Notable stings, shocks, bites, and otherwise memorable injuries in the hobby

[ScubaSteve]

In my tank I've certainly had the all-too-regular run ins with bristle worms and have had my share of anemone stings. Of all the tank-induced injuries, my buddy's maroon goldstripe clown was the worst. That fish was a d-bag in every sense of the word. The damn thing would find the softest part of the fingers and bite on hard enough I could lift it out of the water and hold it there as it dangled from my tender flesh.

Outside of the tank, however, I've had some rough run-ins with wildlife. I've had:

- Lionfish spines (which hurt like **** as noted previously)
- Got tangled in a 4ft wide lions mane jellyfish while freediving. I still have scars from this encounter.
- Countless other jelly stings, typically on the face and typically quite mean.
- Spines from numerous urchins stuck in all appendages
- Countless wounds from crabs (I was helping my friend with his PhD in marine biology and was assisting him in crab counts *Note: Crabs don't like being picked up and measured).
- 2" gash in my hand from wrestling a 3ft tanner crab (which was the best earned crab BBQ I've ever had)
- Nipped fingers from an over-friendly wolf eel
- Sliced fingers from a prawn's rostrum

And the list goes on...