Während der letzten mare-mundi Maledivenexpedition https://mare-mundi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3953 haben uns unsere Guides wiederholt vor Hornhechten gewarnt. Speziell beim Nachttauchen sollte man die Lampe nicht in der Nähe des Gesichts und der Augen halten, denn im Jagdrausch sollen die Horhechte blind auf ihre vermeintliche Beute losstürmen und dabei gefährliche Verletzungen verursachen können. Ich muss zugeben, dass wir mit dieser Vorstellung einen Riesenspaß hatten und viel gelacht haben, die Vorstellung, wie ein Taucher auftaucht und ein Hornhecht steckt in seinem ...

Einer der Taucher hat uns erzählt, dass Horhechte verblendet gegen eine Steinmauer geschwommen sind, die durch ein starkes Licht angestrahlt war - und sich dabei die Kieferknochen gebrochen haben. So gewaltig sollen ihre Jagdvorstöße sein.
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Needlefish stabs diver to death in Vietnam
http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s070910.html
HANOI, Vietnam (10 Sep 2007) -- A 16-year-old Vietnamese boy has died after being stabbed through the heart by a needlefish as he was diving for seafood in northern Vietnam, a policeman said Monday.
The meter-long fish - a type of gar with a long, pointed snout - stabbed diver Duong Trong Anh in the chest as he was diving for sea cucumber, according to Ta Van Quynh, deputy police chief of Halong Bay district, 200 kilometers east of Hanoi.
The boy was in 2 meters of water when the accident happened Friday, Quynh said.
The boy's diving companions saw the fish stuck in the chest of their friend and pulled the needle-like snout out, the policeman said.
"Anh died from the wound soon after," Quynh said.
According to Quynh, the fish might have been startled by the divers and tried to swim away but accidently hit Anh with its 15-centimeter-long snout, according to the policeman.
"It's a very strange death," the policeman said. "People may get killed by sharks, rarely by this kind of fish."
Anh's friends brought the needlefish to the surface with his body and the family is considering burial of the fish alongside the boy, Quynh said.