The Puffer Forum

Hey peeps! Been awhile since I have been on the forums, but I thought I would share somthing interesting.... Videos of spotted puffers in the wild are rare from what I have found. In fact this is the only video of a spotted puffer in the wild that I have ever been able to find? If you guys know of others I would love to see them! Anyways im not sure which species this is? fluviatilis, nigroviridis, Sabahensis This video is from Singapore, also check out the Mono's in there as well!
http://vimeo.com/22246194
I tried getting the damn thing to embed and couldnt? COuld someone embed this vid please?

I tried also ... doesn`t seem to work here.

cool vid though, thanks for the share.

That fish does not look well at all.

He's acting like fish fo when they are dying. He looks enormous, maybe his time has come.

Is that actually a Green Spotted Puffer??? Looks to big to be one to me, looks more like a giant spotted to me

It did look very unwell, very skinny and tail stiff.

Looks very sick...
i think it is a Tetraodon Sabahensis...

Definatelely sabahensis. Poorly sabahensis.

Hope it is old age that is plauging this guy.... Anyone have video of other spotted puffers in the wild? Im telling you they are really rare.... please share if you know of any?

As it was a vid shot in the wild it could be old age, however it could be disease. Tbh either way probably didnt live long past that vid being shot. This is sad but its nature

Looks to have some sort of parasite on it's fins, too.

+1

Looks like ICH or some king of fungus cuz that withe spots are really big.. ¿could it be?
Seems to be tired.. and by the size of the other fish he/she may be around 7" or 8".. ¿it´s that big for a sabahensis?

neat to see a big puffer like that though. its not a cruel video, kind of sad but i bet he had a good life in the wild!!!

A very good life i bet! about 18-20 years is the maximum for a sabahensis ¿isn´t ?

PD: by the way, thank you for erasing the double post hehe sorry...

No problem Do remember that wild animals only live a fraction of the time in the wild that they do in captivity under good conditions.