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Beware, men of the deep — there’s danger lurking below when you go diving naked.

While drifting bare-bummed under the waves might sound enchanting, there are hazards, warns Ken Holliday, co-owner of Northwest Scuba, who after 30 years of teaching ran his first nude scuba lesson last weekend at Scona pool.

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He once saw a sea creature chomp on the penis of a man diving in his birthday suit instead of a bathing suit, going for it like a worm on a hook.

“In the ocean, big fish eat things that dangle,” he explains.

“The big fish eat the little fish … It’s like swimming with sharks. If you put your finger out, it looks like food to them.”

While the diver wasn’t seriously injured, he “did put their hand on it in a hurry,” Holliday says.

He also knows someone who has been repeatedly stung by jellyfish while diving nude near Jamaica, which might have been a less painful experience if wearing a wetsuit.

Even in a concrete Edmonton pool tank, he recommends putting on a T-shirt to avoid chafing.