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A group of Maine fishermen had a close encounter with a hungry https://britishseafishing.co.uk/atlantic-wolffish/ wolffish , footage shared to TikTok shows. Jacob Knowles, a fifth-generation fisherman, shared footage of the unusual underwater creature on his https://www.tiktok.com/@jacob__knowles/video/7122593727331224875/ TikTok account on July 21. The video, captured by his sternman Keith Potter, sees Knowles introduce viewers to the powerful fish, which wriggles around in his hands trying to escape, after getting caught in one of the vessel's lobster traps. Described as "voracious predators" by https://oceana.org/marine-life/atlantic-wolffish/ Oceana.org , Knowles said the fish "killed everything" in the trap it found itself in. Knowles soon feeds the fish one of the lobsters which he said it had already killed, sending it back into the sea with the wolffish's treat still very much in its jaws. "We don't catch wolffish often," Knowles told Storyful, "maybe two or three a year." He said the crew always notice them immediately owing to their distinctive coloring. However, he added, the crew are "usually not very excited to see them" as they're "a handful to get out of the traps". He added that they have a "vicious bite", in keeping with their name. "They don't behave like most fish while handling them. Most fish just try to get away from you. Wolffish try to get you." (Footage by Jacob Knowles/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)