Sharks Taught to Hunt Alien Lionfish
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Lionfish meat is not poisonous. In fact they are becoming so prolific on the east coast that fishermen are now throwing them into "Mixed Catch" (Along with anything else that is mostly protein)
That being said, their spines ARE poisonous, but the sting is roughly equated to that of a beesting. For a large shark, I am guessing that this wouldnt present much of a problem, unless they associated the sting with the fish and just decided not to do it again.
That being said, their spines ARE poisonous, but the sting is roughly equated to that of a beesting. For a large shark, I am guessing that this wouldnt present much of a problem, unless they associated the sting with the fish and just decided not to do it again.
if you look at the pics....and do a little off site research....its fake.
raining fish and training WILD sharks are two different things ..one would assume as they are training them they would also be training them that divers mean food...or easy food, so i seriously doubt this is true
..it rains frogs and fish in Texas all the time. I had an entire catfish farm rain down on me when i lived there as a kid..we were collecting them in 55 gallon barrels i think we had 6-7 barrels full of 4-8 inch fish.
raining fish and training WILD sharks are two different things ..one would assume as they are training them they would also be training them that divers mean food...or easy food, so i seriously doubt this is true
..it rains frogs and fish in Texas all the time. I had an entire catfish farm rain down on me when i lived there as a kid..we were collecting them in 55 gallon barrels i think we had 6-7 barrels full of 4-8 inch fish.
It would be pretty easy in my mind...you just kill a bunch of lionfish, and then feed the sharks.
As was mentioned before however, you have to wonder if it is conditioning them to associate divers with food (in my mind yes). Or to associate lionfishes as being edible.
Hope it helps with the situation down there at least.
As was mentioned before however, you have to wonder if it is conditioning them to associate divers with food (in my mind yes). Or to associate lionfishes as being edible.
Hope it helps with the situation down there at least.
I have seen an Emperor Red Snapper eat a few spines off a lion fish. I dont think a shark would have much of an issue if a snapper can do it. The lion was about half the size of the snapper and the snapper tried to eat the hole lion but ended up spitting him back out. but a few of the spines snapped off and the snapper ate them. the snapper lived and seemed perfectly fine. I thought the lion would be fine from the snapper considering he had the spines but I was wrong not a mistake I will make again.
Nice, now that they trained sharks to keep lionfish populations under control, they have a new problem.
How to keep shark populations under control?
How to keep shark populations under control?
