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"Come on, honey, give a big smile for the camera now - this sure is gonna be one great souvenir."

Dad Rob Parker proudly poses with daughter Koral and the monster barracuda he has just killed, overlooking only one minor point...

The giant fish had just ripped chunks out of Koral's arm and she was wincing in agony.

But Rob couldn't resist getting a photo of his trophy despite Koral, 14, dripping blood beside him.

The family had been on a fishing trip when the barracuda went for Rob's bait. But then it lunged out of the water at Koral, sinking its razor teeth into her arm. She said later: "The bites made my skin look like raw hamburger meat. I was more scared than in pain."

She shook it off and it dropped into the boat.

Rob then stabbed the 42in fish before they sped back to the shore at Venice, Florida.

Koral, who had 51 stitches, was allowed to press her dad's shirt against the arm to stem the bleeding... but only after she had been asked to say cheese.