Looks like it bloody hurt, would make a cool scar though
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/1080091/fish-jumps-into-boat-attacks-girl
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/1080091/fish-jumps-into-boat-attacks-girl
Ouch! Bitten by a barracuda.
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It really looks like it would hurt. I'd be concerned about infection as well. Think she'll get a tattoo to cover up the scar? Or just keep the scar to tell fish stories for any potential suitor's? Time will tell I guess.
It really looks like it would hurt. I'd be concerned about infection as well. Think she'll get a tattoo to cover up the scar? Or just keep the scar to tell fish stories for any potential suitor's? Time will tell I guess.
For those who dont click links:
A Florida girl has received 51 stitches after a 1.1m fish leapt out of the ocean and latched onto her arm.
Koral Wira, 14, was sitting on her family's yacht when the massive barracuda jumped out of the water and sunk its razor-sharp teeth into her, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.
Her father Rob Parker had been fishing for sharks when the attack took place.
"The fish took my shark bait but then jumped out of the water, right at my daughter," he said.
"I killed it with a fillet knife by stabbing it in the head before it killed one of us."
The barracuda reportedly jumped more than a metre out of the water to bite Koral, who had been sitting in a shaded spot on the boat feeling seasick.
Her mother Dina said the attack left her arm "looking like a raw hamburger".
"It was like something out of Jaws it was that scary," she said.
"We'll never go back out there again."
Despite their fearsome appearance and razor-sharp teeth, there have been fewer than 25 reported attacks from barracudas in the past 100 years.
Barracudas are found in tropical waters worldwide, including in Australia.
A Florida girl has received 51 stitches after a 1.1m fish leapt out of the ocean and latched onto her arm.
Koral Wira, 14, was sitting on her family's yacht when the massive barracuda jumped out of the water and sunk its razor-sharp teeth into her, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.
Her father Rob Parker had been fishing for sharks when the attack took place.
"The fish took my shark bait but then jumped out of the water, right at my daughter," he said.
"I killed it with a fillet knife by stabbing it in the head before it killed one of us."
The barracuda reportedly jumped more than a metre out of the water to bite Koral, who had been sitting in a shaded spot on the boat feeling seasick.
Her mother Dina said the attack left her arm "looking like a raw hamburger".
"It was like something out of Jaws it was that scary," she said.
"We'll never go back out there again."
Despite their fearsome appearance and razor-sharp teeth, there have been fewer than 25 reported attacks from barracudas in the past 100 years.
Barracudas are found in tropical waters worldwide, including in Australia.
That's what I thought when I saw the picture....Thats probably all he caught the whole day,it's going to be a delicious meal though.mqktandy;4259919; said:
The second pics looks as if it was taken at the Marina before they went to the hospital, great parenting there! Of course when I was 12 I cut my pinkie nearly completely off (was haning by just some skin on the other side) just as my mom got home from working a 12hr shift and she made dinner (hamburger helper of all things) and we ate before we went to the ER!
The article was BS though. A fish does not intentionally jump out of the water and attack!
The article was BS though. A fish does not intentionally jump out of the water and attack!
