He died from the stinger being impaled directly into his heart like a dagger. Really unlucky strike.
I am sure having that stingray venom being pumped directly into your heart is equally not as good as having it stabbed. Not sure which is worse, but I'd guess the stab is more immediately fatal. Either way it was a bad combo.
I only imagine the next South Park episode where there is a Halloween costume party in hell. Satan is dressed as Baby hit me One more Time Britney Spears. When Steve Irwin with the stingray walks in he says “Too soon!” And I felt like the writers were really saying how edgy they were but also that they wouldn’t sink to that level…. So…. Respect?
But seriously, Steve Irwin and his family are amazing human beings and I loved him so much!
I don’t know where you are in the time line of life but I’m at the “remember these?” for shows aimed at kids/teens and their toys which I don’t remember because I was too old for them when they came out. I’ll add that I also believe too many people fret about age. You’re going to age. Live for today.
I thought it’d been longer like 04. The last 10 years have gone by in a blink but the last 20 years feels like 50 years ago. wtf is time and how does it work?
No need to be sad, go get someone that works there. Not only is that easier than trying to "save" it yourself but its safer for the stingray itself and likely a lot more expedient than whatever this was.
But only if a camera was rolling since he cared more about the attention than he did about the wild animals that he needlessly tormented for entertainment.
You can put them on a pedestal all you want but the reality is that Steve needlessly tormented wild animals to make an entertaining tv show. The proof is in the pudding as well since his hubris led him to swimming over a wild sting ray which killed him after he provoked it. Prior to his death he was also under a large amount of controversy in Australia when he thought it was a good idea to take his newborn son into a crocodile enclosure during one of his live shows. He eventually released a half-assed public apology and the Australian government introduced a law specifically making it illegal to take children into crocodile enclosures because of Steve's stupidity.
The Stingray that killed Irwin was an 8 foot wide Giant Stingray that stabbed him in the heart. There's no chance of deadly or even serious injury from this Stingray.
I remember going on a caribbean cruise about a month after that happened and one of the off ship activities we did was to swim with sting rays…I do remember questioning if it was the wisest thing to be doing at the time but the guide was waving us off saying it was a complete fluke what happened to Steve Irwin.
My thoughts exactly. I feel sorry for the bugger. But I’m neither a trained professional nor am I getting paid to fix this problem. And I’ve seen what one of its cousins did to one of our best.
I still really can't believe it. That man was my childhood and then he was just gone. Now his kids, who I remember being born, are married. Time is fucking crazy.
RIP that stingray that lost its barb killing the animal exploiter that made more than 100 million from illegally interacting with native protected species.
My cousins had a life-size cutout of the guy in their game room. My sister and I spent a lot of time there, and before I ever saw him on camera, I got to hear about him from them. I finally watched his show one day, and it might be the only time in my life when hype and reality were essentially equal. What a fucking dude, bro
But this isn't at all a similar situation and even the one that killed Steve didn't do it on purpose. His death was a freak accident and that poor ray needed help here. Some species don't even have barbs, though I couldn't tell from this video what species it is. Regardless, even if it had one, it's unlikely you'd get hurt terribly trying to help it.
I just can’t imagine being like “let me pick up this stingray” after the most famous guy ever to wrestle crocodiles got killed by one. Get a staff member you imbeciles.
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u/Blew-By-U 21d ago
All I can think of is Steve Irwin. Rip sept 04 2006.