Blue Marlin bill stuck in Crude oil Loading Hose

[island_sands]

got this on email:

Blue Marlin bill stuck in Crude oil Loading Hose off coast of Angola

Imagine the speed this fish was moving at to get its snoz through this pipe!!!!!

These are pictures of the floating load hose on the FPSO Girassol in Angola, Africa that was pierced by a blue marlin. Load operations were shut down for a few days while they replaced the hose. For reference, this terminal produces about 250k barrels of oil a day and this loading hose is approx 24in in diameter.

 

[Mr. X]

Incredible. Maybe the marlin thought thought the pipe was a large predator?

 

[len]

nature strikes back :inlove

 

[Mullins]

Compare position of orange band in the different photos...

 

[Mr. X]

Compare position of orange band in the different photos...

Well spotted (do you work for the CIA?). Faked? The size/scale of the orange bands appears different too - looks smaller in the close-up shots. Or is that a wrapper around the pipe in the overhead shot? Hey, I don't really care!

 

[trux]

Compare position of orange band in the different photos...

If you zoom on the photo, you can see that the body of the marlin is likely already broken away from the bill, floating separately near the hose, and the remainder of the bill is indeed quite close to the band as on the detailed photos.

 

[Justin PR]

Why would the photo be faked? It's a freak accident I think.