Awesome Indian Walkman battle captured in (HD1080i) hi-definition.

Marine Videography trainer Jace was out filming a stock footage dive yesterday with the final dive at a local site named Pottery Pinnacles. He happened to see 2 Indian Walkman (scorpaenidae family) fighting with each other out in the open.

These venomous fish are normally very hard to spot as they bury themselves in the sand. He settled down to record the outcome of the battle in HD1080i. After a few minutes he noticed a third Walkman buried in the sand under the 2 exposed fish (look closely at the picture opposite). This fish was much larger than the others and was obviously a female.

It appears the 2 males were well aware of her presence and were fighting for her attention. He recorded some 25 minutes of amazing never seen before wildlife behavior with all 3 fish exposed and the 2 males continously vying for her attention.

We are currently working on a sequence to express the ferocity of the battle, we look forward to seeing this on our new youtube channel. .To see more stills of this encounter please click on the link below.