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Stingray Eats Live Squid In Aquarium To Shock Tourists

Stingray Eats Live Squid In Aquarium To Shock Tourists

I don't ink the squid was impressed.

Michael Minay

Michael Minay

Nobody likes a show-off, but secretly whenever you go to the zoo, or the aquarium in this case, you always hope the animals will put on a display for you.

After all, you pay a good entrance fee, so to walk into the attraction and either not see the animals at all (because they are resting), or just seeing them milling around, is not fun.

However, visitors to the Yokohama Yakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan were treated to something extra special - a stingray eating a live squid.

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The video was quickly uploaded to social media and people can be heard screaming in shock in the background and the giant ray chomps down on the helpless squid.

The squid, in defence, ejects black ink - which is usually designed to create a thick, dark cloud, to mask the animals retreat - but the stingray is having none of it.

At one point the squid can be seen to get away, with its tentacles placed on the glass, but the sharp stingray swallows the body whole, along with the ink - some of which spills out of its gills.

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When the cloud of ink clears, there is no sign of the squid anywhere and the stingray, seemingly with a smile on its face, swims away.

Of course, it is the job of aquarium staff to make sure all their fish get along well, and that they know what they are allowed to eat.

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You'll be no stranger to seeing a shark in a tank with some other smaller fish, but they all just go about doing their business.

That said, last year, there was a reported case of an eight-year-old female tiger shark killing a male by eating him.

An aquarium official said: "Sharks have their own territories. Sometimes, when they bump into each other, they bite out of astonishment."

The diet of stingray usually includes small fish, snails, clams, shrimp and other small sea creatures. On some occasions, they have been known to eat chokka squids, but nothing has ever been so well publicised.

There was no statement on the company's website - with the Sea Paradise proudly boasting a large aquarium, with six zones and a theatre, as well as 15 other rides and attractions.

Featured Image Credit: Twitter

Topics: Japan