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[Tulac]

http://news.bbc.co.u...fic/5311298.stm

Wow, I thought that guy was like, immortal...

[Juni Ori]

Whoa... He was one crazy dude. Rest in peace.

[DakaSha]

OMFG!

i loved that dude!!! holy *crapola*...

[taikara]

Of all the ways he could have gone, he gets killed by a stingray?

I mean, I've accidentally stepped on a stingray while at the beach, lots of people have, they're not really hugely dangerous... kind of ironic, really.

[DakaSha]

yeah hes the second known person in australia to die from a stingray attack. very ironic

[A. J. Raffles]

Well, really dangerous animals obviously couldn't harm him...

[Flop]

Well, I suppose we all knew this would happen eventually, although I always thought he'd be killed by a somewhat more dangerous animal. May he rest in peace.

[Tom Henrik]

This is really sad. Steve was a one-of-a-kind personality, and he was one of the biggest wildlife preservers today. It is seriously ironic that a "petty" stingray would end his life, after all he has survived. As I don't know the details surrounding the sting, I can only assume that Steve didn't percieve the stingray as a threat (or didn't see it at all) before it was too late.

I feel sorry for his family, and his zoo. They've lost someone that can never be replaced.

[wood]

They've bee talking about this all morning on CNN US.  They've had a few experts on talking about Steve Irwin and other famous wild animal celebrity researchers.  The most interesting part was the guy who showed off a barb from a stingray of the same size and species as that which killed Irwin.  It averages between 8-12 inches long, is rigid and serated.  So basically he was knifed in the heart and died more or less on the spot.  Nothing at all like the little tiny ones we're told to dislodge by shuffling along in the sand.  Those are only 3-6 inches long (yet another expert on CNN US).  

Most interestingly was the recommended method for relieving the pain of the venom of the sting.  All fish venoms (rays are fish don't ya know) are heat de-activated.  So should you ever be stabbed by a ray, do the following.

1) Grasp it from the water and scream an oath as you smite it with you hammer.  Verily.  
1a) If not Norse Battle God, scream in the highest pitch voice possible (Above water please).

2) insure the stinger is completely removed from the wound.  The venom is conducted through a layer of skin that carries some pretty nasty bacteria.

3) Pour the hottest water tolerable on the site of the wound to neutralize the toxin.

4) disinfect the wound.

Pretty crappy way to go out.  3rd death in Australian waters this year...which is surprisingly low given the number of dangerous creatures lurking about the waters of Australia or flat out wrong.


Edit:
So that's what I get for taking a phone call while trying to post.  I was trying to say exactly what Qbix said and missed it.

[Qbix]

i heard he died of it because he was hit precisely in the hart. It got a hole in it. That killed him. not the venom or so.

A weird, but maybe fitting end (although a bit early).
My condolonces to his wife and 2 kids.

[DakaSha]

wood, on Sep 4 2006, 03:06 PM, said:

They've bee talking about this all morning on CNN US.  They've had a few experts on talking about Steve Irwin and other famous wild animal celebrity researchers.  The most interesting part was the guy who showed off a barb from a stingray of the same size and species as that which killed Irwin.  It averages between 8-12 inches long, is rigid and serated.  So basically he was knifed in the heart and died more or less on the spot.  Nothing at all like the little tiny ones we're told to dislodge by shuffling along in the sand.  Those are only 3-6 inches long (yet another expert on CNN US).  

Most interestingly was the recommended method for relieving the pain of the venom of the sting.  All fish venoms (rays are fish don't ya know) are heat de-activated.  So should you ever be stabbed by a ray, do the following.

1) Grasp it from the water and scream an oath as you smite it with you hammer.  Verily.  
1a) If not Norse Battle God, scream in the highest pitch voice possible (Above water please).

2) insure the stinger is completely removed from the wound.  The venom is conducted through a layer of skin that carries some pretty nasty bacteria.

3) Pour the hottest water tolerable on the site of the wound to neutralize the toxin.

4) disinfect the wound.

Pretty crappy way to go out.  3rd death in Australian waters this year...which is surprisingly low given the number of dangerous creatures lurking about the waters of Australia or flat out wrong.

the info comes a bit late i think

[DeathDude]

Ouch that's a major bummer. And by stingray of all things, that's really harsh. May he rest in peace and give condolences to his wife, kids and family.

[Frodo]

He was a unique guy, and he will be missed.

But a stingray, of all things?  

[RyGuy]

taikara, on Sep 4 2006, 08:31 AM, said:

Of all the ways he could have gone, he gets killed by a stingray?

I mean, I've accidentally stepped on a stingray while at the beach, lots of people have, they're not really hugely dangerous... kind of ironic, really.

They aren't, it pierced his heart.

RIP Steve

[DeathSpark]

It´s really sad, nice entertainer. He will lived a happy life doing what he liked, and he did it really good.

Rest in peace.

"Crikie"