I Spy Animals

A Fish That Eats....Birds?

We see birds everywhere, eating seeds and worms.

Maybe you’ve even seen birds dive for fish...like ospreys do!

But have you ever seen a fish eat a bird?

The Giant Trevally fish does!

And Giant is a good word for this fish. It’s the size of a kangaroo
and it weighs as much as a grown man!

But how can a fish, even a giant one, eat birds?

Take a look at its mouth:

Source: Nat Geo

Yikes!

But despite the scary mouth, Trevallys are quite beautiful
and silvery.

Source: Wikipedia

So how do they eat birds? When they see a bird swimming on
the water or even flying over the water, they open those huge mouths and gulp them right down!

Source: Nat Geo

And Trevallys don't even have teeth!

Question: What’s the largest bird they can eat?

Answer: Whatever they can fit in their mouth! Ha ha

And did you know that Giant Trevallys can kill reef sharks?

These are some amazing fish.

But don’t worry. If you swim in a lagoon where the
Giant Trevally lives, it won’t bother you at all.

As long as your swimwear doesn’t have feathers. :)