Bitten by Parrot Fish

[Diver Dennis]

Oh yeah .....
:14: :14:
Parrotfish is a savoury, light fish, best eaten with spices..

This is just obscene, you guys need to start hunting them.....
Look at them they're even forming roving mobs of mad parrotfish..........

They almost look real Jam...

 

[webjr]

Around here, seeing divers get out of the water with bleeding ears is not unusual.
If you lower the back of your mask strap, you can position the sides of the strap
over the ears. This will at least minimize the "target area". My buddies wife wears a hood (in summer) just to protect her ears !

 

[Diver Dennis]

I have been attacked quite a few times by Titan Triggerfish too. A camera makes a good barrier between them and you. Fins, OK head, not...

 

[Jamdiver]

They almost look real Jam...

Where's a speargun when you need one?
As a matter of fact, where's Chip?

 

[Diver Dennis]

Where's a speargun when you need one?
As a matter of fact, where's CHip?

Recovering from a Parrotfish attack...



Sorry, I don't mean to make light of the situation. Glad she's OK!

 

[Diver Dennis]

Parrotfish have BIG teeth...

 

[dlndavid]

they eat rocks

 

[Jamdiver]

Being serious now though, parrotfish are a very important of the coral reef.
Their grazing habit helps to remove algae from reefs and their 'poop' contributes to the formation of sand.

Think I read somewhere that they excrete a few kilograms of sand every year..

 

[Diver Dennis]

Very true Jam, another piece in the puzzle. Those Bumpheads in the picture were on the move but I have heard the same group feeding, crunching the rock and smashing the coral with their heads. Pretty cool..

 

[boljakool]

Very true Jam, another piece in the puzzle. Those Bumpheads in the picture were on the move but I have heard the same group feeding, crunching the rock and smashing the coral with their heads. Pretty cool..

Don't they feed while they are on the move?
My 7-year old daughter saw an episode of that on BBC's Blue Planet. Now she don't want to play with sand because she knows that they're parrot fish poop.