A shocking clip shows a diver being attacked by a swordfish.
An old video of a diver being attacked by a swordfish has resurfaced on Twitter, where it has again shocked thousands. A saturation diver, Paolo Eduardo, who was on a mission to make a minor repair on the ocean floor off the coast of Brazil, was attacked by swordfish. A video of the entire episode, which originally took place in April 2016, has resurfaced on social media. Mr. Eduardo was working from a dive-support vessel when the incident occurred. For the unversed, saturation divers work deep underwater. They are specially trained to live in ships to help them fix, set up, dismantle and perform other drills.
Coming back to the clip which has created quite a buzz on Twitter. Here, Mr. Eduardo is busy with repair work on the sea floor. Moments later, the swordfish enters the frame. Its bill is stuck in Mr. Eduardo’s diving equipment. Despite repeated attempts, the swordfish is unable to free itself. Mr Eduardo, who looks quite uncomfortable there, can be seen walking towards the two-man bell set up, which was supplying him with oxygen.
According to a report, the incident which took place in April 2016 was recorded by a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) Divernet.com, The timestamp on the clip has revealed some details about the diving vessel – Wyatt Candies, an American ship built in 2013.
When saturation diver Paolo Eduardo made a small underwater repair on a seafloor off the coast of Brazil, what he didn’t expect was a swordfish to follow him and impound himself on his bailed-out rig. Give. [read more: https://t.co/G8OKmrAbCE] pic.twitter.com/PFv1nk6I7R
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) 25 March 2022
The clip has been viewed 21k times on the social media platform. One user wrote, ‘Okay, then my scuba instructor lied to me. He said that sea creatures attack only when provoked.
Then my scuba instructor lied to me. He said that sea creatures attack only on provocation.
— Gempower (@_Gempower) 25 March 2022
Another said, “So it was really going for him, hey. That would have been bad”.
So it was really going for him, hey! it would have been bad
— Danny Griffiths (@dannycypher1) 25 March 2022
The report states that Mr. Eduardo was not harmed during the entire episode. And, their oxygen supply was also intact.
Speaking about the incident, Fugro Brasil’s Director of Subsea Services, Andy Seymour, said, “It was a very unusual operational incident and we were relieved that both the man and the fish were swimming at the end of it.”
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