Lionfish defending her eggs against a hungry grouper!

[BOBSAGGETASS]

I though they were poisonous so the grouper cant eat it right?

[ChumIsNotFum]

@BOBSAGGETASS theyre immune

[Edclamp]

Many thanks! Debate continues :-)

[dhd1957]

Lionfish eggs float in an intact egg sac. That is how they get distributed so far. Other fish lay eggs on the ground or in crevaces, so they are more prone to predation. But lionfish eggs -- 30,000 twice each month, are released in egg sacs that float to the surface and disperse there. So, I think that grouper was trying to eat the lionfish and the lionfish was defending itself, not the eggs.

[laugh190]

Don't groupers eat small fish like lionfish though?

[smartdog126]

why didnt u kill the lionfish?

[Kynoch79]

I thought lionfish release their eggs at the surface of the water column and leave them there?

[Hazafan88]

Grouper prey on lionfish. I want to see one eat a lionfish one day!

[mahimahi4454]

kill the lion fish

[SHITtina666]

and where's the eggs ?

[RoatanBubba]

I would have ate them both, lionfish then grouper. That must be a pacific grouper, looks wierd

[FishboiFishboi]

the grouper looks like a smallmouth bass

[Edclamp]

Thank you. Definitely Bass family.

[Bidone1967]

Interesting video - thanks for sharing.

[Benno074]

great footage...cheers for posting it :D

[tunesraid]

u should have heped that dude out help the grouper not the lionfish

[cutietwo22]

why not the poor lion? leaving nature alone is really the best course of action anyway:)