I guess you now regret pulling on the wobby's tail a month or two ago; there
might be a wobby with your name on it!

Cheers,
Poe
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Strike" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [SCUBA-SE] Ouch!! :-)


> Because Brisbane is some 1100 kms north of Sydney, I didn't think too
deeply
> about it until I received a 'phone call from Adrian a few minutes ago who
> said that a friend of his, diving at Shelly Beach yesterday, was attacked
by
> a wobbegong who latched onto his groin!!!
>
> Not knowing if this had all the makings of an urban legend, I called the
> dive store.  They confirmed the story!  :-)
>
> It would seem that wobbegongs have discovered new morsels to munch on
and -
> up and down the coast - have simultaneously decided to launch attacks on
> divers.  (We have noted over the past couple of weeks that all of the
> wobbegongs seem unusually skittish.  Had we known, however, of this
> predilection for important parts of the body we may not have been quite so
> blase about swimming around them!)  :-)
>
> (And just when I was thinking of switching to the lycra suit!  Now I'm
> considering diving with a protective box like cricketers wear when they
want
> to avoid the agony of flying balls!)  :-))))