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,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> ==================
>> 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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