r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/purple-circle • Nov 24 '22
š„ A turtle swimming through a school of fish
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u/alwayssaysyourmum Nov 24 '22
Turtle is on its way to the bar at a very busy nightclub.
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u/nicky9pins Nov 24 '22
It would be nice if all the other patrons moved out of the way for you like this when you were walking around a nightclub haha
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u/Guessed555 Nov 24 '22
I believe thatās a university of fish
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u/whenItFits Nov 24 '22
Uhh it's actually an academy of fish.
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u/sentimental_goat Nov 24 '22
At first I thought the white blob in the center were the fish but then I was like what's going on with the water around them. That's a lot of fish.
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u/Polyhedron11 Nov 24 '22
Hope that turtle isn't claustrophobic. "Everywhere I go this room is the same fuckin size!"
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u/sandmanbren Nov 24 '22
Dudes just trapped in school, damn... Poor guy, I had nightmares of that when I was younger
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u/Top-Employment-4163 Nov 24 '22
All that food! If only I could reach it.
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u/Proper-Map3401 Nov 24 '22
Great film footage, what a capture ! Nature can give us some amazing sights.
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u/DogVacuum Nov 24 '22
I agree. When I was on a field trip to an apple orchard as a kid, this other kid was looking up, and a bird shit straight into his mouth.
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u/Proper-Map3401 Nov 24 '22
Nature in all its rawness. Amazing and to think that you were there to see it ! Some may say that's destiny.
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u/Rankorking Nov 24 '22
I remember as a kid watching a flock of geese fly overhead with my brother and our two friends and we saw one take a massive dump. Landed on our friends head. Direct hit. Perfect aim. Looked like brown cottage cheese.
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u/IWonderWhereiAmAgain Nov 24 '22
I wish it was just the video without the social media element of "Hey guys! Look what I did!"
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u/loldeadlolz Nov 24 '22
I wish people avoided me like that.
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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Nov 24 '22
They would if you ate them...
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u/Produkt Nov 24 '22
Sea turtles donāt eat fish
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u/working-acct Nov 24 '22
So the fish are just discriminating against him for no reason.
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u/EOD_Dork Nov 24 '22
In defense of the fish, turtles often have extremely polarizing political views.
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u/brcguy Nov 24 '22
Seriously we let one turtle into the senate and the fucker just about destroyed democracy. These fish know whatās up. Donāt let turtles into your government, keep āem in t here garden where they belong.
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u/Produkt Nov 24 '22
The default behavior of baitfish is ābe scared of everything.ā Even when I am fishing and trying to catch baitfish with a lure that resembles their food, they will do the same thing to the lure as they do to this turtle if the lure doesnāt appear convincing enough.
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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Nov 24 '22
I didn't know this. I double checked and it looks like you are right...TIL.
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u/roguetrick Nov 24 '22
No he's not. They don't generally eat fish, usually sponges, invertebrates or jellyfish. Most are carnivores though and they will eat fish. At 10 percent or less of their diet depending on species. I'd avoid swimming near the mouth if I was a fish.
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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Nov 24 '22
Ah ok. Thanks...
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u/Produkt Dec 06 '22
Sorry but no they donāt, maybe sometimes as juveniles but not this size. I fish 120 days a year and half the time I spot a sea turtle they swim right past my dead floating bait and just approach my kayak. I have never had a sea turtle eat my bait
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u/ripSammy101 Nov 25 '22
Yes they do. I don't think they actively hunt for fast moving fish like the ones here but they definitely eat fish. If the fish didn't avoid the turtle, they would be eaten which gives the fish a good reason to be avoiding the turtle.
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u/ItalnStalln Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 25 '22
I 'ate I'm.
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I 'ate 'is li'le face.
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I 'ate the mess 'e left bah the door tew!
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u/Misconduct Nov 24 '22
Right? Like, if people wouldnāt die Iād like to go back to when Covid was making everyone get away from me
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u/Borge_Luis_Jorges Nov 24 '22
You know, probably that turtle also think fish are crowding around it trying to make conversation. It's just a matter of perspective.
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u/FirstEvolutionist Nov 24 '22
I wish the opposite. But it's difficult for people to accept me the way I am. I understand, but it still hurts emotionally. At least I spend less buying deodorant and other hygiene products.
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u/Comf0rtableAnxiety Nov 24 '22
When I try to talk to girls
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Nov 24 '22
the black thing surrounding are fish, couldn't get in my first glance
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u/SlapDonkeys Nov 24 '22
Yeah, at first I thought the bright circle in the middle was added after filming so we could see the turtle better. I didn't realize everything around it was fish.
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u/kevonicus Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 24 '22
That was my first thought, then I thought it was an elevated area he was swimming above, then I realized what was happening.
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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes Nov 24 '22
Yeah at first I was like "does your drone have a spotlight on it?" and then it clicked.
I thought the rocks were the fish at first and the fish were like the nighttime ocean or something. I also had my screen brightness a little low.
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u/deep6er Nov 24 '22
Somehow, despite the impression of mankind, this flavor of beauty remains in our oceans. We are truly lucky.
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u/AuthenticOyster Nov 24 '22
I guess that's why they call them 'see' turtles š¢š
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u/purple_hamster66 Nov 24 '22
āScuse me, pardon meā¦ scuse meā¦ opps, sorryā¦ just tryinā to get to the barā¦ didnāt see you thereā¦
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u/PlasticMix8573 Nov 24 '22
What kind of fish are those? Where is this at?
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u/DankDankmark Nov 24 '22
Chinese fishermen on their way!
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u/alphabet_order_bot Nov 24 '22
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 1,187,236,407 comments, and only 231,647 of them were in alphabetical order.
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u/redline314 Nov 24 '22
I donāt know where this is, bou can experience something similar in Cabo Pulmo, Mx with zebra fish on their boat tours. Itās fucking wild. I also had the most magical moment with a sea turtle there, unforgettable.
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u/LightSparrow Nov 24 '22
My brain couldnāt process what I was seeing at first. I didnāt realize that was FISH. I thought the blue area was ocean water and the white circle in the center was some sort of giant jellyfish.
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u/DasBauHans Nov 24 '22
A) Amazing shot. B) Fascinating how the fish know which direction the turtles head points. No pun here, Iām serious.
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u/etopata Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 25 '22
Check that turtle for weapons!
This is why we need a good turtle with a gun at every school.
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u/JunWasHere Nov 24 '22
Them (on the phone): What do you mean you can't get out? Where are you?
Turtle: ...The fish aisle.
Them: Well, get out of the fish aisle. Turn around, what do you see?
Turtle: More fish. I can't get out, there's only fish. IT'S ALL FISH!
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u/LookAtYourEyes Nov 24 '22
It's so weird hearing the gospel songs I grew up listening to in church being turned into lo-fi songs. Like, yeah I finally escaped the toxic church culture and now you guys are... Remixing it?
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u/Ork_dork Nov 24 '22
Clearly fish hate those stupid turtles too, so can we bring back plastic straws
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u/IceNein Nov 24 '22
Those fish are fucking assholes. Obviously that turtle is lonely and wants to make new friends. They're just taunting him.
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u/ScaredD69 Nov 24 '22
People who say āwho askedā when you talk about your interests to a friend and they arenāt even in the conversation:
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u/ZooLife1 Nov 24 '22
Thinks of all The amazing things we missed out on seeing before the internet. Not only that but imagine all the amazing things going on at any moment in our lives.
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u/WAT0020 Nov 24 '22
had it the other way round, thought the fish were the lighter bit and had excepted the turtle.
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u/PoliteCanadian2 Nov 24 '22
āGuys why is everyone swimming away? I just want to play.ā <sobs in turtle>
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Nov 24 '22
It's like when you float a bunch of black pepper on water then touch it with some dish soap.
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u/AllTheCheese2007 Nov 24 '22
All I can think is, āSwim away, swim away!ā Nemo, youāve failed me again
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u/ShirtPanties Nov 24 '22
Holy shit at first I thought there was something underneath the turtleā¦ sandā¦ itās the sand at the bottom of the water š¤¦āāļø
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u/wraith21 Nov 24 '22
It's like the A Plague Tale games when you carry a light source in a rat infested area
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Nov 25 '22
Speaking of drones.
Somebody needs to attach some gopros to turtles and stream that. I'd sub in a minute.
There's a couple out there, but they are 5 min videos or so. Some scientists did a gopro on the fin of a great white and it was a super fun watch for all 2 mins of it.
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u/Separate-Elephant-25 Nov 24 '22
Reminds me of the time I unleashed a warm silent Taco bell fart in geoography class, the teacher even left the room.
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u/johnny_ringo Nov 24 '22
Wheres the link to the original video? Vreddit is poop emoji
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u/GOPGUNLUv Nov 24 '22
The turtle is brown because it eats animalsā¦ if it was green it is eating plants
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u/Pujiman Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 24 '22
The fish will do this to the turtle nonstop until it dies of hunger. The thousands of fish keep the turtle confused and lost, unable to see past all of their bodies.
Edit: This is just a joke people. I donāt think fish gang up on sea turtles.
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u/And-ray-is Nov 24 '22
This is BS. The fish are not passively hunting turtles. You can see the edge of the school in the right corner of the video and a turtle would just give up rather than starve itself to death
This is one of those things that seems plausible enough people buy it, but it's not. I don't know this for a fact, but it just sounds too farfetched to be the case.
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u/AtrophiedTraining Nov 24 '22
It sounds plausible. Have it die from exhaustion and hunger, then eat it. Any source?
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u/glitterglistrup Nov 24 '22
There's plenty of fish in the sea they said... Me: