Haha maybe hes just lonely
But gars arent "mean" but if it thinks it can eat it it will probably try!florida gar
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But gars arent "mean" but if it thinks it can eat it it will probably try!
its so odd watching it because the TSN is still a little bit larger than the gar so if i had a video camera i would tape it..... it kind of makes you wonder
This type behavior is a "kind of sort of" Social display with gars. it is often performed to try and size up or reduce the dominance of a larger or equal sized Gar in order to gain temporary territory or prime feeding locations. Gars do this amongst themselves all the time. It seems mostly to be a Lepisosteus behavior But I have seen it in Atractosteus especially with very young fish.
The TSN has no idea what he is doing of coarse, which is why the gar keeps doing the first portian of this common gar behavior which is flashing or nudging. This behavior in Gars is followed by a "Tail chase" until one is driven off. With no initiation of the "Tail chase" it is often the case a gar will just keep performing the first portion of the act (nudging and flashing) until they get tired of it.
