![]() I am considering having a small Captain Hook style attachment but decided I would probably poke my eye out before I got used to it. I will go to a plastic surgeon next week to get a skin graft or” flap over” as they called it. ![]() They were unable to reattach the digit due to the crushing effect of the teeth on the glove. The guffaws at the emergency room were endless. I grabbed the base of my finger to attempt to stop the blood cloud and was shocked to see the damage inflicted. The stump that extended from my hand was clouding the water with green smoke. When I took my glove off, I realized half of my finger was still in the glove. I was in pain, but relieved that my glove wasn't cut. He bit my kevlar gloved hand like a piranha on a dining mission. This cute little fish has teeth like a parrotfish and the ability to crush shells if necessary. That is when he launched forward and got hold of my pinkie. My hope was to entice him to come out and play. Persistently, I waggled my hand in front of his face acting like food. Since the area is known to be a regular hangout for Bull sharks, this guy was not budging. I first touched the fish on the head to get him to come out of the hole. I stopped the group so everyone could ooh and aah over the pretty fish. In my peripheral, I saw an 18” long puffer fish neatly tucked into a lobster looking hole. Those cute, cuddly, doe –eyed denizens of the deep apparently have quite a temper and a vicious set of teeth.Īfter leading a group through the cavern called the hole in the wall, we traveled down the wall at a depth of 130'. This day turned stranger when a porcupine puffer fish launched out of a hole and bit my little finger off. The depth and proximity to the Gulfstream attracts many large pelagic visitors. Diving the Hole in the Wall off Jupiter is always an unusual dive.
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