Thread: Teen’s horror injury after being speared through the neck by needlefish :Graphic Pics

Bladdy hell ... apparently it's not such a rare thing to happen. A Thai Navy Seal was killed by the same kind of fish in 2018.

WARNING: Graphic images
A teenager is lucky to be alive after being impaled in the neck by a flying needlefish while fishing from his boat.
Muhammad Idul, 16, was fishing with his mum and dad when the fish with a razor sharp pointed beak jumped out of the water.
The needlefish’s long snout stabbed the 16-year-old’s neck and pierced the back of his skull, The Sun reports.
The teen managed to make his way home for treatment with the fish still embedded in his neck in Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Saturday.

The needlefish pierced through the teen’s neck. Picture: CEN/australscopeSource:australscope

He was rushed to hospital for treatment before having surgery to remove the fish from his neck.
Local media reported needlefish began jumping out of the water as the teenager was fishing when one of them impaled its long, sharp jaws in Idul’s neck and knocked him off his boat.
Reports state Idul was able to swim to the surface before walking home with the fish’s needle-like jaws in his neck.
Idul was then taken to a nearby hospital in the city of Baubau but the staff there did not want to remove the fish because the surgery needed specialist equipment.
The teenager was therefore transferred to another hospital in the city of Makassar where doctors performed a delicate one-hour operation to remove the fish.

The boy managed to get to a hospital where he underwent intense surgery. Picture: CEN/australscopeSource:australscope

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Images show the fish’s head after it was pulled out of the teenager’s neck.
Idul is said to be in a stable condition as he recovers in hospital and remains under observation to prevent any potential infections.
Anaesthetist Syafri K Arif said he would remain in the hospital for three to four days.
WHAT ARE NEEDLEFISH?
Needlefish are known for their distinctive long, narrow jaws filled with sharp teeth which they use to catch smaller fish.
They swim near the surface and are capable of making short leaps out of the water at up to 64km/h.
They often jump over boats rather than swim round them – meaning some fishermen rate them more dangerous than sharks.

The needlefish that pierced Muhammad Idul's neck. Picture: CEN/australscopeSource:australscope

There have been several recorded deaths caused by needlefish and many other gory injuries.
In 1977, a ten-year-old Hawaiian boy died when a needlefish pierced his eye while on a night time fishing trip with his dad.
In 2013, a young Saudi man bled to death after being hit by a needlefish on the left side of his neck.
In 2018, Thai navy cadet Kriangsak Pengpanich, 22, was killed when he was speared during a training exercise.
This article was originally published by The Sun and appears here with permission.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/teens-horror-injury-after-being-speared-through-the-neck-by-needlefish/news-story/e23ef759b92be54ae1b90fcf31e5330d

Fuck.ing.hell.

Fucking hell.

How did he manage to avoid even more damage? Surely the fish would have been thrashing after it impaled him?

^ parents must have acted quick and cut the head off.

Maybe. They'd have had to be very fucking quick though.

Either way, the poor lad is probably one of the unluckiest/luckiest kids alive today.

^ they did well not to pull it out - which would be your natural instinct.

Did the fish have to die?

From the lay pov aside from anything else it looks like staying in the neck plugs the damaged parts and prevents internal bleeding.

phaaaaark.

One lucky escape.

Wow.

In 2018, Thai navy cadet Kriangsak Pengpanich, 22, was killed when he was speared during a training exercise

I remember that news story. Typically vague Thai media report, and didn't give any other details.

Worse things do happen at sea.

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Did the fish have to die?

You don't think Thais are going to pass up a free dinner do you?