45 inch long barracuda jumps into boat, bites 14-year old girl (Drive-by. No, Uh, Swim-by?)

baynews9 ^ | 07/02/2010 | Summer Smith

[devane617]

A day on the water for a Sarasota County family took a nasty turn on Sunday as a 30 pound, 45 inch long barracuda jumped into a boat and attacked a 14-year-old girl.

Rob and Dina Parker were fishing in the Gulf of Mexico about 4 miles off the coast of Venice with their daughter Koral when the incident happened.

"I turned around and there was blood all over the windshield and she was saying she got bit," Rob Parker said.

Koral said the barracuda flew into the boat and chomped down on her left arm. It then flopped around until her father was able to catch it.

Koral's wounds required 51 stiches at Venice Regional Medical Center.

[irishtenor]

Reagan’s fault!!!

[Popman]

I love how the story is written like the fish decided to jump into the boat on purpose to attack this girl

I lived in Sarasota for many years and been on the bay many times.

The barracuda was simply jumping at the wrong time at the wrong place. The fish was probably attracted to something shiny on the boat and jumped to try and catch it and landed in the boat. Their teeth protrude out of their lower jaw and the girl was cut by it thrashing around

[mylife]

Kid looks like she took it all in stride.

She is going to have some seriously cool stories to tell her kids. LoL

[Drango]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bt_-R5LInU&feature=related

[Kartographer]

You call that a Barracuda?
Now this is a Barracuda!

[devane617]

I love the pistol-grip shifter.

[devane617]

Yeah, she is a cutie and looks like she is handling it well.

[Hardraade]

Barracudas will do that to you. Did it wear any lipstick?

[FourPeas]

That's what they get for naming their kid Koral

j/k

[mylife]

Kids are amazingly resilient.

[devane617]

Don’t you just know her parents love the Gulf/sea/ocean... It’s a great name.

[Vaquero]

if it was Bush...the left would cry

Blood for Oil...

now this is zer0s oil mess....and the left is mum.

[mylife]

That new Challenger looks like a Cuda to me.

[Vaquero]

anybody remember Diver Dan and Baron Barracuda??

[jetson]

I hope they turned the cudda into cerviche’.

[DarthVader]

Yep! Watched them when I was a kid.

[mylife]

This story reminds me, When out on the water this holiday, "Mind Boating Safety"

[Guyin4Os]

A Pit Bullcuda?

[proudofthesouth]

The fish you want to introduce a plenty to those rivers is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJZRXdYyfsA

These make piranha's look like good guys!

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Barracuda are ALWAYS pissed. I’d compare them to Pitt Bulls, but even Pitt Bulls have their docile streaks.”

Do Barracuda carry rabies? LOL!