{"id":716,"date":"2009-01-06T02:48:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T01:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=716"},"modified":"2024-10-12T16:52:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:52:39","slug":"triggerfish-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/attaque-baliste-20090106\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of the Triggerfish!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone is afraid of sharks<\/a>. This is silly. It is rare that sharks eat humans (while the opposite is not the case). In fact, there is much more dangerous for divers: the mustache triggerfish or olive triggerfish, also called titan triggerfish.
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A fast and sometimes aggressive fish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Those who have already felt its teeth, remember it...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The triggerfish is a fairly large fish (50 to 75 cm long), very fast. It is called trigger-fish<\/em> in English, because of its caudal fin which is pointed like a trigger when it goes into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A titan triggerfish surrounded by small reef fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is one of the few fish that divers can fear attacks ... with, of course, the fierce clownfish<\/a> !!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Admire below the teeth of the beast... And the little cleaning shrimp, perched fearlessly on the tip of its \"nose\"!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The triggerfish leaves the small shrimp cleaners to rest on his jaws with sharp teeth. (Malaysia, Perhentian Islands, July 2006)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This photo is dated my 2006 trip to the Perhentian Islands, Malaysia<\/a>. A very quiet triggerfish like that, the time of the passage to its \"cleaning station\", it is not so frequent...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video: The Triggerfish's Meal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below, shot at Bali<\/a> in July 2008<\/a>a short video of the beast, biting the reef to pieces:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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