5/6/2007 - Triggerfish attack
dear friends,
My shft function is not always working, so sometimes no capitals or questionmarks.
But, there is a lot more interesting to tell than shift functions.
Before I start telling about my experience I need to tell you a little bit about the dangers of the sea.
Here in Thailand where I work we have sharks. Reefsharks. They are cool en you don't have to be afraid of them. They won't hurt you.
We als have Triggerfish (see picture)
Every teacher has a love and hate relationship with this fish. They are cool fish to look at, they are quite big (max 75 centimeters) and very, very strong. With their teeth they can break corals and lift heavy and big rocks. Titan Triggerfish on Koh Tao do not like divers.
If they are nesting they actually hate divers.
They will give the diver a big warning to stay away from their territory by swimming rapidly towards you, head back and do that again until you leave.
Occasionally they bite you in your fins (always make sure you have your fins between you and the fish)
Rarely something else happens.........
A couple of days ago I was diving, teaching an Open Water course to a guy (really talented for diving) and his girlfriend (already certified). It was the second dive of the day and quite shallow. I was looking under some rocks for the small stuff like shrimps.
I then suddenly felt a bang against my head. Looked up and there was the basterd. Have swam back and ran into my head again!
I tried to swim back, but got trapped. there was everywhere corals and rocks around me. Where the sand was, was where he and his beloved wife were. she just looked and in her eyes I could read, he's just beginning darling.
And there he came again. He fastforwarded towards my leg and jummy, took a bite. aaargh!
My only thoughts were to stay calm and told mister Trigger not to go for my head. I protected my head with my hands and put my feet up so he would choose to attack my fins.
My students told me he attacked me about 15 times (luckely only one time he took a bite). Then I got a wise idea to blow air out of my alternate airsource (for non divers, it is an extra airsource for emergency occasions). So much air came out, it scared the basterd and I could finally take off.
I think with my ass I was actually sitting on his eggs.....
My students watched the whole scenery, we continued the dive (cool as I am with blood coming out of the wound) and after the dive I had a good check at my leg.
It had to be chopped off......
My next dive I take my gun down.
xxx
Jazz
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