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Photos of Dog Snapper Eating Trumpetfish

Posted October 31st, 2007 by JessM82

Photos taken 19 January 2007 on Snapper Ledge in Key Largo, Florida in the middle of the afternoon. I was teaching an open water class and had 2 students in the water who saw this on their very first ocean dive.

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how in the world?

On May 8th, 2010 kiki12 says:

how would the snapper digest that?

thats way nice! out of three

On October 2nd, 2008 reddiver says:

thats way nice! out of three years of diving, i have not seen that before!

Interesting

On September 5th, 2008 CaymanGirl says:

Wow... That is kind of weird! I mean, the trumpetfish is long!

WoW i have never seen that in 2 years of diving

On August 30th, 2008 Brettman says:

WoW i have never seen that in 2 years of diving but dontt forget i still have my hole life but yah i have never see such a thing

life as usual

On July 11th, 2008 geo_diver says:

neither fish looks too excited about the whole ordeal

snapper eating trumpetfish

On March 15th, 2008 deescarr says:

Fantastic thing to watch!  Were you able to stay until the trunpetfish was all the way down?  Did its progress stomachward slow down or stop at some point?  Did the snapper keep swimming around or hang out in one place? 

Dee Scarr, Touch the Sea

big stomach?

On October 31st, 2007 rovingdiver says:

Makes you wonder how it all fit in its stomach. Nice photos!

Dog vrs. Schoolmaster Snapper

On September 22nd, 2008 reefnut says:

Nice shots! The species of snapper is puzzling, though. It has the pale teardrop under the eye of a Dog Snapper, but the fins are all yellow like a Schoolmaster Snapper. Could this fish be a hybrid?

 

Kristi Draper
(aka REEFNUT)

Is it normal to think about diving...all the time?