I've blogged in the past about lessons I've learned from spearfishing. Here's a short recap if you don't feel like reading numerous past blogs: sharks can be imposing, freediving takes discipline and a speargun will take out your own tooth if you aren't careful. (even if you managed to get the fish in the mean time)
(humility inserted here)
This week I learned something cool about Yellowtail snapper.
Yellowtail is a popular fish to catch with a pole or shoot with a speargun and tastes fantastic.
Yellowtail, when grouped together, will actually attack a large shark. Unbelievable, but it's true. If a school of yellowtail are swimming together, they will gang up on a large shark and pound on him with their noses. All of this ruckus makes the shark nauseous and makes him throw up. Mission accomplished. It's dinner time for the yellowtail.
Multiple fish pound on a much bigger shark to get him to "cough up" dinner for them.
I love it.
I love it because the Yellowtail is supposed to be the underdog. If a lone Yellowtail were to try this, he would become shark bait.
Dinner. Sashimi. You get it.
Ok. So I'll never write for Chicken soup for the soul, but this could be borderline inspiring. You could look at this post like I'm condoning group muggings or something, but that's really not the case.
I could also draw a bunch of analogies for you about the importance of friends and community, but that creativity is best left to you.
And now you know, "and knowing is half the battle."
