Wonderful Nassau Grouper Fighting To Get Off The Endangered Species List. This week we will examine the struggle Nassau Grouper is going through.
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Nassau Groupers have a very unusual stripe pattern reminding me of how warships were painted in World War I. To G's eyes, the pattern really stands out. I guess you don't have to hide if you are one of the reef's. Top predators. During dating season, Nassau Groupers changed colors. The males turned black on top and white on bottom, the females turn all black. Nassau Groupers spawning is very predictable, usually happening after a full moon in the winter months. All local Nassau Groupers gather in the same place every year because of this predictability. Groupers are highly vulnerable during spawning, as local fishermen have wiped out entire colonies. Recent conservationists and scientist efforts have successfully protected the fish during spawning. Hopefully, these actions will allow the species to recover. Nassau Groupers swallow their prey hole. When they are in position to consume a target, they open their enormous mouth creating a negative pressure, which sweeps the prey into their mouth's whole. So what do they suck into? Eat lobsters and whole fish. Nassau groupers. Main enemies are humans, sharks and barracuda. The Nassau grouper is listed on the critically endangered list. Hopefully with time and continued help from humans, the species can rebound. I hope you learned something today. I know I did. Click that light button and subscribe to the channel and we'll see you here next time. On under c g.
00:00 Wonderful Nassau Grouper
00:23 Grouper Spawning
00:42 Conservation Efforts
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