tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post115737528604336751..comments2023-07-04T22:09:51.208+08:00Comments on Tropic Temper: Death on a reefGlenda Larkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1157796409829453942006-09-09T18:06:00.000+08:002006-09-09T18:06:00.000+08:00now that is bizarre!! the kind of thing that if yo...now that is bizarre!! the kind of thing that if you put it in a novel no-one would believe you<BR/><BR/>i'm sad about steve irwin's death. he popularised the less loveable (to some) of nature's creatures and wildlife needs all the friends it can get ... you're right about him stressing the animals thoughbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1157449201689066382006-09-05T17:40:00.000+08:002006-09-05T17:40:00.000+08:00Hrugaar - hey, take it and run with it!Karen, ther...Hrugaar - hey, take it and run with it!<BR/><BR/>Karen, there are so many stupid ways of dying one wonders how anyone survives to a grand old age! I know I owe my life to antibiotics, but I also almost killed myself at eleven when I slipped and fell headfirst off a boulder onto some rocks. Concussed and with a fractured skull, I can't remember a thing about the rest of that day, even though I picked myself up and tagged along after my friends. At twelve I was hit by a car while riding my bike. At sixteen I almost fell off a mountain. At eighteen I almost drowned while rescuing someone who couldn't swim. And so it goes on until a few years back when I was bitten by 38 wasps...I really thought I was dead that time.<BR/><BR/>And yet I'm still here. Maybe there's a reason - I have yet to write that classic bestseller, that's what...Glenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1157443939195148332006-09-05T16:12:00.000+08:002006-09-05T16:12:00.000+08:00Hm, flying fish turned suicide pilot, or front lin...Hm, flying fish turned suicide pilot, or front line shock troop, with natural weaponry too. Giving me an idea to fit into a story ...<BR/><BR/>Yes, pity about Steve Irwin - one of those stupid, pointless accidents in life. :o\hrugaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621922879300266376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1157423796848152662006-09-05T10:36:00.000+08:002006-09-05T10:36:00.000+08:00I don't actually have the article with me to check...I don't actually have the article with me to check, so this is from memory: the flying fish has an elongated upper snout, like a swordfish, although it is tiny. The boat must have been zipping along fast as it was towed - probably in the dark, so the people didn't actually see what happened. The fish leaped out of the water "flying", collided with the man in the boat head-on going in the opposite direction. My recollection is that the broken off portion of the fish was like a dart, and it speared his carotid artery. The shock of an impact on the carotid like this can actually stop a person's heart, quite apart from the bleeding. If he did bleed, it was internally, which is why everyone was puzzled. I think there was some suspicion that the Malaysians might have killed him, so they must have been relieved when the autopsy cleared them. I know about it because it was written up in the Malaysian Nature Journal (because of the involvement of a flying fish!)and the medical examiner asked someone from the society to identify the piece he took out of the man.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who is interested can search for the article in the 1960's MNJ - and corrct me if my memory has some of the details wrong!Glenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.com