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Free diver seriously hurt by surgeonfish

Indonesia

21 Mar 2005

By WASSE MAITIME, Associated Press Writer

A free diver at the Kalangkaboh Islands off Indonesia was seriously hurt when he dived off his boat and into a school of mating surgeonfish.

He was repeatedly slashed by the angry fishes using their spikes near the end of their tails against his body.

Horrified friends watched as the waters turned blood red and scrambled to retrieve their companion as he struggled to get out of the water.

Mr Blar Sotonk, an Indonesian marine biologist who was onboard the expedition said: "In my 30 years of marine experience, I have never seen an episode like this ever happening before. It is unknown for surgeonfish to be aggressive and there are no known accounts of humans being attacked by schools of surgeonfish before".

The species involved was the Achilles Tang, a black fish with an orange spot near its tail.

A circular from the Indonesian Marine authorities urge all visitors to avoid the KalangKaboh Islands until a proper investigation is launched.

Mr Dam Suay, the victim of Thai origin, is recovering well from the incident, although sources say that he intends to quit going back into the sea and is seriously considering giving up his reefkeeping hobby as he is afraid of putting his hands back into anything remotely saltwater.

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Alternate sources say that Mr Dam Suay was insensitive to the fishes as no one wants to be disturbed during intimate sessions and deserved what he got.

- Wahoo News

1 April 2005.

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:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

AT... DuH~ Wah ddah fierce fishey...

Happy Ap**l F**ls Day SRC~ ;)

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Screams with no sound.

No solution to be found.

Forsaken by all, Blood spatterd on a wall.

Left all alone, Still as a stone.

Locked in eternal sleep, No more tears to weep...

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thats another good 1

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:evil::evil::evil::evil: those wounds are made by parangs......... the person who slash this person have great skills.....he manage to control his parang in such a way that only the tip of the parang is cutting the flesh therefore resulting with this type of wounds.... if the whole length og the parang were to do the cutting...... the wounds will not be so nice........ :evil::evil:
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:evil::evil::evil::evil: those wounds are made by parangs......... the person who slash this person have great skills.....he manage to control his parang in such a way that only the tip of the parang is cutting the flesh therefore resulting with this type of wounds.... if the whole length og the parang were to do the cutting...... the wounds will not be so nice........ :evil::evil:

:lol: agree with u.. observe the depth of the fresh is the shape of parang(coz the front is wider)..he is skilled! coz one slash itz deep and firm.. the one who did tis prolly has been been working in the crops farm.. :sick:

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Note the author's name... Wasse Maitime.... what does it say...? :D

Pls pardon me but I really don't understand what does "Wasse Maitime" means or say..

As for the story.. thought it was unlikely when you said it was achilles tang as none are found in indonesia. If it were naso tang, maybe i believe, coz i have read articles on the net of people being slashed damn badly by naso tangs..

Fancy seeing AT putting a topic in the wrong place.. <_<

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