Posted on 08/06/2018 9:15:37 AM PDT by ETL
Kristen Porter was relaxing on a floatie at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki, Hawaii last week when she felt something sharp pierce her foot. Wincing in pain, Porter pulled her foot out of the water and saw a terrifying sight.
"I knew immediately that it was something bad, and it wasn't just like a fish nibble, so I pulled my foot into the air and there was blood everywhere," Porter, of Annapolis, Maryland, told KHON-TV on Thursday.
With help from her son and fellow beachgoers, Porter hobbled to shore to examine the mysterious wound. Once on land, a lifeguard observed several gashes on her foot, telling her the marks appeared to be consistent with an eel bite.
Porter initially thought it was a shark attack, though the International Shark File in Florida confirmed to KHON-TV days after the Sunday incident that wasn't the case.
Waikiki Aquarium director Andrew Rossiter, who examined photos of the injury, told KHON-TV he also believes it was an eel bite, though they're extremely rare — especially at Kuhio Beach, which isn't particularly rocky.
Rossiter determined the likely culprit was a moray eel, a snake-like fish that can reach up to a whopping 13 feet in length. Some moray eels can even weigh more than humans, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) described in a blog post.
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“That’s a Moray!”
ROFL!
LOL! In most instances.....
Pheeliss Deeler!
“...there was blood everywhere,”
What a drama queen. I doubt there was blood everywhere. I didn’t see any here in NC.
Was she Jacqueline Bisset?
Now where getting somewhere!
All I ever caught were those damn moray eels and a couple of small sharks. I did catch one red snapper which I took to the mess hall and gave it to one of the San Blas Indians that worked in it and he cooked it up for me.
Ollie! I have not seen any pictures or references to “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” in years and years.
Not only I am laughing but I showed it to mom who has Alzheimer’s and you’ve got her laughing! Good one!
” I have not seen any pictures or references to “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” in years and years.”
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I guess that you don’t do crossword puzzles.:-)
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The is a true story. My dad was once on a snorkeling “deserted island” off the coast of Australia with the guides and a handful of other tourists. They were standing in an about a foot of ocean water. All of a sudden my Dad was in pain and the water was filled with blood. Something had gashed his foot and taken a triangle sized bite of skin. The guides told him in their heavy Australian accent, “It’s either a ray or a [some kind of poisonous sea creature]. We’ll know shortly because if it’s a [that creature], you’ll be ‘deed’ in two minutes.”
When I first saw this thread my reaction to post that.
The joke probably goes back to when the song became popular. I first heard it in high school in the early 70s although it was a variation.
When a big eel pops out
And bites you in the snout
That’s a moray!!!
Most fish species with pharyngeal teeth do not have extendable pharyngeal jaws. A particularly notable exception is the highly mobile pharyngeal jaw of the moray eels. These are possibly a response to their inability to swallow as other fishes do by creating a negative pressure in the mouth, perhaps induced by their restricted environmental niche (burrows). Instead, when the moray bites prey, it first bites normally with its oral jaws, capturing the prey. Immediately thereafter, the pharyngeal jaws are brought forward and bite down on the prey to grip it; they then retract, pulling the prey down the moray eel's gullet, allowing it to be swallowed.
Reef sharks think so!
moray eel probably very hungry because the tourists are scaring away its normal prey
it was only playing — because it likely could have snipped the toe off if it really was trying
Lol!
How about, When the wound makes you cry and you think you will die, that’s a moray!
At least mine rhymes with the song! Lol!
Simple search for “dean martin” “moray”
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