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Hello Ernie. Got these from a friend here in the Galveston, Texas area. Two weeks ago one of our pipe fitters went to Hanna's reef in east Galveston bay. As he was grabbing for another live shrimp in the live well he got poked on the top of the hand by one of their horns. The next day about noon he felt some discomfort and notice what looked like a small bite on his hand. By the end of the day the hand was swollen and felt like someone was betting it with a hammer. Went to SE memorial and spent a week there with no success of identifying or stopping the infection. Family insisted that he be transferred to Herman. The next morning Herman had identified the problem and began to treat it: Vibrio vulnificus the flesh eating bacteria found in saltwater. He is still in the hospital, but after eleven surgeries they are confident he will keep his fingers. Thought you may want to pass along as a warning to your fishing constituents. I am an avid fisherman myself. Take care, Kurt

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