Giant snapper (Australian Geographic)
Alex Pikol, a 31-year-old diver from Alabama, will never forget his dive in the Red Sea, in the Sharm el-Sheikh area of Egypt.
He was out on a fairly routine dive when he was suddenly attacked by a scary looking fish with human-like teeth that attacked him and bit his leg, when Alex was in shorts and was unprepared for this attack.
Alex was part of a group of eight divers who went scuba diving, but the unexpected attack forced them to change plans.
It turns out that the divers accidentally dived towards a nest of eggs and angered the fish, which apparently protected its offspring and began to attack them.
"I dived into Tommy with the group and thought the path was clear, but suddenly I got bitten on the leg," said Alex, "I thought it was a serious injury and my name would start to bleed and you can hear me screaming in the recording. He had teeth bigger than his body, it looked like dentures."
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The fish that bit Alex is a male wrasse from the wrasse family found mainly in warm and shallow waters.
This is an aggressive species of fish and they become very aggressive when they feel that their offspring are in danger.
They have extremely strong teeth and also a strong jaw designed to attack invaders such as crabs and sea urchins.
If you were worried about Alex's well-being, he got off cheap from this attack: "The bite I got left marks on my leg for the rest of the trip which was kind of funny, but not too bad." You never get to photograph so closely what their teeth look like.
It's a face only a mother can love - it's a stupid, ugly-looking fish with teeth like human teeth."
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