Goliath Grouper Gobbles Up a 4-Foot Shark in 1 Bite

 By 
Brian Koerber
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Goliath Grouper Gobbles Up a 4-Foot Shark in 1 Bite
Credit: Yusmar Yahaya

Shark Week may be over, but clearly, not everyone got the message.

A group fishing off the coast of Bonita Springs, Florida, accidentally hooked a 4-foot-long blacktip shark, but lurking in the waters below was an even bigger catch: a Goliath grouper fish.

Before the fishers could unhook the shark, the grouper chomped it up in one bite -- like Big Bertha from Super Mario.

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Credit: McMuffins Realm

According to National Geographic, a Goliath grouper can grow up to 9 feet long and weigh up to 800 pounds.

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