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SO THIS IS A LITTLE AMERICAN ALLIGATORS, NOT A CROCODILE.
IN FACT, ONE OF THEM JUST FLEW
IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT SWIMMING BELOW US, BUT THE WATER IS NOT CLOUDY BECAUSE IT'S DIRTY.
IT'S FULL OF NUTRIENTS AND PLANKTON AND ALL SORTS OF COOL THINGS.
BUT IF WE COULD SEE DOWN THERE, WE WOULD SEE AN AMAZING DIVERSITY OF SPECIES.
SO LET'S GET OUT AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE LIFE IN OUR CREEKS AND RIVERS.
SO YOU CAN CATCH A PRETTY NEAT STUFF JUST RIGHT IN THE CREEKS, RIGHT IN SHORE.
AND THERE'S A DIVERSITY OF SPECIES THAT LIVE UNDER DOCKS AND AREAS LIKE THIS.
SO I THOUGHT, WE'D JUST SEE, WE WOULDN'T CATCH.
SO WE'RE USING A TRIP BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH EVERY PREDACEOUS FISH SPECIES THAT'S GOING TO LIVE AROUND HERE IS GOING TO TAKE SHRIMP.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT ONE ALREADY.
I THINK I CAN LIFT THIS GUY RIGHT UP.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON SPECIES WE HAVE AROUND HERE.
IT'S CALLED A PIN FISH AND PIN FISH.
GET THE NAME, PIN FISH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THESE RAZOR SHARP SPINES ON THEIR BACKS.
YOU HAVE TO BE KIND OF CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE HANDLING THEM, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF PASSKEY.
CAUSE THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO TAKE YOUR BAIT.
EVEN IF YOU USE A FAIRLY SMALL HOOK.
NOW THIS FISH IS IN THE PORGY FAMILY AND IT'S, THERE ARE OTHER RELATIVES LIKE SHEEP'S HEAD AND OTHER SPECIES, BUT YOU NOTICE IT'S KIND OF A TALL FISH, VERY MANEUVERABLE.
AND TYPICALLY IT'S GOING TO LIVE AROUND STRUCTURE I TO SOMETHING ELSE TO MESS MY DESK.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON THERE.
SOME OF THESE SMALLER FISH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE USING SMALLER HOOKS, I REALLY KIND OF BAIT STEALERS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ON THIS ONE.
SO THIS HAD DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SPECIES.
THIS IS A BLACK DRUM, REALLY CUTE LITTLE BLACK DRUM AND VERY DIFFERENT LOOKING FISH.
SO BLACK DRUM OR IN THE DRUM FAMILY.
AND THEY GET THAT NAME BECAUSE THEY CAN USE SONIC MUSCLES TO MAKE KIND OF A DRUMMING NOISE.
AND THAT HELPS THEM TO FIND A MATE UNDERWATER.
THEY USED TO PUT COMMUNICATION AND YOU KIND OF HEAR THIS ONE.
YOU CAN GET THEM TO GRANT SOME MORE.
AND WHEN BLACK DRUM ARE SMALL, THEY'RE HEAVILY BANDED LIKE THIS.
BUT WHEN THEY GET BIG, THEY LOSE A LOT OF THAT BANDING.
I MEAN, BLACK DRUM GET, YOU KNOW, 40, 50 POUNDS.
SOMETIMES THEY GET ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS.
NOW NOTICE WHERE THAT MOUTH IS.
HE'S GOT HIS FEET ON THE BOTTOM, THEY SHRIMP AND CRABS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY KIND OF GET DOWN IN THE MUD AND PULL OUT.
THIS ONE COULD NOT RESIST THE SHRIMP.
IT'S A LITTLE REALLY SMALL, BUT IT'S, IT'S A REALLY NEAT ONE.
THIS IS A BIG FISH AND PIG FISHER IN THE GRUNT FAMILY.
UH, AND THEY MAKE KIND OF A GRUNTING NOISE AND THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
BUT THEY'RE PARTICULARLY PRETTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE HAS BLUES AND ORANGES LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE PIN FISH AND IT'S GOT THOSE SAME, YOU KNOW, SHARP SPINES ON THE BACK, BUT IT'S MORE A LONG GATE.
AND OF COURSE HAS A REALLY CUTE LITTLE SNOUT TOO ANYWAY, REALLY COMMON AROUND DOCKS AND PIERS.
AND HE'S KIND OF, I CAN HEAR HIM MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GRUNTING NOISE.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NOTORIOUS BAIT STEALERS TOO.
AND THESE GET QUITE A BIT BIGGER THAN THIS.
OKAY, I'VE GOT TO GET THIS GUY BACK IN THE WATER.
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IS A CROKER.SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT SPECIES.
SO NOT ONLY JUST A GRUNT MAKING NOISE, THE GRUNT FAMILY, BUT ESPECIALLY THESE, THESE DRUM IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS CALLED A CROAKER.
AND IT HAS THE SWIM BLADDERS KIND OF LIKE THE RED DRUM AND THE BLACK DRUM AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.
SO NEAT FISH AND THESE GET QUITE BIG AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY GOOD TO EAT.
SO THIS IS ONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE EAT.
LET ME GET A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THAT.
NOW THERE'S ANOTHER FISH THAT HANGS AROUND THESE DOCKS THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO CATCH AND SHOW YOU.
UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO THIS IS A LURE THAT I PUT TOGETHER AND IT'S DESIGNED TO CATCH GAR LONG NOSE GAR.
NOW LONG NOSE GUARD ARE PRIMITIVE FISH.
THEY HAVE LONG SNOUTS IN TINY LITTLE TEETH.
SO I'M HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE ATTRACTED BY THIS LITTLE PIECE OF MULLET RIGHT HERE.
THERE IS A HOOK HERE, BUT I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AT LEAST WHAT I HOPE IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT GAR IS GOING TO GET A TINY TEETH TANGLED IN THIS ROBE LONG ENOUGH THAT WE CAN SCOOP IT UP WITH A NET LEASE.
THESE GLASSES REALLY HELPED TO KIND OF CUT THE GLARE.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN SEE THEM SITTING JUST BELOW THE SURFACE, JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT.
I'M GOING TO FLIP POINT AND JUST RIGHT IN HERE.
SO WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THESE GAR HAVE A TENDENCY TO HANG AROUND THE DOCK HERE AND THEY GET BEHIND THE BOATS ON THE INCOMING TIDE.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT CREATES A LITTLE EDDY BEHIND THE BOAT AND THEY CAN WAIT AND STAY OUT OF THE CURRENT AND THEN DASH OUT AND CATCH A SMALL FISH.
IF IT'S WHIM SPOT PRETTY GOOD PRODUCTION STRATEGY.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE KINDA INTERESTED.
HE, OH, HE BID IT, BUT THIS I'M GOING TO TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME WITH A SLIGHTLY BIGGER ONE.
THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE HE'S INTERESTED.
NOW HAS IT A LITTLE BIT, SO MAYBE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BETTER.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE ON, UH, NOPE.
HE'S TOO BIG FOR THE NECK BOY.
THIS, THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE SIZE JAR.
SO I'M GOING TO GET THIS GUY BACK IN JUST AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
I'M OF COURSE STAYING AWAY FROM THE TEETH BECAUSE THE TEETH ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
OTHER SCALES THEY HAVE OSTEODERMS ARE BONY PLATES AND THOSE BONY PLATES REALLY PROTECT HIM.
IT LOOKS, HE LOOKS LIKE HE GOT SOME OF THAT.
UH, YEAH, HE'S GOT A LOT OF THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT I THINK ONCE HE OPENS HIS MOUTH AND I'LL COME RIGHT OUT.
AND THIS IS NOT AN ENORMOUS ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, A PRETTY BIG FISH FOR SURE.
LONG NOSE, SHARP TEETH FOR CATCHING FISH.
THE ABILITY TO LIVE IN REAL ANOXIC SITUATIONS.
THEN YOU ACTUALLY COME UP AND GULP AIR.
AND SO THEY CAN STAY IN AREAS WHERE A LOT OF FISH JUST CAN'T HANDLE A POWERFUL TAIL, POWERFUL BODY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY, IT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WELL.
I'M GOING TO GET THIS GUY BACK IN LONG NOSE GUARD.
THEY LIVE AROUND DOC SHOW ONE OTHER THING.
THESE GUYS DO REAL WELL IN SALT WATER, WHICH IS PRETTY NEAT.
THEY CAN HANDLE SALT WATER, BUT THEY HAVE TO SPAWN AND FRESH WATER.
SO HERE'S A FISH THAT'S GOING TO GO TO FRESHWATER, TO SPAWN, BUT IT CAN SPEND ITS TIME AND 30 PARTS PER THOUSAND OR EVEN HIGHER SALINITY ENVIRONMENTS.
SO OUR LEWER WORKED PRETTY WELL.
NOW I'M IN A LIE RIGHT OFF HERE.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO THIS.
I'VE CAUGHT A FEW GAR IN MY LIFE, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY NO REAL, A GREAT PROTOCOL FOR DOING THIS, BUT I OF COURSE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FISH IS FINE.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL PATTERN.
WHERE'S THAT HELPS HIM TO BLEND IN REALLY, REALLY WELL.
HE HAD A TAIL TO POWERFUL TAIL AND THERE WE GO.
WELL, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS GUY GOT ME WITH ONE OF HIS TEETH.
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OH, ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT A COUPLE GOT BOY.THEY HAVE SHARP TEETH AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BLAME HIM.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO PROTECT HIMSELF.
I LOVE DOING STUFF LIKE THIS FISH ARE NOT THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT LIVE AROUND THESE DOCKS.
I MEAN, THIS HAS STRUCTURE OUT IN THE MARSH AND STRUCTURE LIKE THIS DOCK PILINGS AND THINGS ARE IMMEDIATELY COLONIZED BY A VARIETY OF MARINE ORGANISMS. LET ME SHOW YOU SOME COOL STUFF THAT LIVES RIGHT UNDERNEATH THESE DOTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO ATTRACT THESE COLONIZING ORGANISMS IS WE PUT UP ROPES LIKE THIS AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE PIECE OF TILE ON IT.
SO LET ME GET A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IN AND LET'S SEE WHAT'S ON THIS ROPE.
AND LOOK, EVEN THE ROPE IS COVERED WITH SEA SQUIRTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SMOOTH TILE THAT I PUT OUT, DRILLED A HOLE IN IT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT THERE IS A TON OF COOL STUFF THAT'S LIVING RIGHT ON THIS PIECE OF TILE.
I'M GONNA PUT IT IN HERE SO WE CAN GET A BETTER LOOK AT IT.
I CAN SEE A LITTLE CRAB IN HERE.
LOTS OF CRABS WILL, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THEIR STRUCTURE, IT'S GONNA ATTRACT SMALL ANIMALS AS WELL AS ALGAE.
I THINK I SEE A REALLY NEAT CRAB UNDERNEATH THIS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PORCELAIN CRABS AND PORCELAIN CRABS ARE REALLY FLATTENED.
THEY HAVE GREAT BIG CLAWS, BUT THE CLAWS ARE VERY FLATTENED LATERALLY.
SO THEY LOOK A LOT BIGGER THAN THEY ARE FROM THE TOP.
FROM THE SIDE, THEY'RE VERY, VERY SKINNY AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HIDE UNDER STRUCTURE.
AND SO THEY'LL GO INTO OYSTER, RAKES INTO NEURO CREVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SQUEEZE INTO REALLY TIGHT SPOTS.
I'M GOING TO HANG DOWN HERE AND SEE WHAT I CAN SEE.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF COOL STUFF UNDER THIS DOCK.
GOTTA BE A LITTLE CAREFUL CAUSE THAT WASTERS, LOTS OF SEA SQUIRTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE ROUGH SEA SQUIRTS AND OH, THERE'S SOME GARLIC SPONGE HERE SMELLS A LITTLE BIT LIKE GARLIC.
THAT'S WHERE IT GETS ITS NAME.
LOTS OF SEA SQUIRTS HERE, BUT LOTS OF LITTLE SEA SQUIRTS.
AND THEN SOME HYDROIDS, WHICH REALLY THEY LOOK LIKE PLANTS, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ANIMALS.
AND OF COURSE THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OF SMALL ANIMALS THAT ARE LIVING INSIDE THIS, THIS FOREST OF OTHER ANIMALS.
ONE OF THE REAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS IS, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL THESE DOC FOWLING ORGANISMS. AND IF YOU HAVE A BOAT AND YOU LEAVE IT IN THE WATER, IT'S GOING TO BE COLONIZED BY ALL THIS STUFF.
AND OF COURSE IT STICKS TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BOAT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO RIDE AROUND IN YOUR BOAT, IT SLOWS IT DOWN CONSIDERABLY AND CAN ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE HOLE.
SO NOT EVERYBODY LIKES THIS STUFF THE WAY I DO.
SO I'D SAID A CRAB TRAP ON ONE OF THESE DOCS AND LET'S SEE WHAT'S IN IT.
I'M GONNA PUT THIS ON THE EDGE AND SEE WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE HAVE.
I THINK THE BEST BET IS GOING TO BE TO KIND OF SHAKE A COUPLE OF THESE OUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL LET ALL THESE GUYS GO.
THERE WE GO, ME, GET THIS ONE OUT FIRST, THAT ONE CAN JUST WALK.
YOU GOTTA BE A LITTLE CAREFUL WITH BLUE CRABS WHEN THE BEST WAY TO PICK HIM UP.
NOW THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEMALE.
AND I CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT THE APRON RIGHT HERE, AND YOU NOTICE IT'S KIND OF ROUNDED.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE CRABS JUST FELL IN LOVE BETWEEN MY LEGS AND FELL IN, BUT SHE HAD THE RE APRON IS REALLY BROAD RIGHT THERE, MALES AND GOING TO HAVE A MUCH NARROWER APRON AND COMPARISON, AND ALSO NOTICE THAT BEAUTIFUL CLAW TIPS.
THESE FEMALES TO HAVE A TENDENCY TO HAVE KIND OF REDDISH OR ORANGE IS CAUGHT TIPS.
YOU KNOW, BLUE CRABS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ANIMALS, HARD SHELL OF COURSE, VERY STRONG CAREPASS OR THE EXOSKELETON IS VERY, VERY HEAVY DUTY.
AND WE'LL GET THE SPINES RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S GOOD PROTECTION AGAINST A VARIETY OF PREDATORS THAT WANT TO EAT THEM.
OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOOD SWIMMERS TOO.
IN THESE SWIMMING LEGS, ALLOW THEM TO COME UP IN THE WATER COLUMN, EVEN IN 30, 40, 50 FEET OF WATER.
ANYWAY, LET'S LOOK AT LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE.
SO IN ORDER TO KEEP A BLUE CRAB, THEY HAVE TO BE FIVE INCHES FROM TIP TO TIP.
AND THIS ONE DEFINITELY BIG ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, BLUE CRABS.
I JUST I'M AMAZED AT HOW WELL PROTECTED THEY ARE.
THEY HAVE ALL THESE SPINES ALL OVER THEM AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU GOT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU TAKE ON A BLUE CRAB.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, UH, MOLT THEY'RE PRETTY VULNERABLE, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE HARD SHELLS LIKE THIS, THEY ARE TOUGH CUSTOMERS.
A LOT OF THINGS EAT THEM LIKE SEA TURTLES AND THINGS THAT CAN HANDLE THESE HARD SHELLS.
BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MALE YOU CAN TELL BY HOW MUCH BLUE THERE IS ON IT, HOW BIG IT IS, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE APRON HERE, MUCH NARROWER
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APRON, MUCH MORE POINTED AND NO BRIGHT RED CAUGHT TIPS.I'M GOING TO LET THIS GUY WALK IN ON HIS OWN.
SEE IF HE'LL, I THINK NOTICE NOTICES HE'S KIND OF FACING ME SO THAT HE HIT HIS CLAWS READY.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S KIND OF GOING IN ON HIS OWN TERMS. OH, THERE HE GOES.
WELL, LET'S GO CHECK SOME MORE TRAPS THIS TIME IN A BRACKISH ECOSYSTEM.
SOME WETLANDS LIKE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE ARE NEITHER FRESHWATER NOR SALTWATER.
THEY'RE BRACKISH SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN NOW FULL STRENGTH, OCEAN WATERS, ABOUT 35.
I BET IT'S NOT OVER ABOUT 20 RIGHT HERE, BUT CERTAIN ANIMALS DO GREAT IN BRACKISH WATER HABITATS, JUST LIKE THIS.
NOW SOLIDITY VARIES A GREAT DEAL, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO RAINFALL OR DROUGHT, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME RAIN FAIRLY RECENTLY.
SO I IMAGINE THE SALINITY IS NOT TOO HIGH.
NOW I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MINNOW TRAPS THAT I PUT IN AND I THOUGHT WE'D PULLED THESE AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF IN HERE.
SOME OF THEM ARE JUST THE USUAL SUSPECTS, BUT I SEE SOME KIND OF INTERESTING THINGS IN HERE.
I'M GOING TO GET A COUPLE OF THESE OUT AND PUT THEM IN THE CONTAINER AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISGUSTING WHAT IT'S BEEN IN THE TRAP FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD BAIT FOR VARIOUS FISH SPECIES.
SO THERE'S SOME KIND OF COOL STUFF IN HERE.
I SEE THREE SPECIES THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP MINNOWS.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE CALLED A STRIPED KILLIFISH.
NOW I CAN TELL THIS AS A MALE BECAUSE IT HAS VERTICAL BANDS.
FEMALES HAVE STRIPES THAT GO DOWN THE SIDE.
WHEN YOU HAVE MALES AND FEMALES LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED SHEEP'S HEAD MINNOWS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PUP FISHES AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
SOME OF THEM DEVELOP ALL KINDS OF PRETTY COLORS, ESPECIALLY DURING BREEDING.
ONE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED IN HERE IS THE LITTLE SNAIL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MUD SNAILS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TOO.
AND I GUESS HE WENT IN AFTER THE SQUID, JUST, JUST MUCH SLOWER THAN THE FISH WENT IN THERE.
I SEE ONE MORE REALLY COOL THING IN HERE.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE GRASS, SHRIMP, LITTLE TINY GUY.
AND THIS IS AS BIG AS GRASS SHRIMP GET.
I MEAN, THESE ARE NOT LIKE THE, THE WHITE SHRIMP AND THE BROWN SHRIMP THAT WE GET.
SO COMMONLY HERE IN THAT, IT STAYS VERY SMALL.
THIS IS A REALLY COMMON LITTLE SPECIES, BUT THIS AS BIG AS THEY GET, THIS IS AN ADULT, OF COURSE, LOTS OF THINGS EAT THESE LOTS OF FISH SPECIES, UH, THINGS LIKE, UM, WAITING BIRDS OF ALL KINDS, SNOWY GRITS, FOR INSTANCE, AND OTHER SPECIES.
RIGHT? I'M GONNA LET THESE GUYS GO, BUT I DO HAVE ONE MORE TRAP TO CHECK.
PUT A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IN HERE.
SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER TRAP.
GET THIS SQUARED OUTTA HERE AT FIRST.
AND BOY, THIS IS A GOOD LOOKING FISH.
THIS IS ONE CALLED A FAT SLEEPER.
SO THIS IS UM, WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE SHRIMP IN THERE TOO.
I BET HE DOESN'T LIKE BEING IN THERE WITH THE, WITH THE BIRD, BUT THIS IS A FISH THAT, UH, THEY'RE CALLED SLEEPERS.
THIS FAMILY'S CALLED SLIPPERS BECAUSE THEY SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME JUST SITTING ON THE BOTTOM MOTIONLESS.
AND SO THEY ALMOST LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ASLEEP AND THAT'S WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM.
HE'S KIND OF SLOSHING WATER OUT OF THE TOP OF THIS.
NO, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COOL STUFF IN THIS BRACKISH WATER HABITAT, BUT LET'S LET THIS LITTLE GUY GO IF YOU SPEND ANY TIME FISHING IN SALTWATER, YOU'RE BOUND TO CATCH A SHARK OR STINGRAY.
SO YOU BETTER THINK ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.
NOW I'VE ENLISTED THE HELP OF TWO OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, MIKE GIBBONS, AND PARKER GIVENS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN CATCH AND SHOW YOU HOW TO GET IT OFF THE HOOK.
SO THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS KIND OF CRIMP THE BARBS DOWN AND THAT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO GET, GET THE HOOK OUT FOR SURE.
WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH SHARKS AND STINGRAYS.
ANY KIND OF CUTBACK WORKS REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF CAST THIS OUT TO CATCH IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE TOUGH TO KEEP US IN THE BOTTOM.
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IT'S A GIANT STONE CRAB.HOW'D YOU MANAGE TO DO THIS? IS IT ACTUALLY HOOKED OR IS IT OH, OH BOY.
SO THIS IS LOOK AT A CLOCK ON THAT.
SO THIS IS THE ONE YOU CAN TAKE.
WE COULD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, BUT WE COULD TAKE ONE OF THESE CLAWS AND TAKE IT HOME WITH US AND EAT IT.
BUT IT HAS TO BE AN INCH AND THREE QUARTERS FROM HERE TO HERE.
AND PARKER, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PINCHED BY ONE OF THESE? YOU'VE BEEN PINCHED A BLUE CRAB THOUGH.
I'VE NOT BEEN PINCHED BY A BIG ONE LIKE THIS AND IT'S NOT.
NO, I'M GOOD, BUT GOD, YOU CAN SEE THE SHORTER CRUSHING.
FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF MUSCLE THERE, AND THESE ARE REALLY GOOD FOR CRUSHING BIVALVES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY CAN EVEN TAKE A LIVE WELCOME AND BREAK OFF PIECES AND KILL IT ANYWAY.
WE'LL W WE'LL GET HIM BACK IN, BUT MAN, WHAT A, WHAT? A NEAT LITTLE ANIMAL.
THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTING LOOKING AREN'T THEY? YOU CAN TELL THAT'S NOT A FISH THAT SWIMS IN THE WATER.
WHAT I CALL THEM VERY MUCH IS THAT YOU EVER SEEN THE SPINES ON THESE.
YOU WANT TO HOLD THEM PARKER? JUST BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL THEIR SPINES AND BOY, LOOK AT THE TEETH ON THIS GUY TOO.
OH, LOOK AT HOW HE SAID THAT HOOK CAME OUT.
HAVE YOU CAUGHT THESE BEFORE PARKER? I HAVE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU CATCH ON THE PIERCE AND STUFF IN IT, THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES I'VE CAUGHT THEM.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT BIGGER THAN THAT.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT KEEP HER, I GUESS, FOR A TOAD FISH AND I GUESS TECHNICALLY YOU CAN'T EAT TOTE FISH, ALTHOUGH I NEVER HAVE, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET THIS GUY BACK IN BUT HE GOT MIKE THAT'S KIND OF, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S MAYBE.
SO THIS IS A CATFISH AND IT LOOKS LIKE A GAP TOP SALE CAP.
WOW BOY, THAT IS A GOOD LOOKING FISH.
LOOK HOW THAT, THAT DORSAL FIN STICKS UP.
IT'S A REALLY HUGE FISHING ROD.
YOU WANT TO HOLD YOUR, HOLD YOUR CATCH AND WE'LL GET THAT ONE BACK IN.
BUT BOY, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF AN UNUSUAL CATCH.
YOU SEE THESE OCCASIONALLY, BUT NOT, NOT VERY OFTEN.
YOU GOT SOME PARKER FEELS PRETTY GOOD.
I'M GOING TO GRAB A LUNCH, MAN.
I'M GOING TO GRAB SOME PLIERS, PUT MY FOOT RIGHT ON THAT AND SAID THAT THE SPINE IS DOWN JUST VERY CAREFULLY REMOVED THE GOOD JOB.
AND SO YOU COULD SEE THE SPINE RIGHT HERE AND THAT SPINE IS COVERED WITH THEM.
I SHEET THE MUCUS, WHICH HAS A VENOM ON IT.
AND SO IF YOU'RE STABBED BY THAT SPINE, OF COURSE IT DOES.
IT HURTS LIKE CRAZY AND CAUSES, MILD MODEL AMOUNT OF SWELLING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS AND REALLY PAINFUL.
SO YOU GOTTA BE REAL CAREFUL AROUND ENTITY, STINGRAYS.
SO THIS IS AN ATLANTIC STINGRAY AND IT'S AN ADULT.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU KNOW, SOUTHERN'S GET CRATE, BIG PARKER.
I'VE SEEN, YOU'VE SEEN THE BIG SOUTHERN THING RACE HAVEN'T YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY CUT THE WHOLE TAIL OFF THIS THING.
WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY UNFAIR.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST PROTECTION AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DISTINGUISH, JUST TRYING TO PROTECT ITSELF AGAINST ALL KINDS OF PREDATORS, LIKE SHARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WAIT, LET ME GRAB HIM AND SEE IF WE CAN
WHAT DO YOU HAVE? OH, IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE A WHITING.
WELL, THEY ARE PRETTY AREN'T THEY, YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF IRIDESCENT COLOR TO THEM.
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FISH PARKER.IT'S KIND OF GOOD LINE SPINNING.
IT'S THIS THING WHERE I SEE OTHER LINES DOING KIND OF A CIRCLE.
I THOUGHT, I THINK HE CAN PROBABLY WITH THAT ROD JUST LIFTED OVER THE TOP.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER LINE DOWN THAT I'M GOING TO HOLD DOWN THIS PARKER.
YOU WANT TO DO THE HONORS? SO WE'VE GOT THE SPINE DOWN LOW WHERE IT CAN'T CAN'T GET US TO, WE CAN'T STICK PARKER AND THAT HOOK SHOULD POP RIGHT OUT.
CAN I USE THE SPIRES? AND IN A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO PICK IT UP JUST RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO AVOID THAT SPINE.
SO PARKER, WHICH KIND DO YOU THINK THIS IS IT YOU CAN TELL BY THAT POINTED NOSE.
CAN'T YA? SO WE GOTTA GET THIS GUY BACK IN, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE HANDLED THIS ONE REAL SAFELY.
SO WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO NOT GET STUCK OURSELVES, BUT ALSO NOT TO HURT THE STINGRAY.
SO I'M GOING TO HOLD ON THE TAIL PARKER, IF YOU WANT TO GET IT RIGHT LIKE THAT.
WELL, GUYS, WE CUT SOME CIGARETTES, DID MY ALONG WITH LOTS OF FISH PIECES, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.
YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO PROTECT THIS THING, RIGHT? AND YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOURSELF AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU WANNA HELP ME PUT THIS ONE BACK IN AND LET'S JUST PUT IT IN 1, 2, 3, AND THEN YOU GUYS, GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US OUT TODAY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY SPECIAL PART OF THE WORLD WHEN ROB AND I FIRST STARTED MAKING COASTAL KINGDOM, WE WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE INCREDIBLE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE.
IT IS CRITICAL TO PASS ON A LOVE AND APPRECIATION OF OUR LANDS AND WATERS TO OUR CHILDREN AND YOURS.
WE WANT THE NEXT GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND AND VALUE OUR LOCAL HABITATS SO WE CAN DO THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB PROTECTING THEM.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON COASTAL KINGDOM.