Live bait! Hilarious moment fish jumps from the water, latches onto a man's NIPPLE and begins wriggling in an attempt to pull it free

  • Wyatt Green was sitting in Lake Powell filming the small fish in the water
  • One became transfixed with his torso and acrobatically leaped into the air
  • It latched onto his nipple and began wriggling before falling back into lake
  • Man recoiled in pain and later assessed the damage caused by the fish

This is the humorous moment a small fish leaped from the water and attacked a man’s nipple, causing him to recoil in pain.

Wyatt Green was sitting in Lake Powell – a reservoir on the Colorado River – filming the numerous fish swimming around him.

The subsequent video of the attack was posted to YouTube by Boater’s Outlet – a shop that sells water sport equipment.

Wyatt Green filmed the fish in the water as one of them appeared to become transfixed with his torso 

Wyatt Green filmed the fish in the water as one of them appeared to become transfixed with his torso 

In the short clip, the employee, who was presumably on a break from work, attempts to hold the camera steady as a fish in front of him swims away.

He then focusses his attention on another fish, who appears to be well aware of the man and stares up at his torso.

Without warning the fish leaps from the water at a rather impressive height and latches onto the man’s nipple.

It wriggles around while holding onto it, in a bid to pull it free, and a little tussle between itself and the man ensues.

The fish leaped from the water and latched onto the man's nipple and then started wriggling in a bid to pull it free
The fish leaped from the water and latched onto the man's nipple and then started wriggling in a bid to pull it free

The fish leaped from the water and latched onto the man's nipple (left) and then started wriggling in a bid to pull it free (right)

Reacting, the man inadvertently causes ripples in the water, which momentarily results in the footage becoming blurred.

However, as visibility is restored the fish can be seen falling back into the water.

The video concludes with the man – who initially appeared to be in some pain – accessing the damage and smiling down at the camera.

Since being posted to YouTube, the clip has been viewed over 150,000 times.

The man recoiled in pain as the fish fell back into the water and the visibility became momentarily obscured

The man recoiled in pain as the fish fell back into the water and the visibility became momentarily obscured

The video concluded with the man assessing the damage caused by the fish before he looked down at the camera and smiled

The video concluded with the man assessing the damage caused by the fish before he looked down at the camera and smiled

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