All Hail the Queen | What Sam Sees

hey everybody stand here I'm looking for a fish with big bright lips and a good set of chompers and it actually has some pretty spectacular colors too of a change and if it's not in the mood for visitors it just triggers it's fine and locks itself in a hole and won't come out that doesn't sound like a very friendly fish now does it but it does sound pretty cool let's go check out the Queen triggerfish come on [Music] [Music] today I'm at the National Aquarium to dive in the Atlantic or a tank to film the spectacular Queen triggers although most are only half that size come on guys let's go I feel so lucky to get to dive here at the aquarium where people can come to experience the wonder of the ocean every day I can't wait to dive in [Music] amazing just imagine yourself being weightless seeing fish of all sizes in the most awesome array of colors only Xion bucks diving is always an adventure [Music] let's head over to meet Jackie Cooper the senior assistant dine Safety Officer who's going to help us find the Pete [Music] there are hundreds of fish down here but only a few Queen triggerfish in this tank wishes luck keep a sharp eye out remember it has bright lips and spectacular colors Jackie found the Queen and there are two of them Wow that one just put up its trigger I wonder what triggered that can't believe I'm this close beautiful finished change in color off they go move back to their throne really are so beautiful and fast Jackie that time was amazing it was pretty cool fish we saw it literally changed color that was a queen triggerfish and you tell the difference where did we get its name so it literally has a fin kind of on the top of his head that it could trigger to pop off and you got to see a dude thing I did yeah under me so why did he do that so he was having a discussion with another queen triggerfish about whose territory that was so they're very territorial and they're always debating whose territory it is so when we saw him change color that's exactly what they were doing he was saying I'm brighter than you my trigger is bigger than yours and this is my territory but another really cool way they can communicate is they can actually make the honking sound almost anything they can catch really they also will feed on crustaceans another cool thing that I saw about the Queen triggerfish with that they have these things that kind of strange behind them so the largest one has the most amazing streamer and they're always really doesn't and that's a sign of his business so that's a male and he is advertising to other members of his species that he is a big fit healthy guy this fish is incredible what have you learn about Queen triggerfish it likes to trigger its win up when it's in defense mode another really cool thing they change color depending on their mood diving and seeing it up close with so much fun [Music] hi everybody I'll see you next time at what Sam sees [Music] you [Music] [Music]

Channel: National Geographic Kids

Views: 30,718

Rating: 4.7894735 out of 5

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Id: 1-GW_hXA7hU

Length: 5min 45sec (345 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 21 2018