15-foot Sawfish

[ciptandi]

well....you saw the saw

[trueleroix]

The state of Florida asks that people report every sighting of these awesome critters.

[trocki80]

this saw is electric or petrol ?

[thatbboyrandom1]

man is it really truee.taht these type of fish are the last of there kind and have 70 something thousand teeth in there mouthss?..

[MsMariosonic]

@thatbboyrandom1 they are lerated with rays

[fLuFFyPuPPyS1]

I saw one 11ft long at the aquarium where i live. IT WAS AWESOME!

[niggastolemyshoe]

It should've chopped your ankles off

[LOLITSMELOL100]

I remember seeing them there years ago.

[4themuffin]

that thing's badass

[brahma0313]

This is an amazing video...you should make more to raise awareness about critically endangered species. I have a house in St. Croix, and we love the reefs down there, but it is always sad when I go back and notice a decline in a particular species of fish, coral or invertebrate. However, there are university programs at work on the island to curtail the effects of industrialization and tourism. Keep up the good filming!

[mitchellsealcoating]

will it attack???

[IslandMultimedia]

@mitchellsealcoating Only if provoked; say, if you were walking on the bottom and stepped on it.

[pimpinshrimpin]

@mitchellsealcoating yeah they showed it on river monsters.

[Emsinger1000]

I was snorkeling in Key West 7 years ago and saw one with 6 barracuda following right behind it. Our guide was next to me, she grabbed my arm and yelled "HOLY S#@*T!" over and over. She said it was the first one she's seen in her 10 years guiding snorkeling tours. It wasn't 15 though. Wish I had a camera handy :(

[Brandtalones]

He just chillin'. Had a big night, slashin' up them bait balls. Now him jus' chillin', lookin' at white boys' ankles.

[panny14]

wow that's amazing :)

[votejamie08]

did you just jump over the enclosure to film that? That's like the man who was killed when he stepped into the tiger habitat at a zoo. What happened after you stopped filming?

[RoboTekno]

they don't want people, what? The suspense is killing me D:

[TheDogh8ter]

they look alot like sharks..but they are rays...:O

[xzGIANTzx]

man .... like the swordgish ... these sharks are soo cool

[TheA340guy]

i saw a documentary on them a couple of days ago. Critically endangered. Hopefully their numbers can increase in the future.

[IslandMultimedia]

I agree, A340. Magnificent animals that have been around hundreds of millions of years. Hopefully they will be with us for a long time to come.

[mindmonkey00]

@IslandMultimedia I know even, the 'common' sawfish is critically endangered. How ironic.

[fishman328]

thats amazing those are so rare id be in that water in a minute!

[DemonDrug95]

holey cow holey crap is all that u all can say??..btw i was just jk...if that thing is equipped with a chainsaw it would be cool an badass!!

[prettygunneryuna]

how in the world were you able to get in the water?

I would be soooo scared if I saw that! lol

[IslandMultimedia]

Very carefully!

[CresanteSolidor]

oooh they can grow this big!!! almost like a shark huh.

[IslandMultimedia]

They are in the same taxonomic Class as sharks, Chondrichthes, the cartilaginous fishes. They are a type of ray.

[morganfinley3]

@IslandMultimedia I saw one of these last year when i went to the Bahamas. It was almost as big as this one. My buddy and me jumped in and scared the shit out of it. It soon ran away.. lol.

[idiotpsycho]

@morganfinley3 Lol



[ninjakawasaki1972]

damn

[nykstukaigeriakava]

correctly said. HOLY COW.

[XCheche94]

457.2 centimeters o.O !! Wow

4Metters 57.centimeters!!!! OMG!?

[junior388]

wow i would not get in the water with that thing

[srslayerz]

holy cow

[Candycow12]

holy crap!

[JZuiderveen]

Ive Cought one. 14 feet long 550 lbs. Islamorada Florida.

[IslandMultimedia]

You got a pic of that?

[cloudgirl105]

I remember I saw one of those at a marine zoo...it was like 18ft!

[hunny919]

well i work there at atlantis the small tooth sawfish can reach up to 18 feet in length

[123456789ROCKZ]

i heard that saw fish can reach up to 7metre long....

[warlover69]

feet

[johnhayston]

wow

[yippieperm3]

woah

[lendo2361]

this is a little goldfish from the devil :P

[flyingmako]

The teeth are pretty serious, they use them to dispatch schools of fish like a hedgesaw from hell. We had a sawfish tied up to implant a transmitter and it put holes through our rub-rail by swinging. Very scary and impressive!

[kane38885]

i read that once,one of these fish cut a diver in two because he strayed to close

[sharksrock19]

cool

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

Woah! that is a huge fish!

[jagpack18]

that is one f***ing big fish