He Looks at the Water and Sees a Shark, but There’s Something Even Bigger Behind It

Jack Phillips
6/7/2018
Updated:
6/7/2018

A grouper was filmed consuming a shark in one bite—that’s right, in one gulp.

The blacktip shark was only four feet in length. The predator was identified as an Atlantic goliath grouper, which can weigh as much as 790 pounds and can grow up to 8.2 feet in length.

The fishermen hooked the shark off the coast of Bonita Springs, Florida, several years ago before the grouper took over.

As Business Insider noted, goliath groupers are known to stalk and ambush divers.

In 2009, another viral clip, taken from a fishing boat, showed a grouper eating a yet another small shark:

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Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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