If nature can amaze us, it can also scare us. The proof is in the form of a video that is going viral on social networks. Published on Reddit, it shows a fish in great pain and seems to be swimming peacefully, even though it has probably been bitten by a predator. I might as well warn you, the images may shock the most sensitive.
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A massive bite mark
Some animals are able to survive after being seriously injured. A rooster, for example, can live for more than a year after being decapitated. The animal we are talking about today has its whole head but not its whole body! In the video, it is clear that it has been bitten by a predator.
Fish swimming despite massive bite in its body 😳 pic.twitter.com/25bXUQtrH8
— OddIy Terrifying (@OTerrifying) December 31, 2022
The animal that attacked it left a gaping bite mark but did not finish off its prey. The surviving fish, like a zombie, is much lighter than before but seems to be able to move around without too much trouble.
Vital organs spared
So how do we explain its survival? Unfortunately, we don't know when this video was taken (it is said to be quite old and has just resurfaced), nor do we know where it was taken.
all major organs are on the ventral side + head. It surely died soon after but I guess the bite was peripheral enough to not be immediately lethal. Poor creature anyway. pic.twitter.com/FRGxXcAGMd
— Natvris khe (@UserOccasionale) December 31, 2022
On Twitter, a user-provided a credible explanation that in most fish, the vital organs are located in the ventricle part, which was therefore spared during the attack. The poor zombie fish would not have died on the spot, but that does not mean that its wound is painless.
This article was translated from Gentside FR.
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-Reddit: This fish is still alive after something took a huge bite out of it.
