This show opens up with a horrifying attack on a kayaker, and from there it only gets worse... On this podcast, you will hear about the nightmarish hunting methods of one of the most fearsome animals in the ocean. Find out about their life history, and their surprisingly high likelihood of killing you in the safety of your own home, all on this episode of Species.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2010, a woman was evacuated via helicopter from the waters of the Florida Keys. |
| 0:07.1 | She had suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung while participating in one of the safest |
| 0:14.3 | activities imaginable. She was kayaking in shallow water. She had a pretty dangerous chest wound, and whatever happened to her, |
| 0:24.4 | it clearly could have been much worse. She fell victim to a truly bizarre occurrence. An animal, |
| 0:33.8 | traveling at high speeds, leapt out of the water, knocked her off her kayak, and attacked her. |
| 0:40.3 | She wasn't even in the water. |
| 0:44.3 | Now there's some debate as to what species of animal did this. |
| 0:48.3 | Some suspect that it was a houndfish, an animal with a needle-like beak, capable of stabbing someone in this manner. |
| 0:56.5 | Others claim that it may have been a king mackerel, an animal known to leap out of the water |
| 1:02.1 | rather spectacularly. But the animal, the victim, thought she was attacked by. The animal many |
| 1:10.0 | believe is the most likely culprit, is one of the |
| 1:14.0 | most vicious creatures in the ocean. An animal that can grow to be over five feet long and over |
| 1:22.1 | 100 pounds. An animal that can go up to 27 miles per hour. |
| 1:29.4 | An animal built like a torpedo with teeth like knives. |
| 1:36.3 | The Great Barakuda. |
| 1:38.4 | Svarina Barakuda. |
| 1:41.7 | I'm Mackin. This is Species. |
| 1:51.0 | Thank you. Kuda. I'm Mackin. This is Species. Welcome to the show. Today we're going to talk about one of the most ferocious animals on earth. If you enjoy this show, take a moment while listening to just |
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| 2:03.1 | They buy the equipment, they pay for our website, they fund our hosting, everything we spend |
| 2:07.4 | on this podcast is supported by them. Every episode takes an enormous amount of time for me, |
| 2:12.7 | and they make it just a little more reasonable for me to do that. |
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