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| Deep sea fishing? Pack an extra pair of shorts |
| 2004-07-19 |
| Fisherman working off the coast here got the shock of their lives after a 350-kilogram blue pointer shark suddenly leaped from the water and into their boat, hurting one on board in the process, Japan Coast Guard officials said. Yuji Torimi, 51, a Kobe Municipal Government worker on the Shikishima-maru trawler when the shark jumped in, suffered broken ribs after the huge marine creature's tail fin slammed into his chest. Torimi's injury aside, fishermen who had been looking for squid gleefully took the shark back to the local fish market, where it was cut up. Torimi was glad the experience was over. "There was this huge noise, then the shark came up alongside us and jumped into the boat. Coolers and buckets started flying everywhere. It was like a scene from 'Jaws,'" he said. "It was really scary." Kushimoto Coast Guard officials said the 3.5-meter-long, 350-kilogram shark struck Torimi and a friend who had been out fishing on the boat on Thursday. The fish made a leap out of the water of about 80 centimeters. Marine experts were also surprised at the case. "Blue pointers are normally from foreign seas. They're man-eaters and you often see them in this area," Takuya Mori, head of a Susami aquarium, said. "Still, I've never heard of a shark jumping into a boat before." |
| Posted by:Super Hose |