How many people googled fortescue fish after seeing the bit on Medical Emergency where the little girl got stung by one
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Haha, yep.
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Sound like nasty little buggers. Thank heaven we don't get them over here. I'd never heard of them untill them.
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Didn't see the show, but we definitely get Western Fortescue over here. It's called Centropogon latifrons. But it is just another scorpionfish, and there are many other species that will give you just as much of a whack, if not more
The one they were talking about was fresh water? The only fresh water fish I've run that can give you a bad sting is the cobbler/ catfish family
Yeah mate, sorry - as I said - didn't see the show. Yep, you are right - the only freshwater scorpionfish in Australia is over east - yay for us!
Yeh same.. can't be any worse than a cobbler tho. How's the bloke that fell 10 stories.. unbelievable..
JakeB
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Haha, yep.
Haha, yep.
carnarvonite
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Nasty
Sound like nasty little buggers. Thank heaven we don't get them over here. I'd never heard of them untill them.
fishnut
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we get them
Didn't see the show, but we definitely get Western Fortescue over here. It's called Centropogon latifrons. But it is just another scorpionfish, and there are many other species that will give you just as much of a whack, if not more
carnarvonite
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Fresh water
The one they were talking about was fresh water? The only fresh water fish I've run that can give you a bad sting is the cobbler/ catfish family
fishnut
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oops
Yeah mate, sorry - as I said - didn't see the show. Yep, you are right - the only freshwater scorpionfish in Australia is over east - yay for us!
JakeB
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Yeh same.. can't be any
Yeh same.. can't be any worse than a cobbler tho. How's the bloke that fell 10 stories.. unbelievable..