Divers Spot 4 Giants Trapped in Fishing Net—When They Get Right Up Close, it’s Stunning!

A team of divers rush to save a group of four trapped whale sharks in this visually stunning video.

It begins with a scene depicting a team of divers rushing to the site where the four whale sharks have found themselves trapped in a fishermen’s nets.

Whale sharks are gentle giants which are famous for being the largest extant fish species. The whale shark is one of three known filter feeders. As they swim, plankton, krill, among other nutrients, are caught in their gaping mouths.

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Rare Fish Called the ‘Nutcracker’ Eats Mens Testicles with Human Like Teeth, Caught in New Jersey Lake

A father and son fishing at a New Jersey lake may be lucky their bodies still have all their pieces after catching a fish called 'the Nutcracker' that is more commonly seen in the Amazon.

Ron Rossi, from the Philadelphia suburb of Delran, was out with his son Frank at a man-made body of water when they hooked what they thought was a piranha.

However, the rare species in Swedes Lake was actually a pacu, an omnivorous fish native to Brazil that has human-like teeth and has been reported to eat the testicles of swimmers and fishermen.

The Rossis realized the bizarre find when they went home and researched the animal after being confused at its lack of sharp, piranha chompers, they told WPVI.

Department of Environmental Protection officials said the South American fish are sometimes kept as pets, who may have dumped the pacu into the lake.

The species can grow up to four feet long and uses its molar-like teeth to crush food that falls into the Amazon River.

Many pet owners mistakenly think they are piranhas when they purchase the more famous species's cousin, which can grow up to 55lbs.

Given the fish's worldwide popularity, it turns out that the Rossis did not make the surprise catch of the century, or even of the last couple years.

A 10-inch pacu was caught in northern New Jersey in September 2013, followed by 17-incher in Washington state, a 20-inch specimen in southern Illinois two months later and a 14-inch pacu in Michigan's Lake St Clair last summer.

The fish's worldwide popularity has seen them spread far from their Brazilian homeland, with the fish being found in Paris, Scandinavia and Oceania.

In Papua New Guinea, where the fish is known as the 'Ball Cutter', a member of the species is thought to have contributed to two men's death from blood loss after it castrated them.

Scientists in Denmark said that reports of pacu eating genitalia were 'overblown' after they issued a joking warning to male swimmers to beware following a sighting of the fish, according to National Geographic.

Some wildlife experts worry that the introduction of pacu into lakes such as the one in New Jersey may endanger local fauna.

However, pacu cannot survive in colder water and the DEP urged owners of the fish to 'humanely destroy' it rather than throwing it into nearby waters.

A New Jersey man was surprised when he thought he caught a piranha, but the fish turned out to be a pacu, an Amazonian fish famous for eating men's private parts.

The Swedes Lake catch was the latest in an increasing number of pacu being found outside of their native habitat.

Fisherman Ron Rossi (pictured) researched the animal with his son, and environmental officials said that it most likely came from a pet owner who dumped it in the man-made lake

Pacu have spread around the world from their tropical home and been captured in places in northern Europe such as Scandinavia. Above left, a fish captured in Paris was about a foot long

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Fishermen Help Pregnant Stingray Give Birth Inside Their Boat

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The incredible moment a stingray gave birth on a boat after being caught by a group of fisherman was caught on camera.

Javier Capello shared a 39-second long video to YouTube Saturday of the pregnant stingray giving birth on his boat.

The video starts with a man placing his hand on the stingray's belly, gently prodding the creature.

Moments later, one tiny baby ray popped out and started to wriggle around the boat.

The man continues to press on the stingray's belly, as more tiny stingrays pop out back to back.

He pauses for a few seconds, and then presses the cartilaginous fish's belly again, causing more small stingrays to be born.

The video shows at least 12 stingrays being born on the boat thanks to the help from the unknown man.

Capello, who also shared the video to Reddit, explained that they caught the pregnant stingray with 'just the basic: Line, hook, living bait' and 'used a little morena' as bait.

“We didn't really know what to do, she was having problems letting the littles (sic) out so we gave her some help,” Capello wrote.

“We thought she was dying at first because we cut her tail off before realizing she was pregnant.”

In the end, Capello wrote that they “felt guilty and threw them all back,” including the mother and that “luckily they survived.”

It's unclear exactly where or when the video was filmed.

Rays are ovoviviparous, meaning they carry litters of young inside them numbering up to 13 which feed on individual yolk sacks.

Female rays are capable of storing a male ray's sperm inside their bodies without getting pregnant for years before impregnating themselves at a later date.

The incredible moment a stingray gave birth on a boat after being caught by a group of fisherman was caught on camera. Javier Capello shared a 39-second long video to YouTube Saturday of the pregnant stingray giving birth on his boat.

The video starts with a man placing his hand on the stingray's belly, gently prodding the creature. Moments later, one tiny baby ray popped out and started to wriggle around the boat.

The man continues to press on the stingray's belly, as more tiny stingrays pop out back to back. He pauses for a few seconds, and then presses the cartilaginous fish's belly again, causing more small stingrays to be born.

The video shows at least 12 stingrays being born on the boat thanks to the help from the unknown man.

In the end, Capello wrote that they “felt guilty and threw them all back,” including the mother and that “luckily they survived”.

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Elusive Albino Dolphin Changes Color, from White to Pink When it Gets Emotional

Stunning images have surfaced of an elusive albino dolphin that can change color from white to pink when it gets emotional.

The rare mammal has been making waves at the Taiji Whale Museum, in southern Japan, where it draws vast and fascinated crowds.

While bottlenose dolphins are typically grey, the mammal is completely white– apart from the quirky tendency to turn pink when it's feeling angry, sad or even embarrassed.

The phenomenon results from the animals thin skin, which means its blood vessels can cause a change in skin tone depending on their emotional state.

Essentially, they blush in the same way as humans.

The rare specimen is believed to be only the second one ever put on display in an aquarium after it was purchased from fishermen last year.

The animal was controversially captured during the annual dolphin hunt in the town of Taiji in January.

Its quirky coloration meant the fishermen would get more money selling it to an aquarium than as meat.

The Taiji hunt was made notorious by the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove,' which depicted fishermen capturing hundreds of dolphins for aquariums or to be killed for meat.

Japan's Wakayama Prefecture, which includes Taiji, reported that 1,218 dolphins and small whales were captured there in 2011, though it did not specify how many of those captured were killed.

Environmental activists filed a lawsuit against the Taiji Whaling Museum in May 2014, claiming it had refused experts to check on the safety of the elusive dolphin.

But the museum claims the creatures health has been monitored through periodic blood tests, and that they are keeping it 'physically and mentally healthy' for further research.

It was also reported the museum did the animal a favor - albino dolphins are easy prey at sea as they unable to blend in like their grey colored relatives.

Experts claimed it was remarkable that the animal had survived so long before being taken to the museum.

Taiji Whaling Museum, along with the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and the Institute of Cetacean Research, published a study about the dolphin in Mammal Study March 2015.

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