--- description: The footage shows the fish carefully sizing up its prey, rearing back, and launching its body out of the water to grasp the victim's chest. title: Watch This Fish Attack an Unsuspecting Man's Nipple image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Fish Attack an Unsuspecting Man's Nipple by [Jacob Davidson](/author/jacob-davidson/) ## Jacob Davidson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 11:30 PM CUT by [Jacob Davidson](/author/jacob-davidson/) ## Jacob Davidson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 11:30 PM CUT If you think the biggest underwater threat is a shark or other large predator, think again. A [video](https://www.facebook.com/689522981085826/posts/937062656331856 "undefined") uploaded by a Utah-based boating store shows the true terror of the deep is a small yellow fish with a taste for nipples. The footage shows the fish carefully sizing up its prey, rearing back, and then launching its body out of the water to grasp the victim’s chest. Worse, the fish seems to hang on for at least a second as the man struggles to knock it away. Not seen in the video: the _Jaws_ theme music that was totally playing in the fish’s head as it readied for the attack. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3995517/fish-attacks-mans-nipple-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3995517/fish-attacks-mans-nipple-video/"},"headline":"Watch This Fish Attack an Unsuspecting Man's Nipple","datePublished":"2015-08-12T23:30:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:23.597Z","description":"Meet the new scourge of the deep","url":"https://time.com/3995517/fish-attacks-mans-nipple-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Davidson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-davidson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3995517/fish-attacks-mans-nipple-video/","name":"Watch This Fish Attack an Unsuspecting Man's Nipple"}}]}] ```