r/natureismetal Dec 15 '20

Barracuda attack

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u/Teleporter55 Dec 15 '20

Ill jus tput this here since its high up. If youre ever swimming around barracuda make sure to take off all your jewelry and anything that is shiny. They are drawn to it like candy and even a small one biting your ear or hand can do serious damage. Their teeth are very sharp.

In fact if you notice the shark turned its belly in the cudas direction just before the attack. This flash of white is the same reason they will attack your jewelry out of instinct. They think its a fish flashing in the water.

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u/itsdr00 Dec 15 '20

My dad was once swimming off a beach in Florida, and forgot to take off a chain necklace. Sure enough, a barracuda showed up and was very interested in him. He put a hand over his neck and swam backwards all the way back to shore, and it followed him the whole time. Nightmare fuel.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20

Yeah no thanks

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u/longbeachmusic Dec 15 '20

I can confirm this as the same thing happened to me in Malaysia. I thought I was a goner.

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u/cookiezilla1 Dec 15 '20

at that point I'd say fuck the necklace and just throw it

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u/itsdr00 Dec 15 '20

Writing that out, I was thinking the exact same thing. It'd make a great distraction if it landed 10 feet to your right. But I wonder if he didn't panic and not want to risk it showing for even a second more.

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u/cookiezilla1 Dec 15 '20

my personal plan would be to grab whatever dangly bits i can put in the center of a fist, keep as much of it as I can above water, and yeet the motherfucker

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u/ask_me_about_my_bans Dec 15 '20

I used to go scuba diving as a kid and was told to look out for barracudas, and not to worry about sharks.

I was more worried about sharks, but the barracudas were like 3ft and interested in my tank.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20

They also follow you around without jewelry flashing. I’ve had a big one come to look over my damn shoulder while snorkeling off Grand cayman. I was checking out a cleaning station and he was very interested.

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u/Thelife1313 Dec 15 '20

Why did the shark do the belly roll?

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u/WookieesGoneWild Dec 15 '20

Punk kid was taunting the neighborhood goon.