Titan Triggerfish Aggressively Defends Coral Reef | Wild Thailand | BBC Earth

An over abundance of crown-of-thorns starfish and long-spined sea urchins can be damaging for coral reefs. Luckily, there is a renowned defender of the reefs ready to take them on...

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[DeerOcelot]

What a roller coaster of emotions in less than 4 minutes. Presentation, calm, we learn about the characters...
Then a combat to the death, tension, and then... Love and family. But with possible dangers around. Cliff-hanger. Fantastic 10/10.

[dreaclon]

We need more of them, not just in the sea but in land too.

[alceratops]

Trigger fish: "Perfectly balanced. As all things should be."

[pavlozhdanov]

While diving in Thailand i was taught to freak out and keep away from them. It's nice to understand now that despite being so agressive, they're playing such an important role in the ecosystem.

[MrCoryinnocence]

We always hear about how intricate the ecosystem of a coral reef can be but love hearing everything explained.

[AnyoneCanSee]

I dived a reef in Egypt in 1990 when I was 20 years old, I'd always loved watching documentaries but when I experienced it for real I fell in love. I've dived all over the world but returned to that reef in 2010 to experience it all over again. When I went we swam out to the reef and dived, now there were three large dive boats with their twin diesel engines running the entire time I was there. When I went under to the reef I actually found tears running down my face under my mask. The reef was 90% dead compared to when I last saw it. The other divers were raving as they had never seen the Red Sea how it was and thought it was teaming. When I went the first time I could barely see the reef for all the colourful fish so 10% seemed a lot to other divers but ut broke my heart completely.

[nickrider]

Wonderful filming. What a star the Titan triggerfish is, helping to save the reef !! Saw them in the red sea, respect their territory unless you want chunks missing out your fins 😮

[jerlee]

That fish has nicer teeth than some humans I know.

[Khfwoszthchehiy]

Now that's the titan we wanna see rumbling under the ocean

[MushroomCast]

surprised they got this close to nesting titans... they have attacked me for way less than this lol

[soumayukihira]

Nature has its way of keeping everything balance and taking good care of itself.

[emmadraws]

Not to nerd out for a minute, but this little food chain is the inspiration for several Pokemon! Mareanie is based on the crown of thorns starfish I'm pretty sure, and they are the natural predators of Corsola, the coral Pokemon! And then Bruxish, which is kinda like the Titan triggerfish here, preys on Mareanie!
I just think it's neat to figure out how those games mimic real-world zoology and ecology :)

[UltimateMegaMaster]

Sea Urchin : minding his own business
Triggerfish : I have been trying to reach you about your extended spine warranty

[Peterrdee]

Props to the divers brave enough to be in the water with these fiesty fishy’s

[samratchattopadhyay]

Just imagine the amount of technology, patience and skill that have gone behind making this video. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[kalonjah]

Scuba Diver 1: There’s a shark over there
Scuba Diver 2: Cool!
Scuba Diver 1: There’s a titan trigger fish over there
Scuba Diver 2: EVERYONE OUT OF THE WATER!!

[NaturalBiotopes]

I love the underwater world, it strikes with its mystery, it's a different world, it's like another planet. I also shoot the underwater world when I can.

[SuperSonic]

2:08The Titan Triggerfish didn't even bother to eat the starfish. It just spat its chunks out of disrespect.

[mjallenuk]

If only all the world could appreciate just this one moment of perfect balance ... where would we be then?

[SweetSwirllix]

They protect the reef and are great parents, how wonderful is that 🤩