jeffy.dee-lux
macrumors 6502a
Read about this in my dad's Saltwater Sportsman. A family fishing off of panama, the 18 year old hooks a Black Marlin (similar to a sword fish, ie has quite the pointy nose...), the fish leaps out of the water and then tailwalked straight to the kid and landed one right in his face.
Here's an article with an amazing video:
http://sportfishingmag.com/article.jsp?ID=37830
The kid is okay, so now all that's left to do is be amazed at the abilities of Marlin. Like, damn, that was a flawless attack against a predator. Its like a ninja marlin or something, as though it trains for this kind of thing on a regular basis. I'd understand if this all took place underwater, i'm sure they're quite skilled at skewering smaller fish on that nose, they probably get together in teams of two, make fish kababs and then they each eat off of eachother's nose.... okay well, maybe. But i mean, this thing is flying along the surface of the water, and it was able to aim right at the kids face. I wonder if it was just chance, or if this marlin could repeat this feat again and again. To bad it probably has a nasty hook in its mouth...
Here's an article with an amazing video:
http://sportfishingmag.com/article.jsp?ID=37830
The kid is okay, so now all that's left to do is be amazed at the abilities of Marlin. Like, damn, that was a flawless attack against a predator. Its like a ninja marlin or something, as though it trains for this kind of thing on a regular basis. I'd understand if this all took place underwater, i'm sure they're quite skilled at skewering smaller fish on that nose, they probably get together in teams of two, make fish kababs and then they each eat off of eachother's nose.... okay well, maybe. But i mean, this thing is flying along the surface of the water, and it was able to aim right at the kids face. I wonder if it was just chance, or if this marlin could repeat this feat again and again. To bad it probably has a nasty hook in its mouth...
