A boy was stabbed in the chest by a catfish while swimming off a Florida beach.
It wasn’t a strange animal, an unknown object, or something like that: a little boy had to be hospitalized urgently after being “stabbed” in the chest by a catfish when swimming in the waters off the west coast of Florida in the United States.
The accident occurred during the year fishing day, informed the local authorities.
How did the episode go?
According to local media reports, the incident took place this Monday, June 20, during a fishing daynear the town of New Port Richey on Florida’s coast Gulf of Mexico.
These types of attacks are very rare. Photo: AFP
Details of what happened are unknown, but Pasco County firefighters said that while on his way to the hospital with his mother, the 10-year-old boy experienced respiratory difficulties.
Immediately after the attack, the mother called for help and the firefighters arrived in the area.
At that time, they found the catfish beard had lodged 1 to 1 1/2 inches into the boy’s chestwho was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital.
This type of fish has sharp spines on the front of the dorsal and pectoral fins and some of them have poison glands which can inject their prey, according to the specialist website depeces.com.
Corey Deirdorff, the Pasco County Fire Department spokesperson, explained in an interview with Tampa Bay’s Channel 10 that this child’s case is “very strange” and that never heard of such a situation.
This type of fish has sharp spines and some of them have poisonous glands.
“We hear about fishermen who could be cut off by a spike or hit in the back of the leg and get an infection, but never heard of one penetrating the chest“, She said.
At the end of Monday, the 10-year-old’s health status was still unknown, according to media reports.
With information from EFE.
Source: Clarin
