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45 inch long barracuda jumps into boat, bites 14-year old girl (Drive-by. No, Uh, Swim-by?)
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| 07/02/2010
| Summer Smith
Posted on 07/02/2010 3:26:37 PM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
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To: irishtenor
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posted on
07/02/2010 5:04:23 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Vaquero
Oh my goodness! I have for years been trying to remember what that program was with the marionette fish. Childhood memories!
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posted on
07/02/2010 5:10:28 PM PDT
by
getarope
(One Big Ass Mistake, America!)
To: historyrepeatz
"Barracuda are ALWAYS pissed. I'd compare them to Pitt Bulls, but even Pitt Bulls have their docile streaks"
That is true when you have them hooked and you are reeling them in.
I'm going to disagree strongly that they are pissed in the water. They are NOT aggressive fish with people. What scares people is that they are not afraid of us, so they hang around waiting for free food. They will go after a bag of bleeding speared fish or a bag of spiny lobsters, but they won't hit a person.
You could literally chase a cuda around a reef and it will merely go to the very edge of visibility and keep an eye on you.
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posted on
07/02/2010 5:23:57 PM PDT
by
laxcoach
(Government is greedy. Taxpayers who want their own money are not greedy.)
To: jdsteel
actually looks like colored string, not the multi color plastic bands
44
posted on
07/02/2010 5:46:02 PM PDT
by
sten
To: All
How long before they blame “Sarah-cuda” for this????
45
posted on
07/02/2010 6:05:21 PM PDT
by
ak267
To: laxcoach
Sorry if I harshed your mellow.
To: truth_seeker
I think you’re onto something. I’d recommend piranha, however.
To: getarope
Oh my goodness! I have for years been trying to remember what that program was with the marionette fish. Childhood memories! it was, to be honest, one of the worst of kids show.....the best of it was Baron barracuda with his Dracula accent....
other awful, but fun to mock kid shows?
Colonel Bleep, Clutch Cargo, Spunky and Tadpole. The CRS of my old age has somehow circumvented crap tv shows.....oh well.
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posted on
07/03/2010 5:16:22 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: mylife
OMG, my son would be bragging on getting 51 stitches from a Barracuda.
To: panthermom
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posted on
07/03/2010 7:46:19 AM PDT
by
mylife
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