I Survived With The DEADLIEST Sea Creatures In The WORLD!
I Survived With The DEADLIEST Sea Creatures In The WORLD!
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00:00 myself onto this stretch of tidal zone here on the east coast of Australia
00:04 because it holds so many of the most venomous animals in the world and we're
00:07 gonna be attempting to track some down in today's episode. So there's gonna be
00:12 three main species that I'm attempting to track down in today's video all very
00:17 deadly to me and deadly in their own habitat. Number one is stingrays. Now
00:22 there's a plethora of species of stingrays that cruise these tidal zones
00:25 and with a venomous barb at the back of their tail I'd hate to get stung all the
00:30 way out here. Number two is a bit more tricky to track down as they are the
00:34 kings of camouflage out here and also happen to be one of the most venomous
00:38 fish in the world, the stonefish. With a venom so painful that not even words can
00:44 describe how it feels to be stung by one of these fish I'm very confident that
00:48 we'll be able to track one down out here. And number three on the list that I'm
00:53 going to be attempting to track down out here in this tidal zone is the blue-ringed
00:57 octopus. A species that I've never found before and one that I'm so excited to
01:02 film. One of the most venomous creatures on earth. Let's just say I cannot get
01:06 bitten by this thing all the way out here. But yeah I'm gonna start searching
01:09 around this tidal zone and see if I can find some deadly animals.
01:15 [Music]
01:18 Stonefish right there. See him sitting on the edge of the mangroves? That is the
01:42 most venomous fish in the world. Alright I'll pick him up. He'd be sitting here
01:46 waiting for fish to cruise past and yeah that's a landmine that you do not want
01:51 to stand on but how cool is that? We got one! That was one of the species we were
01:55 looking for out here. I'm gonna find a place to set up my camera so that I can
01:59 teach you a bit about this fish. You go back down there for now buddy. It's very
02:05 hard to spot these fish. You can see this little fella just sitting down on the
02:09 bottom there. You wouldn't even know he's there unless you're looking for him.
02:12 Or unless you stand on them.
02:16 Alright and take a look at what I've just caught out in the mangroves right
02:37 here. That right there is the most venomous fish in the world. The saltwater
02:41 estuary stonefish and this is probably the last time that I'm gonna film these
02:45 stonefish for a while. I absolutely love them. I know a lot of people love them as
02:49 well but I don't want to overdo it. Now these stonefish can actually survive out
02:55 of water by storing water inside their gills. So me taking them out of the water
02:59 and teaching you about them right now isn't hurting this fish at all. They're
03:03 intertidal animals so sometimes they can get trapped in little rock pools that
03:07 dry up and have to survive until the next high tide. And they're also one of
03:11 the most beautiful looking fish in the whole world. Got a bit of a head like a
03:15 half-sucked mango but that's alright mate. Responsible for an average of about
03:19 700 to a thousand stings a year here on the east coast of Australia. Now how
03:25 these stonefish sting you is from these dorsal spines at the top there. They have
03:29 13 running all the way down the back of their body with two venom sacs on each
03:33 of them. And people don't realize how common they are. These guys are everywhere
03:37 over the east coast so I think it's good that I can raise a bit of awareness
03:40 because if a kid stood on this fish it would be seriously bad. So let's pretend
03:45 this is your foot putting downwards pressure onto this stonefish spine.
03:49 There's a foot full of one of the most painful venoms in the world getting put
03:54 into your body which is now pretty much just exploding cells. But yeah it's an
03:58 incredibly painful sting. Some say it's worse than standing on Lego. And these
04:02 stonefish are masters at camouflage. As you can see they look exactly like a
04:07 stone and they use this for hunting. They'll lie in ambush waiting for a
04:11 little fish to swim past, strike out, grab it in their mouth and swallow it alive.
04:16 That fish will still be alive when it goes into the stonefish's stomach.
04:22 You can see him swimming in the water there. It's so cool. Look at him. If I drop
04:42 you down you're gonna go...
04:45 Yeah look.
04:51 So they don't always just stay still.
04:55 So cool spending time with such a crazy animal. Such a crazy animal in its own
05:09 habitat as well. Just chilling with it in the water as it's swimming along my hand.
05:14 Enjoy it all. The last stonefish for a long time. You're amazing mate. There's
05:21 species number one for the day. We got a few more deadliest species than this
05:26 fella that we're going to be tracking down. But how cool is that?
05:30 Saltwater estuary stonefish. See you mate.
05:40 I think I like them because they look weird. What a cool way to start off the
05:44 adventure. The stonefish. Venom is something that has always fascinated me
05:49 if you haven't noticed. And next on the list is one of the most venomous
05:53 creatures in the world if I can find it. So much more dangerous than that
05:57 stonefish right there. Let's try find a blue-ringed octopus.
06:04 Sand crab right there. He could even be legal. This is a legal crab. We're gonna
06:12 eat him for sure. There we go. Look at that. Little sand crab. His shell is
06:27 actually soft. My bad. I reckon he could be legal but we're gonna let him go
06:35 anyway. See you mate. Just walking these little tidal zones as the tides pushed
06:41 fully out and under this rock we've spotted a little octopus. There's so many
06:45 species of octopus that live out here but we're gonna lift up this rock and
06:48 see. Alright. Come on. Where is he?
06:56 It's a blue-ringed octopus. Are you kidding me? Look at him. Just hiding under
07:04 this leaf right here. I've been looking for this animal right here for so long
07:10 and we found one. I just ran back to the car and got this fish tank and we're
07:16 gonna chuck the little fella in it. Just put him. He's just on the other side of
07:21 this rock. There we go. In the tank. Yes. Blue-ringed octopus. Look at that.
07:30 So sitting on this leaf here right in front of me is one of the most venomous
07:39 animals in the world. The blue-ringed octopus. I'm being very careful. If I got
07:43 whacked all the way out here you'd start to feel real dizzy, numbness. It'd be hard
07:47 to breathe and talk and what's happening is that's sending your body into
07:51 paralysis and on rare occasions sometimes even death. I'm shaking a bit
07:55 because this is the most venomous. Whoa. He's going. But we're gonna get him back
08:01 in the water. I'm just showing everyone how careful you have to be walking
08:04 around the rock pools. We found this big fella and a stonefish this morning
08:08 already.
08:10 [Music]
08:30 Now they're easily identified by those bright glowing rings on their body and
08:35 actually the stingray that we're finding next also has those bright colors. It's
08:39 called a blue spotted mask ray and it's basically a sign in the animal kingdom
08:44 saying back off I'm deadly and this guy is not lying. Super deadly creatures that
08:49 we have to coexist with here in Australia. I mean you've seen in this one
08:53 little place this morning the animals that I've found already and there's no
08:56 antivenom for him either so if you get bitten I mean good luck surviving. I
09:01 reckon let's get him out and put him in this little rock pool see how he crawls
09:04 around. So cool mate. So it's actually a really short life for these octopus
09:10 they're out here in the tide pools for about two years until they die. So this
09:14 would not be an old animal at all but he's an amazing animal. Such a beautiful
09:19 experience spending time with this little octopus. I don't want to push my
09:22 luck with an animal like this. This has been so amazing to me. Thank you so much
09:27 mate. Alright we'll get you back under your rock.
09:32 Stonefish? Check. Blue ringed octopus? Check. Next on the list was gonna be stingrays
09:48 but it's just got really windy out there in those sand flats that I'm not
09:52 actually able to see in the water anymore. I can't see any of these stingrays
09:55 so I thought I'd change plans and venture into the mangroves themselves
10:00 which is covered from the wind to try and catch myself some dinner and you
10:04 guessed it we're targeting big Australian mud crabs. This is the kind of
10:08 terrain that you have to walk through if you want to get them. These guys are
10:13 pretty dangerous themselves as well if you're catching them because they have
10:17 claws that can take your fingers off but hopefully if we walk around for a bit
10:22 we'll be able to track one down.
10:26 So what will happen is when the tide comes up all of these mud crabs which
10:34 live in these holes in the ground will come out and feed. The tides just going
10:38 back out at the moment so they should be retreating back into their holes. I
10:41 actually just found a few mud crab holes which I know there are crabs living in
10:45 them because all of the water is really dirty which means there's a crab down it
10:49 and if you want to catch them you have to stick your hand down these big mud
10:52 crab holes and you put your hand about that far under the mud feeling around
10:56 for these crabs that's when you can lose fingers. I've just found a couple holes
10:59 so I'm gonna give it a go. So this right here definitely has a crab living in it
11:05 all the mud in there is a bit stirred up so I'm gonna give it a go see if I can
11:09 pull one out.
11:11 [Music]
11:21 Now believe it or not I actually do not like doing this at all. I cannot feel
11:30 anything. This hole is so deep. These crabs can dig these holes back so far and I
11:38 can't feel anything so maybe it's not home. Just through there.
11:47 Look at that as the tides pushing out the deeper water is just over there and
12:00 he's just sitting in this little stream.
12:05 [Music]
12:09 All right I'm just crawling through the mud here. Take a look at him he is
12:15 massive. He's definitely a legal crab. Definitely a male. No hole nearby. We've
12:21 got him. This is gonna be my dinner right here. I'm actually gonna go out camping
12:25 with some mates later on and we're gonna cook him up. They're gonna be absolutely
12:31 stoked that I got him. Oh he's nearly getting me. All right mate. And that right
12:38 there is a big Australian mud crab out here in the mangroves. We're so deep in
12:44 the mangroves at the moment but that right there is gonna be our dinner. Take
12:47 a look at the size of those claws they're massive. Nearly got me mate. Up
12:55 here in Queensland we call those big claws Queensland lollipops and they'll
12:59 break your fingers mate. They're so powerful which is why you got to be so
13:03 careful with big crabs like this. We're gonna take him out at the moment. We've
13:08 got food. We've caught a couple species. No stingrays yet but I'd take catching a
13:13 crab like this over catching a stingray any day. That's awesome. All right we got
13:17 to get out of these mangroves.
13:24 And that's how we do it mate. Out here in the mangroves. Barehanded. Look at that
13:31 crab. The size of those claws. Nothing better when an adventure actually pays
13:38 off. We've not only got dinner right here with that massive mud crab. We've caught
13:42 blue-ringed octopus, stonefish, seen a heap of cool animals out here in this
13:47 ecosystem and now we've got now we've got a big feed to cook up at the end of
13:51 the day. You will get extremely muddy. You will get hammered by so many mozzies when
13:56 you come out into these places but you will find all these animals if you do
14:00 put yourself into this environment and I think that proves it right there.
14:03 Whoa. Did a backflip mate. Mud crab out here in the mangroves. All right let's go
14:14 back and cook him up.
14:17 [Music]
14:32 All right let's get out of here.
14:36 I actually don't know where I am.
14:44 [Music]
14:52 You're going there for now mate. For now.
14:58 Little bit muddy eh? So we're just walking through this little rainforest track at
15:06 the moment with the mud crab and a little cooker and we're gonna cook up
15:09 this mud crab for lunch. Gonna find a place probably down by the river, clean
15:13 it out and then cook it up.
15:16 [Music]
15:40 Get some water, put some salt in it.
15:44 Sigh.
15:46 [Music]
15:48 All right so how you want to pull apart
15:50 these mud crabs is rip the top shell off just like that. Pull it in half.
15:58 [Music]
16:07 Do you want me to do it?
16:09 And then take out all of this stuff, wash it in the creek.
16:13 All right there's that side done. Do the same to this one. And once the water is
16:19 boiling we'll leave them in there for about 11 minutes.
16:23 All right so we found all those deadly animals earlier today. I'm so stoked that
16:27 I got to find a species of blue ringed octopus and that stonefish. Sadly we
16:32 couldn't get a stingray but we'll leave that for a future video. But yeah we got
16:35 into the mangroves and got ourselves a big feed for lunch. I'm gonna be posting
16:39 videos every week this year so if you want to come along on some of these
16:42 adventures subscribe to the channel, like these videos, comment down below and yeah
16:46 thank you so much for the support. We're in such a cool creek at the moment. All
16:50 the vines and trees are crazy around here and we get to cook up a big mud
16:54 crab. So we'll just chuck these crabs in. There's one. Hopefully they'll all fit
16:58 inside the pot.
17:04 And we'll leave it for 11 minutes.
17:08 And put them in some cold water.
17:26 All right and that's all we got right there. We're just gonna chop up this
17:33 lemon, chuck it on it. Look at that.
17:41 Yeah not bad to get a feed out in the mangroves when we're out here camping.
17:48 It's such an awesome place. So we're gonna finish off this but thank you so
17:52 much for watching this adventure. New videos every week. I'll be posting them
17:55 every Sunday here in Australia so if you want to come on some more adventures
17:59 stay tuned. Thank you so much. I'll see you guys again in the next adventure.
18:05 I think.