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    I found this video on youtube. Do you have more footage of the first frogfish (it's also the first thing in the video) in the video labeled Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, Part 2?

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    Ah, the juvenile green frogfish.....The part used in the video is the best part of the entire clip, but the original clip total is about 1 minute long.

    The thing was really tiny, maybe 30 mm long, and really didn't want anything to do with me. I sometimes try to reposition some subjects under the right conditions, but this juvenile frogfish was clearly in a defensive flight mode, and I didn't want to stress it, so often times the shot angle wasn't the best.

    It was hilarious watching it propel itself by expelling water out of its gills.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Publisher View Post
    Ah, the juvenile green frogfish.....The part used in the video is the best part of the entire clip, but the original clip total is about 1 minute long.

    The thing was really tiny, maybe 30 mm long, and really didn't want anything to do with me. I sometimes try to reposition some subjects under the right conditions, but this juvenile frogfish was clearly in a defensive flight mode, and I didn't want to stress it, so often times the shot angle wasn't the best.

    It was hilarious watching it propel itself by expelling water out of its gills.

    Ah, ok I was wondering about the length, thanks for including that information. The frogfish is Histiophryne cryptacanthus, commonly called the "Rodless" Frogfish.

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    Ok, how about the small black frogfish where my video lights brought the swarm of plankton and mid-clip it snapped up one?

    I am trying to get some footage of an anglerfish doing its angling thing, but none so far.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Publisher View Post
    Ok, how about the small black frogfish where my video lights brought the swarm of plankton and mid-clip it snapped up one?

    I am trying to get some footage of an anglerfish doing its angling thing, but none so far.
    I've been looking for this but don't see it? What part is it in and about what time? I'll ID it if possible

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    I just realized the juvenile black frogfish is not in this video, it is in the HD video I am currently editing. I have two separate shots of it, dark black, with occasional stuff growing on it and some whitish patches of who knows what.

    It was shot at night so that means there are tons of large plankton around it and in each shot it watches, waits then snaps up a planktonic shrimp in unbelievable speed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Publisher View Post
    I just realized the juvenile black frogfish is not in this video, it is in the HD video I am currently editing. I have two separate shots of it, dark black, with occasional stuff growing on it and some whitish patches of who knows what.

    It was shot at night so that means there are tons of large plankton around it and in each shot it watches, waits then snaps up a planktonic shrimp in unbelievable speed.
    Cool, looking forward to seeing it! :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Publisher View Post
    I just realized the juvenile black frogfish is not in this video, it is in the HD video I am currently editing. I have two separate shots of it, dark black, with occasional stuff growing on it and some whitish patches of who knows what.

    It was shot at night so that means there are tons of large plankton around it and in each shot it watches, waits then snaps up a planktonic shrimp in unbelievable speed.
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