On Friday, August 24, 2001 3:20 PM, John Hauer wrote:

> Krazy Kiwi wrote:

> > On the surface I found out he had been tracking a numb ray and
> > must have put his hand down on another numb ray while propping himself
up
> > for a close shop.

> This reminds me of a critter that I found on the south side of
> Sydney - the hard way. While photographing a weedy, at about 25 -30 meters
> depth, without thinking about it, I put my hand down on the sand to slow
my
> movement with the current.
>
>  Bang! It hit me.
(snip)
> That one shock was enough to make me really respect those things. And, I
> didn't even see it!

The little devils bury themselves in the sand and you generally don't know
that they're there until you touch one!  :-)

Some are huge and have little lures on the top of their heads that project
above the sand like flatworms.  YTouch one of those and you really get a
jolt!  :-)

Strike