Giant Barracuda Charging group of divers

This giant barracuda decided he was bored of us and charged...

Filmed at Richelieu Rock, Thailand

[jimcameron]

My parents abandoned me at an early age and I was raised by a family of Barracudas. Growing strong off their rich milk I can attest to their gentle near passive nature.

[ryanhampson]

You can tell who the arm chair divers are here. Barracudas are naturally inquisitive and see humans as a larger predator. They aren't sizing you up, they aren't wanting to eat you, but they are looking for scraps that you as the "predator" might leave behind...They are more like a stray dog wanting food, just don't hand feed a cuda ;).

[chriswebb]

Growing up in Key West SCUBA diving and surface diving you naturally spend a lot of time around around barracudas. They are inquisitive and for the most part not aggressive towards humans. However, on two occasions I have witnessed what appeared to be aggressive, territorial behavior from two extremely large barracudas. In each instance these Barracudas were hanging out by an object that fish schooled around; a coral head and a channel marker. The behavior was the same both times...erratic, aggressive movement then the barracuda turned and swam directly towards me with a WIDE open mouth and flared gills...this 'display' was akin to how other animals flex their muscles so-to-speak. Only once have I seen a barracuda "attack". Like any Barracuda attack on fish, it was so fast that it was over before you knew it happened. It was during a decent on a night dive. A barracuda shot straight towards a diver's mask and by chance was stopped short by running into the lobster net the diver was holding upright while descending...a total fluke...my guess is her mask threw a reflection from a dive light and the barracuda's reflexes just kicked in.

[stephaniegonzalez]

Isn't this what killed Nemo's mom?!

[NomadRT]

I haven't gone diving in years, but the one thing I remember is how curious barracudas are. They routinely swim right up to you and look you in the eye. Very inquisitive fish.

[david]

I swam and snorkeled with the same barracuda for 10 days at Rolleville on Great Exuma, Bahamas. I know it was the same one because it had some scales missing on its side. It never attacked me, and would never let me get close enough to touch it, though I tried. It just stayed with me the whole time I was in the water. Really cool!

[luczyn]

she wanted to eat you just didn't know how xD

[KingOfAllAnimals]

Charged? Are you kidding? If this fish charged someone would be missing an arm or leg. That was curiosity and most of it had to do with the bubbles.

[userbosco]

That's a pretty damn big barracuda.  I don't know about the "charging" part in this video's title

[GreatWriteUp]

This is a curious barracuda. I have not yet met one who was not.

[georgemallory]

That thing is huge. Wow. I learned a lot from comments of experienced divers. I've always found barracuda to be terrifying until I read this. I'm generally of the belief that most animals are more sensitive and intelligent than we've originally given them credit for.

[danielpork]

I love Barracuda's always been my favorite fish. In every footage of a barracuda taken by people diving it's always the only fish seemingly completely unperturbed by the divers' presence! I really think they might be smarter than most other fish. Even in gopro footage of the Barracuda eating a lion fish with over 2.8 million views, one of the divers holds a gopro 4 inches in front of the barracuda's face, and it looks right into the lense for a second, then it moves it's ping pong ball sized eye to look right at the diver holding it. You just don't see fish looking around like that, surveying their surroundings. Part of what makes these guys special in my mind. Plus I mean if a Barracuda isn't the best design in the ocean for an underwater offense I don't know what is! It's got thick white teeth, long slender streamlined body with stiff, upright tail fins designed to bank around corners maintaining as much speed through the water as possible, lending more truth their higher levels of brain activity, they'd need it to coordinate a high speed attack in such a complex environment when their prey is so quick and can dart into an underpass of coral or something, it follows the trail and doesn't stop moving until it's got what it wants or can not detect the prey any longer. Plus, there may be other fish in the ocean that are un intimidated by humans swimming around in their environment, but it takes a level of curiosity and some level of mental capacity to CHOOSE to stick around throughout the whole time the divers are present, which you see barracuda's doing that often.

[DeadBunny]

Barracudas have learned that hanging out with divers, spear fishermen, can lead to an easy meal.

[onewhosaysgoose]

I have the feeling that all 535 dislikes are from people who have never been within 20 feet of a barracuda. A barracuda "chilling" stares motionless with all fins deployed underneath your dive boat. When a barracuda gets within 10 feet of you it is because it is deciding whether or not it can force you to leave its territory. The barracuda in the footage is conduction mock-attacks on the divers to try to scare you away.

[chrispearson]

He's just being curious.  Barracudas don't attack randomly.

[VideoTalesV]

I'm coming back from the Caribbean where a barracuda as big as this one followed me
They're impressive but very calm 
You can see their big black eyes following you and their sharp teeth, and other fishes just sprint away, they're such kings, I love them.

[conifergreen]

When I was a child in the 1960' my parents would take us to Florida for holidays. We live in Windsor Ontario at the time. One evening I strolled down to a dock to see the rich diversity of sea life visible from the dock. The water was so clear. I saw a school of mullet swimming by when suddenly a big barracuda streaked in a took out a mullet, leaving only it head to float down towards the bottom. It was quite astonishing for a 10 year old. I ran back and told my parents who then accompanied by back to the dock. They brought the 8 mm movie camera with them. So I still have the movie, now transfered to video, of my father wading into the water of the dock and retrieving the bitten off head of the mullet. I will never forget the speed of that Cuda.

[rovad]

0:58 Barracuda approached the diver and gently whispered in his ear:
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[NathanChisholm]

I think he's just inquisitive about the divers and bubbles....

[KyIeMcCIeIIan]

lol I love the end. "It's right behind me, isn't it."