Thing is, doesn't everyone know how dangerous these damned things are?

Kevin Freels has been a vet for three years. He has seen his share of injuries, but he never thought he'd be on the receiving end of a potentially deadly attack from his own pet.

“I was just doing the routine weekly maintenance on the (saltwater) tank,” Kevin recalls. “Apparently she didn't like what I did."

The “she” Kevin is referring to, is his lion fish, named Lily. Lily charged Kevin's hand and jabbed six of her poisonous spines into him.

I see them in larger pet stores all the time, so I guess people don't know.

Somewhere, Darwin is re-calibrating his scope and grumbling about a near miss.