A free diving fisherman spears a large grouper that pulls him down to his death. The large grouper is a Goliath Grouper and is "the largest members of the sea bass family and can weigh hundreds of pounds." I pretty sure the grouper is a more capible swimmer then our diver and would have the advantage in a strugle.

Nothing was mentioned about the diver having a knife on him let alone a second knife as backup (like some free divers would have). The line was wrapped around this wrist and the original article claimed that the fish had wrapped it there. I would think it more likely that the man wrapped the line around his wrist to get a better grip. He could have even had it tied to his wrist when he first dove down and not on the spear gun (like some free divers would have).

The grouper, having been shot, swam down into a coral rock hole pinning the man several feet below the surface. Due to the lack of gills on the diver, he was unable to breathe properly leading to his demise.

Reference article: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-09-12T123947Z_01_N9B407205_RTRUKOC_0_US-FISH.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-oddlyEnoughNews-3

Submitted on 09/26/2006

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: today.reuters.com 9/12/06

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James said:
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We already have this story, but seeing as this is an original write-up, I will pass it on to Darwin and see if she likes it! Thanks!

Jorge said:
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I Agree with James

Jorge said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat

Fitzroy said:
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Yeah, I don't recall the detail about the knives before. Also, "due to lack of gills" made me smile.

Graham said:
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I like this rewrite better than the first one I saw http://darwinawards.com/slush/new/pending20060918-221933.html I liked the humor, i.e. "lack of gills".

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