DizzyGuy Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Yup, he's dead. And by a stingray, too. Weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Yeah, I was rather displeased when i found out about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 yea, not to sound like an ass, but death by a stingray? all those years of playing with gators and snakes, and he gets it by stingray tail to the heart.... defiently weak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takita787 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Its sad yeah, but how could you not see that comming, he's messing around with the most dangerous animals on the planet , it was a risk he knew he had to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanguineSolitude Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 in his defense, the spike went through his chest. thats alien style hardcore. but seriously i find this very sad and unfortunate. the world has lost another interesting person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claytron Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 [quote name='takita787']it was a risk he knew he had to take.[/quote] Ahahah... I find that hilarious. Though the actuall incident really makes me upset.The whole thing was there was statistically no risk. There have only been 17 people to have died from a stingray strike. Only one person to live from being struck in the heart. He swam over a large ray and as it passed him it struck him into the chest piercing his heart and introducing it's toxin directly into the heart. The chances of that happening are REAAAAAAALLY low - there was no percievable risk, which is why it's so tragic.If he had been killed by a crocodile, people would just say, "Duh." But he died in a very unusuall way with little reason to expect such an occurence. Crickey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 kind of ironic ye, big hard croc hunter gets poked to death by a fish.apparently his wife only found out after her friend heard it on the radio or something?poor guy, and poor family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthHookah Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 as much of an idiot i thought the guy was, he wa sthe kind of idiot id imagine somehow living to 110 years old. still, i truly admire his passion for wildlife and the environment, and i am glad he got to go out doing what he loved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 ...are you sure he loved getting stabbed by sting rays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 ^^ lol what an ass, but yeah it was pretty sad, not to many people have the balls to do what he did which gives him respect in my book, they have video of the whole thing but its up to the family to release it and i doubt they will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Apparently deadly attacks by stingrays are uncommon, but deadly stingray wounds are very common. Once you piss them off, they frequently kill. Also in the ray family is the electric ray. Also related to rays are skates and sharks. They are all predatory and carnivorous. Goes to show you, brother, you roll the dice enough times, you will lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 yeah, you ever seen eddie murphys raw? he talks about playin craps with his dick and crappin out after to many rolls lmao, ok sorry to go off topic. but from my understandin he wasnt doin anythin to em, maybe im wrong but i thought he was just swimming haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 At least he died doing something he was into, and not being mugged and shot or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claytron Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 "Surf Lifesavers national marine stinger adviser Lisa-Ann Gershwin said there had only been 17 fatal stingray attacks worldwide." Obviously lots of attacks... but the venom isn't that toxic ususally - getting stabbed in the heart will do it though... : I know you're saying deaths related to stingray attacks, but wikipedia states it a bit differently -"Fatal stings, such as that which killed Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin in 2006 (sting to the heart),[2] are extremely rare. As of 1996, worldwide known deaths from stingray barb injuries numbered 17.[3] As of 2001, there was only one documented instance where a person survived a stingray injury to the heart.[4] In the case of stings to the heart, it is the site of injury and the nature of the wound that prove to be fatal, not merely the venom of the stingray."[url="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html"]http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.htmlNot saying the person they're quoting the article is correct - but I would assume that such a person would have their statistics straight.[url="http://www.slsa.com.au/default.aspx?s=news...le&id=413"]http://www.slsa.com.au/default.aspx?s=news...le&id=413[/url][/url]That's the same organization that the first article sites - a bit more clear, but I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimshamsam2 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 what was steven irwins favorite subject in school??not getting stabbed in the heart by stingrays.lolto soon??? sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 OK, OK, I read my information somewhere, but I can't find it again, so I relent and resign the battle to you, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claytron Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 [quote name='shimshamsam2']not getting stabbed in the heart by stingrays.lol[/quote]It's not really clever or funny. It's lame that he died in the manner he did. There are certainly funny jokes that can be made, but that's certainly not one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwieise Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 [quote name='DizzyGuy']Yup, he's dead. And by a stingray, too. Weak.[/quote] I want to drag that stingray behind my car through the streets of Iraq or Beirut or some place like that.EDIT: So whos gonna be next? Chuck Norris dying from choking on a pretzel...pfft. Did you hear...Steve Irwin wasn't even AFRAID of Chuck? Yeah...Irwin had what equates to an accidental lobotomy when he was a kid that destroyed his sense of fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 How about Mel Gibson being killed by a menorah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthHookah Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 he, being killed by a falling menorah while giving his son a bar mitzvah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']How about Mel Gibson being killed by a menorah?[/quote] I can dream can't I?I remember reading somewhere that Steves last words were actually "Crikey" as he pulled the stinger from his heart which actally killed him.Now if thats not oddly appropiate, I don't know what is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeema Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 its a sad loss to everyone, he was a great guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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