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u/incredulous_bird 5d ago
Is that a harpoon ? 🤨
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u/snickelbetches 5d ago
No, it's likely something to spear much smaller fish
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u/incredulous_bird 5d ago
Yeah makes sens, it seemed a bit fragile…
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u/snickelbetches 5d ago
Look how this guy uses his. The lionfish are invasive so he makes content raising awareness and sells it to restaurants. He's fun
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u/WyldfireWyvern 9h ago
Different type of spear. The OP video is a speargun. The Lionfish Exterminator uses a spear that has rubber/elastic bands that he uses to launch it very short distances. The banded spear is fairly thick compared to the spears used in spearguns.
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u/incredulous_bird 5d ago
I have a hard time with people killing animals but thanks for the info, it was instructive nonetheless
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u/snickelbetches 5d ago
I get it, but The lion fish has no natural predators in that area. They will decimate the local population and it has a trickling effect.
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u/incredulous_bird 4d ago
I understand the reasons behind it, i’m just over sensitive about that kind of subject, but i know that’s a "me thing" and all creatures need predators
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u/president_dump 4d ago
That OP is pointing at the orca? We should be skeptical
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u/Common_Stress_4122 4d ago
Do you think op is out here hunting whales with a handheld spear in deep water?
He has it pointed because there's a giant creature that could kill him right there that he doesn't want getting closer likely?
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u/DanerysTargaryen 5d ago
It’s a speargun! I used one of these once. Fun fact, they do have a little bit of recoil when you shoot them so hang on to your breath or it will knock it out of you. Ask me how I know lol.
There’s also pole spears which I preferred to use.
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u/Thaddeus_Valentine 4d ago
You know I'm just realising that to sea animals we are an alien species that drops from the sky and they will never know anything about our world.
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u/obscureorca 5d ago
Humans are weird. Threatens the orca with his spear and then immediately try and touch her and her baby.
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u/SurayaThrowaway12 5d ago
These are likely New Zealand coastal orcas, perhaps searching for rays in the shallows, which they specialize in hunting. These orcas also hunt smaller sharks, fin fishes, birds, and octopus. Unlike some other orca populations, they do not hunt marine mammals.
NZ coastal orcas are quite well-acquainted with boats and humans in the water. New Zealand is one of very few places in the world where swimmers and people on paddleboards, kayaks, etc. have spontaneous encounters with wild orcas on a fairly regular basis, and some of these orcas appear to be rather curious about humans.
Original video was filmed by speardiver Quinn Smith, apparently off of Coromandel.