Show DANGEROUS FISH j way of the groen moray of bermuda and the devilfish when one speaks of dangerous fish the first that come to mind are the shark and the octopus but neither of these Is really formidable io fishermen the shark never attacks a boat and the octopus very rarely A much worse creature than cither shark or octopus is the devilfish a large ray that Is common in the warm waters of the atlantic this fish grows to a weight of a ton and a halt and besides formidable teeth la armed with a horrible barbed and poisoned spike in the tall it has often been known to attack boats A fishing party in a launch succeeded in harpooning one of these fish in the bay known as arandas aransas pass tex as the brute towed them eighteen miles out to sea and very nearly upset the launch it was twenty five feet long and weighed pounds avery nasty customer la the green moray of bermuda rather re a conger eel bu Is green in color and savage beyond any elsh that swims an english marine officer lash ing on bermuda a year or two ago hooked a large specimen and began to pull it in his negro boatman his eyes staring with fright begged him wildly to cut the line the officer at first refused but when he saw the fish turn on itself and with a crunch of saw edged teeth bite a large piece out of its own body he came to the conclusion that it was not a nice thing to have in a small boat the swordfish Is a dangerous creature swordfish are caught for the sake of their oil and flesh especially along the atlantic coast of the united states they arc harpooned binl the same manner in which whales used to be billed quiet enough until attacked the swordfish then to go raving mad and fights with unmatched ferocity london answers |