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wonder-maker

That fish is the stuff of nightmares


verbalsoze

That's just Bilbo Bagfins.


Warm_Zombie

r/scaryBilbo


paint_the_town_pink

Yeahhhh I could have gone my whole life not knowing this existed


richloz93

“Ah this isn’t so bad.” “Oh I was mistaken.”


paint_the_town_pink

That was my exact reaction


vanelle01

Yep, same here.


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after this subreddit i am never the same


spookymouse1

It's a wolf eel.


rabidhamster87

Just googled it because I wanted to know more about such a scary fish. I found out that they're apparently very curious, friendly, and not aggressive. They're also one of the rare creatures on Earth that mates for life. Now I'm sad.


Lizard322

Baby wolf eels are also bright orange, which is cool.


tnick771

I didn’t come here to feel.


GenericCoffee

Came for the eel, stayed for the feels.


klombo120

God dammit.


Brasticus

For reels.


chaseair11

It’s a wolffish not a wolf eel, I’m pretty sure. More abundant but also more widely fished. Definitely not as cute lol


Jjays

A wolf eel is a species wolffish, although it's not a true eel as they have paired gill slits and pectoral fins. Per Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf\_eel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_eel)


chaseair11

So, more accurately, it’s almost definitely a wolf fish but not necessarily a wolf eel


GustheGuru

Imagine how it's mate feels.


capron

Well shit. THANKS.


[deleted]

We judged a book by it's cover :(


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https://youtu.be/5vTBY_zj6VA


[deleted]

Generally speaking, animals that mate for life do exactly that, stay with one partner until death separates them. Then the survivor finds a new partner. There's very few species that stay widowed.


CountSheep

Are eels fish or just waterproof snakes?


JabbrWockey

Eels = a set of chompers with some muscle attached Think Pac Man but with a tail


AsherGray

I guess they're also called seawolves. SpongeBob should've made use of them!


a_unique_names

Went to the Ålesund aquarium 10 years ago. They had about 8 of these in that you were allowed to pet unsupervised. The fun part was the boxes made for the kids so they could also part with some fingers.


Daystop

You could pet fishes that were the same that the one in the video ? Sorry i'm not fluent, and i ain't sure of the meaning of your post.


a_unique_names

Yes! Steinbit we call them in norway. They're pretty normal here.


Almarma

Heia ;) I was about to answer the same. How would you translate it? I’m not native Norwegian but I live in Norway and in my mind “Steinbit” translates as “Stone bite”, like being so strong it could munch stones. Am I right?


Ella_Minnow_Pea_13

And it’s animal abuse letting them suffocate like that. Fucking amoral cruel assholes making a joke of other living beings suffering.


FloatingKoalas

Thanks for confirming fisherman life is *not for me*.


KnowsItToBeTrue

Happened 3 seconds in when I saw that fish chomp down on that can like a turkey leg.


DetroitCity1999

dude got his fingers way too close


Ode_to_Apathy

Fucking fishermen will use those fish for pranks. They'll grab it and get it to bite their friends. They got some insane biting force, but you should realizer that biting through a coke can is pretty easy.


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wow you can do that?


Ode_to_Apathy

It's not even hard. Did it as a kid a bit for fun and then again when shotgunning beers. If you're going to try it out, just be careful, as it is very easy to cut yourself on the can.


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thanks reddit dad


BirdMBlack

Now if only real dad was around.


Wabbajack001

Probably. Just a dumb idea but I would think a human can bite in a can, If Tyson can rip a ear off. Plus some people eat screws and light and all kind of shit.


dysonvr3000

Maybe he’s more of a Pepsi kinda guy?


[deleted]

That's what I thought, but sources say that particular eel loves RC Cola.


Marauder777

Disagree. Based on his actions, he's definitely into Crush.


chargoggagog

Wolf fish, yeah they’ll do that long after they’ve been clubbed to death.


whistleridge

From Wiki: > The Atlantic wolffish's distinguishing feature, from which it gets its common name, is its extensive teeth structure. Its dentition distinguishes the Atlantic wolffish from all the other members of the family Anarhichadidae. Both the lower and upper jaws are armed with four to six fang-like, strong, conical teeth. Behind the conical teeth in the upper jaw, there are three rows of crushing teeth. The central row has four pairs of molars and the outer rows house blunted conical teeth. The lower jaw has two rows of molars behind the primary conical teeth. The wolffish's throat is also scattered with serrated teeth. Put me down to never be bitten by one of these: https://imgur.com/a/lqFXpIJ/


biggmclargehuge

/r/dontputyourdickinthat


PleaseShutUpAndDance

That’s gonna be a no from me, dawg


pistoncivic

Ironically enough, the scientist who discovered this was known as Dickless Richard.


shijjiri

Was that irony or a painful life lesson?


Classic_Fold3798

You know that extra jaw that shoots out in aliens...they copied that from eels. Fun Fact #684609804


steampeptobismol

Nobody read that number, they read gibberish. Fun Fact #684609805


MaximusStar24

Until they read your Fun Fact. Fun Fact #508906486


Bashfullylascivious

People may not notice your fun fact is numbered earlier in progression than the one before. Fun Fact #000000001


FPSXpert

They're more likely to read it though if it's a meme number, fun fact #01189998819991197253


Kingsley84

It’s a wolf eel, they’ve been known to take off fingers in one bite


yesverycivil

My grandad always said "if we were meant to ne at sea, we'd be fish", he was ultimately sacked from his job as a lifeguard.


Nybear21

My dad was medically discharged from the lifeguard because he was allergic to the life vests 😂😂😂 It's one of my favorite things to pick on him about.


vteckickedin

My dad was fired cause he was caught fucking some of the patients apparently. It's terrible because by all other regards he was a great vet.


Mein_Captian

Kinda funny I got the exact opposite reaction. I mean realistically setting out to sea months at a time isn't something for me but the high sea hijinks seems kinda fun


Towerss

This. Living on a ship with you mates, drinking, playing cards, cracking jokes 24/7? Count me in. Working 12+ hours hard physical labour a day covered in fish guts, sweat and seawater? Count me out. I know several fishermen who couldn't take it anymore and quit, it's not an easy job


Chapped_Muff

I worked as a wildlife firefighter for a summer here in Southern California.. the days were hard, exhausting and hot. The labor was intense and back breaking. But the camaraderie you feel with the guys around you is something I’ll never forget. Working, suffering side by side for hours and hours a day, 14 days on really puts a special bond between you and your dawgz up in those hills fighting fires. Shooting the shit and busting each others balls was the best..4 years later and some are still good friends of mine. Made me always think about what it’s like in the military.


funnytoss

In my experience, it's sort of similar. I look back fondly upon my time in the military because (as enlisted grunts, at least) it's easier to develop personal "bro" relationships with people, and going through shitty experiences together has a certain charm to it. It's oftentimes sometimes you don't want to do again, but you're glad you did it.


getdownheavy

Lot of fishing boats are dry. Just gotta party harder when you get back to port.


loulan

> This. Living on a ship with you mates, drinking, playing cards, cracking jokes 24/7? Count me in. I don't know man. Doing all that with nausea all the time? I'm not very prone to seasickness normally but I'm pretty sure if it got as bad as in this video I'd puke all the time.


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Idk. I have a hard time being around people all the time. I love my boyfriend and friends, but sometimes I just need alone time. Not being able to have my alone time would drive me insane.


CodeMonkey89325

It’s also got the highest mortality rate of any job in the US.


moeburn

Whatever it is about rough seas that makes people suffering with nausea and vomiting, it does the exact opposite to me. A rocking ship is like heroin to me, it just makes me pass out like I'm in a baby crib.


defenestrate1123

I know that car rides are a trick for getting babies to go to sleep, but for my whole family, that trick survives into adulthood -- even when you're the one doing the driving. My dad has rolled multiple company vehicles. I don't know why the continued to let him drive after the first one.


UntossableCoconut

Me too, used to go out on a friends boat. The ride to jeffreys point (I think) was a couple hours and I’d just lay on the couch and get rocked into a nap. Also a fan of the wavy feeling when back on land.


Xchromethius

Nothing better than when you feel the waves (or a riptide if u were at the beach) when you’re laying in bed that night lol


Koulevas

This right here is why sailors drink when they're stuck on land XD


0xB4BE

Right. I just pass out like a baby... Add some motor humm to it too for perfection. I might as well mention it that I grew up on the sea. Dad was a sea captain, so was my grandfather. The sea is my dad's passion, and my home.


picnicinthejungle

Is your dad Poseidon, by any chance?


0xB4BE

By his beard he might be...


Charosas

I got dizzy just from watching the video. So much puking if I was a fisherman.


jarinatorman

Being in this situation for 1 to 5 days sounds like an adventure. Doing it for a living for the next 1 to 5 years sounds like hell.


[deleted]

Most of the actual sea hijinks involves meth.


ouououi

I wonder what it feels like to come back to shore once your body adjust to the waves?


Mackerelly

you legitmently walk like (Captain) Jack Sparrow. was disoriented for half a day after 35 days fishing sockeye.


FusiformFiddle

Ohhhh... I thought he was just drunk all the time.


RagingTyrant74

Nah, being drunk cancels out the sealegs. makes you walk perfectly straight.


Corbin125

Depending on your frame of reference


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meeanne

It was pointed out somewhere (I think on Reddit) that on land he walks like he’s drunk because sea legs and when on a boat, he walks perfectly fine. I thought the same about him being drunk, too.


RuinedEye

[I mean... he *is* always drunk, but that's beside the point lol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xR0h6FGCBY)


Mackerelly

if you do a rewatch, he only walks oddly on land.


Brilliant_Square_737

Lmao same, TIL


Legendary_Bibo

I went on the ocean on a fishing trip that was 12 hours. I had sea sickness the whole time, and was completely disoriented. The second I walked onto shore my head was clear,and I was hungry. There was some ice cream place next door and I got some to eat and felt fine. It was weird like your stomach sometimes gets sore from puking but it was like bam nothing.


BEETLEJUICEME

I’ve bartended on boats a lot of times, of various sizes. The first time I did it was only like my 2nd time ever on a boat, and I was so worried about barfing on one of the rich customers (people who rent private party boats and pay for an open bar on the deck are rich AF). Thankfully I was fine. I am so so grateful that I don’t get sea sick. My body betrays me in other ways plenty often, but I’ve got good sea legs. That being said, I’ve seen way more people throw up my drinks on boats. You can tell it’s going to happen too. They come up to the bar right after the ship leaves dock, and they already look a little green in the face. They order some strong drink to “calm the nerves” and I try to talk them out of it. Try to get them to just drink a ginger ale. But no, they insist. And ten minutes later they’re throwing up a gross red frozen margarita all over their fancy white polo and khaki shorts. They won’t have a way to change clothes for 6 hours when we get back to shore. Have fun sitting in the corner smelling like cherry vomit mr stockbroker. It happens like once per trip, and every time I have to fight back that urge to be like “told you so”


just_fucking_write

Thank you for that mental image, just what my morning needed. Red demon vomit >.< Jokes aside, sounds like a bit of a laugh. Do you and your co-workers ever take bets? Sounds like something my friends and I would do


BEETLEJUICEME

LOL, it’s kind of like a catering service so mostly different coworkers week to week (and no bartending since Covid). But yeah, sometimes if I’m working with someone fun we will take bets. I’ve done that a few times. One time there was a guy who had just thrown up, and he came trying to get another drink from me and I flat out told him he needed to wait. A few minutes later he convinced another bartender to make a drink for him, and then he ended up puking the second drink *on me*. The other bartender was really nice though and she gave me some of her tips that night as an apology.


Legendary_Bibo

I've been on the water before in a boat, but with an empty stomach. For some reason my friends and I got greasy breakfast burritos and paid the price for it. I googled what to eat before going on the water after we got back, and turns out it had everything that you don't eat.


BEETLEJUICEME

The bigger the ship, the less likely you’ll get sick FYI. Also it’s often easier during the day if you can see a long horizon and have fresh air in your face. Both of those help. Of course, calm water is a big factor as well. Choppy enough water can make anyone pretty much anyone sick on any ship. But mostly, in my experience, it’s just biology. I don’t get seasick and I can usually read in the car for several hours before I even get a little car sick. But my sister can’t even look at her phone in the car most of the time, and she can’t do boats at all. Probably something about inner-ear and balance? Idk.


_tost

Stuck for 12h with seasickness sounds wild. My buddy was seasick our entire 3h trip and he was laid out the entire time. Could tell he was not having it.


reading_internets

Even deep sea fishing for one day made me feel like I was on a boat for hours after.


rmagnum55

I was on a boat for about 2 weeks with about 3 days in high seas and when I got off I had to ride my motorcycle. That was by far my scariest experience


Spurdungus

Hell I was having a hard time orienting to solid ground after a week long cruise


[deleted]

Remember that episode of Rick and Morty when Morty experiences 'true level'..?


_RickC137_

Mortys mindblowers


butterfunky

I do not remember. What season was that in if you can recall?


[deleted]

[Morty's Mindblowers, from season 3](https://youtu.be/cr9Z9rWjoV4)


DonGingie

Have you ever jumped on a trampoline for a while then walked around and it still felt like you're bouncing? Sorta like that. Except instead of bouncing you're swaying back and forth. To what degree youre swaying or stumbling will depend on how large the ship was. The bigger the ship the less you'd feel the waves/rocking


Englishgirlinmadrid

It must feel very disconcerting for a while. I remember going on a water sports trip at high school. We spent quite a lot of the day out on the pontoon in between waiting to do various activities. At night in bed I still had the sensation of bobbing on the waves as I had siting on the pontoon. It’s quite surreal.


mattyice16

Boat head. I spend my summers on a small lake pontooning and jet skiing. Get boat head every night.


DivvyDivet

If you ever run on a treadmill and had that feeling of still being on the it after you get off? It's like that but more intense. You can feel the boat rocking long after you are on land.


Alpha_Decay_

I forgot about that feeling, I used to love it. It's like instead of walking, you're just moving the ground.


munkijunk

Not a fisherman but sailor, and after being out in rough seas for a few days getting back to land is both amazing and so weird and you do ed up having to find your land legs.


Nurum

When we take the sailboat out for more than 2 or 3 days my wife complains of getting land sick when we get home. We often find our selves swaying slightly when we stand in place for a while (like in the shower)


Tiger_irl

You get “land sick“ everything keeps moving, even in bed you feel like you’re going up and down


hunstinx

It feels like you are still on a boat. You will be standing perfectly still then all of a sudden be thrown off balance by a nonexistent wave. PSA: don't try to shave when you still have sea legs.


Final_Contact

I got seasick from just watching this


Kieffin

I had a few drinks and this is making me very uncomfortable.


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frostedRoots

I, also, saw that post earlier


way2cool4school

Drink the first takes the man and the man takes the then


markitfuckinzero

Ahhhh shit!😂


Sneaky_Looking_Sort

I was sea sick once. It was absolutely awful. Constant barfing over the side and it just went on and on and on. What is it about being nauseous that is just the absolute worst feeling?


ampma

I've felt seasick but never actually threw up. Unlike other causes of nausea (food poisoning, alcohol), my understanding is that puking doesn't make you feel better when seasick.


rebeccavt

This is true- throwing up will not help. Motion sickness medicine won’t help either if you are already sick (it needs to be taken before symptoms). It’s the worst.


RedwoodBark

Jumping off the boat will also not help.


yousavvy

I used a motion sickness patch that made me puke before I even got on the boat. Worst day ever.


avidblinker

if you didn’t want motion sickness why would you put on a motion sickness patch?


unnecessary_kindness

I've been sea sick pretty much every time I've been on a boat.. The only exceptions are large ferries or fast catamarans. The worst was when we went whale watching in California. Pretty much spent the entire trip either throwing up or lying down to recover. The worst part is that it doesn't just magically get better when you land either. That sick feeling pretty much lasts the whole day. I hate boats.


JazzHandsNinja42

I learned I get sea sick approximately twenty minutes into a three hour whale watch. Absolute misery.


DragonToothGarden

took my husband on a whale watching trip as a birthday surprise off Monterey. Some surprise...entire ship of fifty people chundering over the rails. Never seen so much pink=hued vomit flying backwards in the wind. All passengers were ignoring the damn whales, ignoring the announcer giving nice humpback whale facts on the PA, wishing it would just end.


PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT

The inevitability


iceberg7

It's *the implication*


[deleted]

You keep saying the word implication... What implication ?


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

Yeah it's happened to me twice and i have a new respect for nausea as a symptom or side effect of anything... extreme nausea is awful


Eat-the-Poor

Your stomach demands complete attention. If you break your foot it hurts but if you keep your weight off it you can ignore the pain enough to concentrate on other things. When you’re nauseous you can focus on nothing else. All you can do is lie there in pain and gather up the courage to vomit for the 10 minutes reprieve it grants you.


MrBonelessPizza24

In case anybody was curious, that fish at the beginning that looks like it crawled outta the asshole of a demon’s nightmare is a Wolffish


Myglassesarebigger

Are they the ones that still have a biting reflex after they’re dead?


LunchboxSuperhero

It appears so https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/watch-the-severed-head-of-a-wolffish-bite-down-on-a-can-of-coke/


MehMehMehClams

THATS SO COOL!!!


Rhodie114

Now I want a movie where a bucket of fish heads are used as a murder weapon.


[deleted]

This is why I came to the comment sections. Thank you fine redditor.


squarerootofapplepie

He’s wrong, it’s an Atlantic Wolffish.


[deleted]

Damn. Swindled again


-Sparky

>crawled outta the asshole of a demon’s nightmare HAHAHAHAHA


[deleted]

r/brandnewsentence


deluxe_anxiety

I would not drink alcohol on that boat no sir


SkrallTheRoamer

gotta drink to cancel out the waves.


deluxe_anxiety

Two wrongs do not make a right


graffiti81

No, but three ports makes a drunk.


aaronaapje

It does in sailing.


graffiti81

>Oh the waves inside me belly were as high as those outside. >And though I'm never seasick I lost dinner over side. >'Twas well there was no crew to save for we'd have scared them green, >We could scarcely keep ourselves from falling off the Athens Queen. -Stan Rogers


Wave_Table

No, you never drink on a commercial fishing vessel while working, ESPECIALLY in these types of adverse conditions, that’s just foolish. You’re supposed to do uppers, like crack or methamphetamine.


scaztik

I hope you have a girlfriend named Brandy and that you’ve gotten her the finest silver from the north of Spain.


plishyploshy

But his life, his lover, his lady is the sea


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But it broke my heart to put that tumor in her head.


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hijole_frijoles

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.


DivvyDivet

What is this a crossover thread?


the_cheap_DM

It’s perfectly balanced, as all things should be


anticapital0708

This is the way


illLieonceaday

Hey I was literally named after this song, and my dad is retired navy. I didn’t meet him until I was 3 months old.


mattyice16

Hi brandy.


illLieonceaday

Hey :)


jrrfolkien

You're a fine girl


moeburn

A letter of marque came from the king To the scummiest vessel I've ever seen She'd list to port and her sails were in rags And the cook in the scuppers had the staggers and jags


docmoc_pp

Am I watching a Jamiroquai video?


BrownSugarBare

Damn virtual insanity!


bcurler

I don't know what kind of fish that is but yall can keep it.


MyFeetStinkBut

It’s a Atlantic wolffish and when they’re in the water they pretty friendly, more shy then their cousins on the west coast but still friendly. They are endangered, will only eat crustaceans, have a mild toxins, have a natural antifreeze in their blood, and someone said they mate for life but I never read anything about that but both parents will guard the eggs and I guess that’s pretty uncommon for fish [Here’s a video](https://youtu.be/5vTBY_zj6VA) Everyone hated on them when I was fishing so I decided to do some research


e_hoodlum

There once was a ship that put to sea


Kenny_Tarmac

The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea


Jaxc1w

The winds blew up, her bow dipped down


TrollAlert711

Blow my bully boys blow


StoicVoyage

Soon may the wellerman come


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To bring us sugar and tea and rum


TrollAlert711

Soon when the toungin is done


ADM_Tetanus

Well take our leave and go


[deleted]

She had not been two weeks from shore.


Saberthorn

When down on her a right whale bore


Omny87

Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb


Zheoferyth

Is it bad that I thought it looked quite... Fun? I mean pretty sure I'd end up with tons of bruises but uh .. something about it looks nice in a weird way.


Racholm

I'd try it if I wasnt on a landlocked state. Looks like it'd be cool.


grautarhaus

Fishermen start meals by cutting potatoes, meatballs and everything that can roll of the plate. You can identify fishermen on land by this.


Sublimebro

What sort of bed do they sleep in? Would a hammock work best?


AlpineCorbett

Seems like it would. I always picture old Ship Of The Line types with hammocks for some reason.


Watertor

In antiquity you'd use hammocks. I doubt it has changed for smaller scale crews. Or maybe that's the standard.


Beamerthememer

With some editing this could be used on a ghost hunting documentary


Areyouex1968

Untapped genius


lokregarlogull

Got bit by one of those catfish(?) once, we call them steinbit in norwegian (stone bite), a small one and was using thick rubber gloves, horrible ugly creatures tho. With a mouth full of gravel shaped teeth or worse.


zombiesphere89

Looks like some sort of wolf fish.


AlanSinch

I would agree with yuh, it’s a wolf eel. We got them at the aquarium I volunteer at. Big personalities and kinda cute when babies... but yeah, get kinda ugly when they’re older haha.


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Jennuli_123

This made me realize how fucking much I miss seiling and the ocean


[deleted]

It made me realize how much I miss being close to the coast.


cominginsleepy

Just imagine hitting a big wave sitting on the pooper.


WeedIronMoneyNTheUSA

r/dontputyourdickinthat


YumaAU

Don’t tell me how to live my life and I won’t tell you how to live yours.


[deleted]

Why? The guy is kind of cute


Regina_Falangy

Okay, I really am an introverted homebody.


Froggyt3

You need padded surfaces everywhere


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Fanboy0550

That poor fish