Awesome Fish

We always thought a Sharknado was implausible, it turns out that a similar phenomenon really does occur in nature. BBC Earth’s Blue Planet shows us hows swarms of anchoveta fish assemble into massive swirling schools to fend off predators.

“It’s not so much the fish… I like the challenge of keeping them alive.” We’ve seen a homemade 10,000 gal aquarium. Now let’s check out one that’s double that. It was designed and mostly built by Bill Wann, a natural born inventor.

WIRED looks one of nature’s stranger creations – the mudskipper, an odd little dude who’s somewhere between fish and reptile, able to crawl out of the water and walk on land, while still breathing through water it stores in its cheeks. Also, they remind us of Ren & Stimpy.

We’re guessing that YouTuber Eli F doesn’t live near a public aquarium, so maybe that’s why he decided to build a massive reef aquarium into his living room. The water’s surface can be exposed to the sun to help nourish the living coral. See Eli swim and feed his fish here.

YouTuber Michael Ryan simply describes this brief clip as follows: “This massive V8 powered fish is dropping the fattest skid of the decade!” It seems only appropriate that this video was discovered by a Redditor going by the screenname YouTubeGoingDownhill.

This video purports to be from a series of 2003 experiments showing a fish that’s learned to play fetch just like a dog. The whole thing smells a little fishy to us, since the post links to a mysterious company called Phoenix Biogenic.

Two fish enter, one fish leaves. Velda’s whimsical pond accessory lets fish and their owners get a better view of each other, allowing fish to swim above the surface of the water for a brief moment and peep their heads out.

A team of marine scientists funded by the NOAA used a robotic camera off the coast of Puerto Rico to capture incredible footage of just a few of the unusual undersea lifeforms dwelling up to 20,000ft. beneath the surface. More here.

The Washington University Men’s freshman crew team was practicing when their canoe was inundated by hundreds of annoying giant Asian carp flying out of the water and slapping them around. Damn, nature can be weird.

We already know the best way to attract piranhas is to feed them meat. So check out the feeding frenzy that happens when somebody tosses some bloody meat chunks into a river in Brazil. We certainly wouldn’t want to fall in that water.

An aggressive Atlantic Goliath Grouper didn’t like this scuba diver spearfishing in his neck of the woods, and proceeded to steal the diver’s fish and the spear gun that it was attached to. There’s a reason he’s named Goliath after all.

While it’s not nearly as dramatic as that scene from the Fargo TV series, it’s still a strange sight to witness a fish dropping out of the sky. Though in this case, the explanation is simple – a bird lost its lunch, literally.

Bangkok’s New World shopping mall was abandoned back in 1999. Later, an unknown person started populating its flooded basement with koi and catfish. Jesse Rockwell captured these amazing photos of its unusual residents.

This tricky animal habitat includes separate see-through aquarium and terrarium compartments, giving the illusion that your lizards, frogs and other amphibians are living harmoniously underwater with your fish.

YouTuber rhys assan was walking on a beach in southwest Australia when he spotted a mahi-mahi. Strangely enough, it seemed like the fish spotted him too and made a beeline for him, neglecting the fact that rhys was on the shore.

“Imagine trying to move by vomiting out of giant straw and flapping your skirt around very fast – that is how a cuttlefish do.” That’s just one of the many weird facts you’ll learn from Zefrank’s flick about this odd little cephalopod.

(NSFW: Language) Don’t know how to use a rod and reel? Just get yourself a dog like Stripe, and you’ll never go hungry. This retriever/boxer mix plucked a huge fish from a stream all by himself. Too bad asian carp is such a nasty tasting fish.

This tiny little puffer fish has quite a talent – constructing immaculate underwater crop circles by swimming in the sand. The spirographs measure seven feet in diameter. (Thanks Orion!)

Graphic designer/T-shirt madman Glennz is at it again. His latest design poses the question: What happens when you train your fish too well? What’s next? Crossing the Grand Canyon on a tiny highwire?

Catch a glimpse of this unusual office building located in Hyderabad, India – shaped like a giant fish. Naturally, it houses the National Fisheries Development Board. Looks like we’re gonna need a bigger rod and reel.

It was all fun and games with this singing trout’s demonic renditions of “Do Wah Diddy” until these guys went to swap in some new batteries and found that the compartment was empty.

Psalt Design’s blobby handblown glass fish bowl will remind you (and your goldfish) of a Salvador Dali painting, as it appears to be melting over the edge of whatever shelf its placed on.

If you don’t believe that a piranha has a deadly bite, you’ll definitely want to keep out of the waters after you see this clip of an unhappy fish being used as a pair of scissors. Don’t hate us, PETA.