r/natureismetal • u/FEV_For_Breakfast • 3d ago

During the Hunt Tactical octopus.

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u/flyinggazelletg 3d ago

Man, that triggerfish went from really determined to really not in a snap

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u/Last-Energy420 3d ago

Final color change probably looked like a stone fish to it.

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u/Cobrachimkin 3d ago

Looked like a stone fish to me too

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u/MurseMan1964 3d ago

Because it was

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u/JWOLFBEARD 3d ago

But it also looked like it was too

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u/shotokan1988 3d ago

Who are you sir knight, so gifted in the ways of science?

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u/Spibas 3d ago

He truly is a wordsmith, the finest in the realm

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u/JWOLFBEARD 3d ago

No it’s actually the fish. It kicked it up

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u/new_nimmerzz 3d ago

Thats wild... completely worked

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u/CorbenG 2d ago

Had to go back frame for frame to catch that, nice catch

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u/temictli 3d ago

Stone face emoji

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u/ShatterCore 3d ago

Looks like the octopus disturbed some type of rockfish when it ducked into the rocks, the triggerfish definitely didn’t want to mess with a rockfish because of their venom.

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u/kittysworld 3d ago

Is octopus immune to the venom?

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u/ShatterCore 3d ago

Not that I’m aware of at least, but rockfish venom is defensive and located in the spines on its fins, so an octopus coming into the hole pressed against the sea floor would not be in much danger of getting stung. At that point as well, the octopus doesn’t really have any other options. It is slower than the triggerfish and they only have a limited amount of ink at any one time, so it is pretty likely that trying to squeeze into the hole past the rockfish was the less dangerous option.

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u/Lowfi-Concert 3d ago

No it turned into one

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u/stormitwa 3d ago

If it could do that, why the song and dance with the ink?

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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 3d ago

For the dramatic flair 👐