"It came from nowhere like a rocket. My whole hand was in its mouth and bit through the flesh to the bone. "Trying to get my hand out of the fish led to severe injuries." Mr Stevenson suffered scarring to the hand and fingers and has lost some sensitivity in his fingers. As a fish farmer, Mr Stevenson was unable to work for several weeks after the incident. "Hospital staff couldn't stitch the wounds and butterfly clips held the skin together. One of these became infected but in any case I couldn't get my hand wet in case of infection," he said. But Mr Stevenson's main concern is that the monkfish, as an aggressive predatory fish, should not have been kept in a touch pool. "A young child could have been very seriously injured if the monkfish attacked them. "If an artery was severed there's no knowing what might happen. There are two types of monkfish and this was the smaller type but they are both very aggressive fish with a mouthful of teeth. They shouldn't be in touch pools." The alleged attack happened as Mr Stevenson visited the zoo with partner Tracey and children Leoni, then 14, Kirsten, then 10 and one-year-old Joshua, now nearly four. | 
