You want precedent?  Do any of you remember the Jerry Lewis movie "Hook, Line,
and Sinker"?  The movie starts with JL telling a story from the operating
table and ends with him about to have a billfish (sailfish, marlin, etc.)
removed from his midsection. Speaking of which, I'm off to the surgeon in a
few hours for knee surgery this afternoon.  Wish me well
-Mark B.

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>Not unprecedented.  A woman diver on a live-aboard was badly impaled by
>a billfish in Thailand a year or so ago.  I don't have the details, but
>my recollection is that she may have died as a result of the incident.
>
>
>Robert Delfs
>
>On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:40:00 EDT, Ray Jones wrote:
>
>>I've never heard of such action. A friend of mine saw a big Marlin out here
>>(Pensacola) a few years back and he said when it turned in his direction he
had
>>eerie feelings of thinking that he could be impaled.
>>
>>In a message dated 6/22/2003 9:59:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
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>>> Off west Maui on April 15, whale researcher Mark Ferrari was underwater
>>> videotaping a frenzying pod of 50 false killer whales attacking a
>>> 15-foot broadbill swordfish. However, without warning, the swordfish
>>> turned on Ferrari, ramming its 5-foot bill into his right shoulder
>>> beneath the collarbone, flipping him around and flinging him away.
>>>
>>
>>I don't think I'm going to forward this story to him.
>>
>>Wonder what the reason for the attack was?
>>
>>Ray
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>Robert Delfs
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