Talk:Barracuda

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[edit] Barracudas attacking humans

I removed the recently added Baracudas and humans section as it puts IMHO way too much emphasys on the old adagio of barracudas being very dangerous animals while in fact they generally could not care less about humans swiming or diving around them. I took the picture of the diver swimming in the school with hundreds of barracudas myself.

It is similar with the now debunked story of sharks that once were portraited as evil creatures attacking humans whenever they could.

While attacks on humans have happened they are extremely rare (you better watch out for that meteor hitting you) and generally were provoked by (spear) fishing or hand feeding.

The great barracuda page has a fairly informative link: http://www.uga.edu/cuda/attacks.html

Janderk 10:12, 27 May 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Neutrality

This user has made said changes, but has, in effect, swayed the favor against the Barracuda TOWARD the Barracuda. There is far too much affection for the animals in this article and too many absolute statements (i.e., "They always...", "never", etc.) to be considered a neutral POV. It should be cleaned-up. --Schmendrick 14:20, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Just curious: Are you talking about my edits? Janderk 20:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Max length

The maximum length is currently described as both 1.8m (6ft) and at least 8ft, which is contradictory. ENeville 15:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I took the 8ft number out. The 6ft as mentioned in the first sentence is the figure from Humanns and Deloaches Reef Fish Identification. Janderk 22:07, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Geezer1 03:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)Are Barracuda in anyway related to the freshwater Pike familyGeezer1 03:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Thank You Geezer1

Do you like barracudas?

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