Pursuit and Killing of the Biggest Devilfish
YOItK. The largest devilfish—Manta birostris—on record, a female
11 eighteen leet long and weighing G,000 pounds, captured and slain after a
terrific battle off the southwest coast of Florida, is now being placed on exhi
bition at the Museum of Natural His
tory.
The only way to kill a devilfish, ap
parently, is to sever the spinal cord
just back of the brain. In capturing
this one a heavy lance was used, with
a cutting edge of four inches. A
heavy drag of timbers was also used
to slow up the harpooned fish. A 26
foot motor boat carried the leader
and five fishermen.
As the devilfish was passing, quar
tering across the bow of the hnftt the
harpoon was driven deep into her broad back; then, with a great splash of her
fins, she plunged below and ahead. The drag was snatched under and the shock
was so great that it brought the devilfish to the surface, making awkward
leaps after the manner of a wheel turning over sidewise. The harpoon was
'hurled again and the fish disappeared beneath the surface. Soon the wounded
monster was seen again, charging down on the boat at full speed. Instantly
the harpoon was put out once more, but the vital spot was missed by a few
inches. The big drag kept the fish always near the boat, and she made re
peated short rushes to the surface, accompanied by violent blows from the
huge pectoral fins.
To escape being capsized and sunk by these, as the enraged and wounded
creature reached the surface, the boat was steered on to her back. In this po
sition, while being actually towed upon the back of this great fish, the lance
was driven home again and again. Afterward a dozen rushes were made by the
devilfish to the surface, but each time the boat was maneuvered upon her back
and the harpoon applied. This thrilling and dangerous fight lasted only twenty
two minutes, but the dead devilfish showed twenty-three wounds
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