The blue sky and white clouds and the sea breeze blowing. Although the beautiful beach is pleasing to the eye, it also contains hidden dangers. Within two hours at noon today (2nd), two male swimmers were stabbed by fish corpses at Big Wave Bay Beach in the southern district of Hong Kong Island. In the accident, because the fins of the "Um Nail" were poisoned, they eventually needed to be taken to the hospital with the fish for treatment. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Life Saving Staff Association urged swimmers to be careful, avoid approaching the fish carcass as much as possible, and immediately seek help from the lifeguards in the event of an accident.
The first incident occurred at 11:30 this morning. A male swimmer accidentally stepped on the dead fish, his foot was pierced by the fin, and the wound was bleeding.
At 1 p.m., another male swimmer was swimming at a depth of one meter offshore. A "Um Nail" fish corpse rushed with the big waves and stabbed the swimmer's thigh with its dorsal fin. The lifeguard immediately replaced the two after hearing the news. Preliminary treatment of the wound, but failed to pull out immediately, both were sent to the hospital by ambulance for treatment.
The fish has a blue body and a flat head. The lower end of the head has long beards. There are poisonous thorns on the fins. Once stabbed, the stabbed will feel like being burned by fire.
The spokesman for the Hong Kong and Kowloon Ambulance Workers' Union, Wu Kairong, reminded the public that fish carcasses will wash ashore with the waves. Citizens should be careful not to step on them while swimming at the beach. A big bucket to avoid another swimmer getting hurt.
Lifeguards cleaned up the fish carcasses on the beach afterwards.
(Provided by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Life Saving Staff Association)