Steve Irwin killed by stingray
Famous "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
NBC10, with input from AP, reported:
Marine experts in Australia said it's not easy to be injured by a stingray -- and very few people are killed by them.
Neuroscientist Shaun Collin at the University of Queensland said Irwin, probably died because the barb pierced under his ribcage and directly into his heart.
Stingrays have a serrated, toxin-loaded barb, or spine, on the top of their tail. The barb can be up to ten inches long and it flexes if a ray is frightened.
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It's unusual that Mr. Irwin, who undertook many risks, would be killed in a low probability event. Reuters quotes David Bellamy: "He did take enormous risks but he knew what he was doing. It was one of the terrible, terrible, terrible accidents and I wish to God it didn't happen." One wonders if there will be any impact on stingray city in the Cayman Islands.
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NBC10, with input from AP, reported:
Marine experts in Australia said it's not easy to be injured by a stingray -- and very few people are killed by them.
Neuroscientist Shaun Collin at the University of Queensland said Irwin, probably died because the barb pierced under his ribcage and directly into his heart.
Stingrays have a serrated, toxin-loaded barb, or spine, on the top of their tail. The barb can be up to ten inches long and it flexes if a ray is frightened.
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It's unusual that Mr. Irwin, who undertook many risks, would be killed in a low probability event. Reuters quotes David Bellamy: "He did take enormous risks but he knew what he was doing. It was one of the terrible, terrible, terrible accidents and I wish to God it didn't happen." One wonders if there will be any impact on stingray city in the Cayman Islands.
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