We are two free spirits - quit the rat race, sold everything we had and bought an old boat to life our dream on the ocean. Now we are cruising around the world with a cat and two dogs on a 45ft catamaran build in 1968. Be with us - enjoy life to the fullest ;-) Some of our adventures can be found on YouTube and there are more yet to come. check out our official Homepage www.BambaMaru.com
Sonntag, 8. Dezember 2019
Stung by a venomous LIONFISH: 24h PAIN report - How Scorpionfish toxin a...
Despite all precautions, it happened that Joanna got stung by a venomous lionfish in the index finger of her right hand. We went on a quick snorkel trip with friends to shoot some lionfish in the face. This beautiful but aggressive invasive scorpionfish species Pterois volitans and Pterois Miles are rappidly increasing in the Carribbean and have no native preditors yet. An adult lionfish can eat up to 50 fish babies from other species every single day. Uncontrolled, the lionfish is capable to empty out whole reefs in short time. Diver and snorkler lately started to join local fishing teams to shoot as much lionfish as possible in order to keep the population low. As the lionfish is known a very good eaten fish, also we contribute to this activitys whenever we can. Unfortunately this time it went wrong and Joanna got stung by one of the backspines of the venomous lion fish. The toxin is known as extremely painfull and as it was happening anyway - the best we could do out of the situation was, to put a video for you together to make this disaster educational and show you how the toxiticy affects a human body. The symptoms could be extreme pain, nausea, vomiting, vefer, breathing difficulties, convulsions, dizziness, redness on the affected area, headache, numbness, paresthesia, heartburn, diarrhea and sweating. Rarely, such stings can cause temporary paralyses of the limbs, heart failure and even death. Joanna survived with only few of the possible symptoms and here is how she made it trough this unjoyfull experience. However we hope you can enjoy with this video a painless peek into this toxic torture because... we will certainly not do it again ;-)
Despite all precautions, it happened that Joanna got stung by a venomous lionfish in the index finger of her right hand. We went on a quick snorkel trip with friends to shoot some lionfish in the face. This beautiful but aggressive invasive scorpionfish species Pterois volitans and Pterois Miles are rappidly increasing in the Carribbean and have no native preditors yet. An adult lionfish can eat up to 50 fish babies from other species every single day. Uncontrolled, the lionfish is capable to empty out whole reefs in short time. Diver and snorkler lately started to join local fishing teams to shoot as much lionfish as possible in order to keep the population low. As the lionfish is known a very good eaten fish, also we contribute to this activitys whenever we can. Unfortunately this time it went wrong and Joanna got stung by one of the backspines of the venomous lion fish. The toxin is known as extremely painfull and as it was happening anyway - the best we could do out of the situation was, to put a video for you together to make this disaster educational and show you how the toxiticy affects a human body. The symptoms could be extreme pain, nausea, vomiting, vefer, breathing difficulties, convulsions, dizziness, redness on the affected area, headache, numbness, paresthesia, heartburn, diarrhea and sweating. Rarely, such stings can cause temporary paralyses of the limbs, heart failure and even death. Joanna survived with only few of the possible symptoms and here is how she made it trough this unjoyfull experience. However we hope you can enjoy with this video a painless peek into this toxic torture because... we will certainly not do it again ;-)