Snorkeler Finds Holiday Goer’s Wedding Ring Worn by a Fish on Its Neck

The sight of the fish trapped in the ring was “gut-wrenching,” according to Prior. She noted that she often sees other fish caught in plastic rings while snorkeling in the area. Image credit: Susan Prior
Shortly afterwards, she found out that the ring belonged to Nathan Reeves, who had lost it while swimming at Emily Bay with his wife during Christmas. The couple were searching high and low for the missing ring.

Prior told Newsweek that the piece of jewelry had most probably become lodged around the fish’s body while it was snuffling through the sandy ocean floor for food, which is what sand mullets usually do. The ring was probably lying in the sand and just flipped over the fish’s head and lodged there, she added.