The fisherman already had the net closed. Inside, struggling, a female snakehead fish—known for its strength and aggression—seemed doomed to end up on the shore.
But the water around it began to move differently. Dozens of tiny reddish young surrounded the net, bumping into it relentlessly, as if they knew exactly what was happening to their mother. Snakehead fish are among the few that closely care for their young, and that behavior was visible to everyone in the video.
The man understood the message without anyone translating it. He opened the net, returned the mother to the river, and watched as the entire swarm closed in around her again, this time in freedom.