Re: NANFA-- Fish Fin Injuries

Mark B (mbinkley_at_earthling.net)
Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:45:37 -0500

At 8:46 AM -0500 1/7/00, Scott Burner wrote:
> We were sitting on top of a large school (maybe three acres)of mackerel.
>The Blues were herding the mackerel into a tight group by surrounding them and
>swimming very fast around the perimeter while a separate and distinct group of
>blues ripped through the school and chomped the tails off the mackerel,
>rendering them defenseless. Afterwards they could casualy gather up the
>writhing bodies.

Excellent observations!

>Oh, and by the way, does getting my hand mangled by a pit bull while a tank of
>natives looks on qualify me for K. of N. ?

Ooww! As far as I'm concerned it does! Wonder what a school of bluefish
would do to a pit bull? Could be a ground-breaking experiment!

Mark Binkley
Columbus Ohio USA <))><
mbinkley_at_earthling.net

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