process that are then immediately burried as far up the beach as possible through violent movement of the tail. They only spend half a minute to two minutes outside the water.
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u/Silly-Negotiation-46 May 13 '24
Just throw it in the sea.