Man attacked by spangled emperor

 Went down for a swim in c b . Sitting down to put my flippers on and a big spanglie came up and bit my damn toe twice. But due to not being able to prove which one caused the injury the rangers refuse to cull the suspected culprit 

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yikes! had apretty good go at

Mon, 2021-05-24 18:49

yikes! had apretty good go at it too!

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 Surprised you couldn't hook

Mon, 2021-05-24 19:24

 Surprised you couldn't hook it on that narly toenail 

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Sorry Russ but that is bloody funny

Mon, 2021-05-24 20:27

You were just lucky it wasn't a trigger fish or the toe wouldn't be there 

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 All good . We all t thaught

Mon, 2021-05-24 20:38

 All good . We all t thaught it was funny too

 Lucky it wasn't a trigger or one of them big wrasse that munch the coral up here

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Mon, 2021-05-24 20:47

 Had same experience there last year... little buggers..they hurt !

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Watch out for

Tue, 2021-05-25 07:12

infection Russ 

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 For me or the spanglie

Tue, 2021-05-25 08:03

 For me or the spanglie ? 

Already treating with paroxide,  stings like a b@#€h but works

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 Note to Self: No skinny

Tue, 2021-05-25 10:58

 Note to Self: No skinny dipping in Coral Bay.

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 haha,  bet it got your heart

Tue, 2021-05-25 14:00

 haha,  

bet it got your heart beating!  I had a big pinkie rip my thumb to shreds once so i think you got off lightly!! looks like he almost got a chunk off your toe tho

 

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Nor wester ..

Tue, 2021-05-25 14:34

Lucky it wasn't big nor wester

russ .. you d be having phantom

toe feeling .  

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Long tom

Sat, 2021-05-29 11:19

 Would have been worse if it was a long tom - been there and done that when I lived in Exmouth yonks ago.