Swimming with barracuda ...

[Hangman]

Got a video of this barracuda just hanging around in the Caymans..

http://hangman.smugmug.com/Other/Grand-Cayman-2011/17574992_LTgxXc#!i=1815886130&k=mLdSndS&lb=1&s=A

[R_sustaita]

dang, kudos to you.

[Hangman]

Link corrected..

[sunkenmetal]

ooooooooooooooh Barracuda

[Hangman]

Yeah, it would have been cooler if it was a shark..

[cichlid1409]

i was waiting for you to try and poke him or somthing

[Hangman]

The thought did cross my mind for a nano second..

[eklikewhoa]

I would have swam towards it like I was a predator... but then again I don't know how to swim.

[ssrprelude]

Caught a few of those fishing. Wicked teeth. Wouldn't be caught swimming with one.

[aquabee]

JEEZ. Quoc woulda wanted it for his tank.

[aquabee]

Was on a boat in the Caribbean when we saw a barracuda lunge out of the water at a woman on a nearby boat. Turns out she was wearing a shiny necklace and it was pissing off the fish. Ha! (She made it ok but had some pretty nice gashes.)

[Hangman]

Yeah, those fish are known to just "lose it" and attack people. I was snorkling and filming stingrays in the area when I cought him on the side of my eye. Freaked me out at first. Whats more scary is that those pillers are the support for a low walk pier above. Kids normally sit on the pier with their legs hanging in the water. They would have been an easy target for the cuda to just nip at and drag in the water, possibly losing a toe or a foot. After I video it, I showed it to the folks on land and they went down and chased it away.. Besides the cuda, you should see all the stingrays in that area.. Pretty cool.. I got some video of the rays I will upload..

[Hangman]

Here's how I ran into that cuda.. Nearly shi*t in my pants.

http://hangman.smugmug.com/Other/Grand-Cayman-2011/17574992_LTgxXc#!i=1816746485&k=5sWrRQz&lb=1&s=XL