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OK, following on from John Gulliver's story about a pufferfish punishing him by biting his finger, and lots of concerns being aired about the damage we do to aquatic animals in various threads, I was just wondering how often aquatic animals do damage to US?
All the textbooks say "leave them alone and they won't harm you" ... but is that strictly true? Who here has been a victim of an unprovoked attack by marine life?
I'm not talking about jellyfish stings or sea urchin spines, or crabs etc nipping in self defence while trying to avoid being stuffed in a goodie bag. I'm talking about deliberate, unprovoked, malevolent or predatory attacks on us by marine animals.
To start the ball rolling, I was once bitten on the leg by a large Parrotfish. You know those big jaws they crunch up coral with? Bloody painful, actually. I think it mistook me for a bit of food (someone had just thrown some bread in the water nearby).
Anyone got any interesting "I was savaged by a prawn" horror stories?
OK, following on from John Gulliver's story about a pufferfish punishing him by biting his finger, and lots of concerns being aired about the damage we do to aquatic animals in various threads, I was just wondering how often aquatic animals do damage to US?
All the textbooks say "leave them alone and they won't harm you" ... but is that strictly true? Who here has been a victim of an unprovoked attack by marine life?
I'm not talking about jellyfish stings or sea urchin spines, or crabs etc nipping in self defence while trying to avoid being stuffed in a goodie bag. I'm talking about deliberate, unprovoked, malevolent or predatory attacks on us by marine animals.
To start the ball rolling, I was once bitten on the leg by a large Parrotfish. You know those big jaws they crunch up coral with? Bloody painful, actually. I think it mistook me for a bit of food (someone had just thrown some bread in the water nearby).
Anyone got any interesting "I was savaged by a prawn" horror stories?