A Nosey Wrasse Fish Won’t Leave This Diver Alone

Have you ever met a nosey person? They are the worst, aren’t they? A person who just doesn’t know how to mind their own business and always sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong. Well, just like humans, sometimes animals can be nosey as well! And this often gets them into trouble. Let’s watch this nosey massive wrasse not know how to stay in his lane. 

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Asian Sheepshead Wrasse Sighting 

The short TikTok video posted at the top of this blog post may take us to Australia. The Advance Australia Fair shared this video on their popular channel with over 14 million likes. They share numerous comical videos of animals such as slugs, deer, dogs, ducks, gophers, and kangaroos. 

Massive Asian Sheepshead Wrasse Headbutting Diver

At the start of this video shown above we see a few divers have gone down under the surface to gather footage of what lies below. There are various fish swimming by, and it’s not long before a massive Asian sheepshead wrasse appears. Don’t let this odd-looking fish’s head fool you. It didn’t just receive a knock on the head. 

According to the Natural History Museum, “The transformed fish will use its bulbous head, which turns red in the breeding season, to gain control over other males, attracting a harem of females in the process.” 

And well, let’s just say this diver had no fear of being this close. At two seconds, we even see the diver pushing the wrasse away. This nosey fellow just didn’t know how to mind his own business. 

We can’t help but laugh when even when being pushed away, this fish just doesn’t seem to want to leave, and he goes in for another headbutt. Then the diver puts his head on his head and pushes him away. 

How Big Are Wrasse?

The Asian sheepshead wrasse is just one of 500 different species of wrasse of the Labridae family. Despite the look of the Asian sheepshead wrasse, not all wrasse are as large or have such a distinguished appearance. 

Wrasse fish can reach anywhere from 4-98 inches in length. The largest of the wrasse can weigh as much as 420 pounds and reach 7.5 meters (24.61 feet) long. It never ceases to amaze us how incredibly different a species can be from one another. 

Although different in size, all wrasse are carnivorous fish. And while their diet may change based on their species, Ocean Nutrition states they have the perfect canine teeth needed to eat mollusks and crustaceans off from rocks. 

But, as we can see from the video posted at the top, this wrasse was just interested in whatever the diver would give him to eat. 

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