On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 20:19:03 -0400, Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>David Strike wrote:
>
>> No!  They all hate me!  <BWG>  (Ask Huw.  On that last GBR trip,
>> every time we spotted a triggerfish of whatever variety - and size -
>> they'd make a bee-line for me with their little teeth gnashing away
>> ready to rip me to pieces!) :-)
>
>I can attest to the fact that the first day Strike was in the water
>in Cozumel at  NEDFest99, there were entire REGIMENTS of ocean triggers
>that came to "greet" him.  Hundreds of them in a continuous line,
>swimming in formation.  I've never seen anything even remotely like it
>in my 100+ dives there; maybe the Feeesh has in his 1000+.

Those Ocean Triggerfish are dime a dozen that time of the year, and
are as harmless as a purring pussie cat.  Well, more harmless.  :-)
NEVER heard anyone bothered or bitten by an Ocean Trigger, except
in the imaginative minds of the Tall-Tale pushers.  :-))

But the CHUBS -- that's a seahoss of a different color!  :-)  Sue
was minding her own business, away from a crowd of fish chummers.
One of the chubs must have seen a freckle on her hand, swam her way
and bit a chuck out of her flesh!  She wasn't amused, though the
rest of us were.  :-)


>They were like little Clint Eastwoods:  "Go ahead, punk; make my day"
>
>Jeff :-)

They are more like little stray water-puppies:  "Come pet my fins".  :-)

-- Bob.