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Akira
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Fish kills spear fishing diver

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ooh.. I think I will stay away from these Goliath Groupers... :shock:

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml ... EnoughNews
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What a way to go , and I thought a muskie bite was bad :roll:
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Post by Bear »

So I hear today that sting rays are being targeted after Steve Irwin's death

Now groupers .... hope not .... an unfortunate accident for sure :!:
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Post by scuro »

Bear wrote:So I hear today that sting rays are being targeted after Steve Irwin's death
Yeah but they are targeting stingrays in Iraq :?
...anything to bend the rod
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I think they call those PETA Groupers :) :D
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Post by wolfe »

Justifiable homicide, anyway. :wink:

Had to be a nasty way to go.

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Post by fish_man_dude »

just to give you an idea of what kind of fight a jewfish puts up, and how incredibly challenging and dangerous spearing one of these monsters may be...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J_it62G0QnA
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Post by Paya »

tragic incident , but what is surprising he didn't use knife to cut the rope.
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