What Happens After Touching a Lionfish?

[yeainothat]

Ah yes the Lionfish, best known as the total douche nozzle of the sea.

[NolbertNFM]

Ah I took vengeance of the fish and I eat him. A tasty but painful experience.

[NolbertNFM]

Yesterday I was spearfishing in my country P.R. I'm not a great apneist so I was spearfishing like 30' deep and I speared a big fat lionfish. I killed him with my knife and when putting it in my bag I get stung in the middle finger of the left hand. I keep on spearfishing but my hand swelled and the pain was strong like the next 4 hours. Then the hand get like numb and today I have no pain but the hand is swelled. I don’t felt vomiting desires nor dizziness nothing except pain and swelling.

[gummybear67675]

Lionfish: I hate every fish.

Me: y

Lionfish: Cuz i just do.

Me: O_o

[afrankdapimp12]

its no different than a bee sting he is being a little baby ive been stung before

[jamesdalrymple79]

ive been stuck before and it hurt like hell. I feel your pain

[ddbb1233]

Man-of-war...

[robblac]

penis..

[lros1979]

You people are absolutely clueless. One of the reasons they have lionfish hunting (it's an actual course offered by PADI) is because they're invasive and extremely agressive towards other fish. They kill off the fish that maintain coral reefs which will eventually kill the reef. They kill off fish that eats seaweed which eventually overgrows and causes damage. Yes Nhamms, they ARE bad for sealife. Idiots... hope your thumb healed good man, dont listen to these retards.

[lros1979]

@lros1979 and because i see 80% of the people commenting are morons and wont read it up. Lionfish are NOT indigenous to almost everywhere they are. They're from japan/china area and were accidentally spread by humans. We're just trying to clean up. Before commenting, go read the lionfish article on wiki then feel free to pitch in an opinion.

[lros1979]

*cough* sorry nhamms, i misread what you said. You were saying that hunting them is a good thing right?

[arockmcgrizzle]

@lros1979 So lionfish are overpopulated because of human intervention and carelessness, and the ethical solution in your mind is for humans to intervene by killing the lionfish? There has to be another way. Hunting programs never work. Humans need to start looking at themselves for the cause of ecosystem imbalance, not killing other animals who were doing fine before humans came along.

[ODSTayl0r]

@arockmcgrizzle Well what would you suggest?

[lros1979]

@arockmcgrizzle It's not about ethical, it's about what works. If we dont do this the reprecussions will be beyond disasterous. And no i'm not over-exagerating. Lionfish in an area kill off coral. Why dont you go and do some research at the role that coral plays in earths eco-system and you'll see why this is something that needs to be done. Also, saying "there has to be another way" doesn't magically make another way appear.

[H3ARTL3SSF0X]

I don't get why the hell ppl think " its making it safer for all of us" fuck that shit leave the dam fish alone, If you want to dive go to a pool

[zachcapp]

@H3ARTL3SSF0X They're actually an invasive species and many wildlife organizations encourage people to kill as many as possible, and they are good eating too.

Its not only making it safer for divers, but safer for the overall well-being of the ecosystem.

So if your so scared of the ocean and the venomous species that inhabit it, why don't you go dive in a pool?

[acapsena2100]

what happens after touching a lionfish?.............die hahahahhah

[LCDLBA]

Someone needs to get a nice pair of gloves.. LOL.. glad you are ok!

[Impess99]

Nice ink on your arm there, have been wanting a sleeve tattoo for some time now, myself. Props to your friend

[ulli0402]

hmm ive been Stung by Volitans Lionfish in my aquarium without any ones of these effect...

[wanttoseemysnake]

These are like goby's in the great lakes, you see them you kill them...

[batidadefresa]

If you go diving you'll see plenty of lion fish. Trust me, they're not an endangered species by any means.

[nhamms]

@batidadefresa lol. they said invasive, not endangered.

[7mikethebike]

I hope it fucking hurts. I hope your thumb is ruined.

[elwood173]

@7mikethebike What the fuck is wrong with you? You need to shut the fuck up deep throat a cucumber and pull you dreadlocked head out of your ass. You vegan pussy.

[wanttoseemysnake]

@7mikethebike The lion fish needs to be killed off they are an envasive species that was introduced to the area throwing off the cycle...

[14Mentalist]

i got stung by a jelly fish it was amazing

[iamunderyourbed97i]

idiot, some day your going to die of this shit, have some respect for the sealife.

[cmknight8897]

@iamunderyourbed97i Get a clue and do some research before commenting on something. This dude paid the price for other people's ignorance. People created the problem and now other people are trying to fix it.

[haohyou12]

@iamunderyourbed97i Oh the irony of your idiocy; it hurts.

[frogonkeeper]

@iamunderyourbed97i lion fish are killing coral reefs (the few that aren't affected by dead zones)

and thy have no reel predators even sharks avoid them

[nhamms]

@iamunderyourbed97i are you saying hunting lionfish is bad for sealife?? lol. so wrong.

[Shinynickel2]

@iamunderyourbed97i hey hey hey.....at least they are trying to help at least lower the danger of diving. Im only 13 and Im hoping to be able to go diving in the great barrier reef when i get older....I dont want to be in a lot of danger just becuz of a lionfish....

[nokia6630videos]

weird, nobody EVER caught on video of two lionfish mating, spawning, or even what the eggs or larvae looks like, yet they are spreading very fast ...

[wanttoseemysnake]

@nokia6630videos They aren't into porn I guess...

[m1garand77]

hah i remember  getting stung by a stingray suckss

[guahould]

I dont get this ,, "invasive species" crap ... who has determined this bullshit?? They come from some sea off this world?? Species move around as they need to .. the sea belongs to them ...

[nhamms]

@guahould yes species migrate but invasive species are from when people transport a species that end up dominating the native species. such as cuban tree frogs. they are invasive since people brought it from another country to florida. cuban tree frogs ended up starting to eat all other plants and insects and have no other predators.

[goose003]

wow niiiiiiiiice good job sooo really they r killing these fish for the good of humans or wat? or y? but wow nice to show the aftermath i guess it is worse than a bee sting jjejejeejeje well man hope all goes well n y r they killing them?

[EatDeeznuts1]

@goose003 there not a native species......

[PLASTICPOPCORN4]

@goose003 they eat everything and have no predators. They also multiply like crazy

[CrushMedia2010]

@PLASTICPOPCORN4 The rate of reproduction in the Caribbean where they are an invasive species (i.e introduced by accident) has been monthly. Their normal rate of reproduction in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, where they are controlled by natural predators, is yearly. They each have thousands of eggs. The math is simple.

[guahould]

@goose003 I would like to see a good reasonable response to that question myself.. no doubt they are likely killing them due to getting stung whilst invading the sea on some other kind of killing spree.... Just like the rich people having deer culled from the forest because they eat their shrubs... Thats fucking people for ya !!!!

[CrushMedia2010]

@guahould The Lionfish was introduced into the Caribbean over 10 years ago. There are many theories as to how, look them up. The most likely is that they were kept as pets, when keepers realized that they would consume all of their $ in tropical fish, they released them. This now has caused havoc to the coral reefs due to the fact they have no natural predator, they flourish, consuming juvenile fish that eat algae off the reefs allowing the coral to grow. With no juvenile fish, there is no reef.

[Andyarr]

@guahould people released them there, they don't belong there... It wouldn't be such a bad thing, if they didn't eat fucking everything else that was out there. But yes... end result people ruined it. Oh and you mean wildlife management? Yes its a good thing...

[frogonkeeper]

@Andyarr people are not releasing them a few got loos after a hurekain (pardon my spelling) and thy are breeding like mice

[209bdawg]

feet smell bad