Steve Irwin killed by stingray

[TheScarletPimp]

... that other, less presenters, just do not seem to understand. His wife and family must be going through an untold of misery and despair right now.

He lived more of his life in his 40 odd years than many people do in double that time. God bless you Steve.

I presume you meant lesser there. You mean lesser, living presenters?

Perhaps he should have had a bit more thought for his family and been a little safer and less reckless with his own life? I saw the clip tonight where he was taunting a crocodile whilst holding his one month old son. Makes him a bit of a pillock in my book, endangering his own son in that way.

It's all very sad of course but he was the author of his own destruction.

TSP

[Pinto]

[QUOTE=Phoenix]

He must have up set them quite a lot.

Our stingray's are tame.



This is not good! why are tourists encouraged to disturb these creatures?
And I bet they know nothing of the risk!

Phoenix in PADI mode

I think those are skates, not stingrays. They are not venomous.

[CaribbeanPirate]

[QUOTE=Pinto]

I think those are skates, not stingrays. They are not venomous.

So for years they have got the name Stingray City wrong?

Stingray City Trips

[Pinto]

[QUOTE=CaribbeanPirate]

So for years they have got the name Stingray City wrong?

Stingray City Trips

Googled this:

Skates can be further distinguished from stingrays as they possess two dorsal fins on the tail, have a distinct caudal fin, possess thorns on the tail, and lack poisonous serrated spines on the tail. Stingrays possess one or no dorsal fins, and their whiplike tails are usually armed with one or more serrated spines that possess venom-producing goblet cells located along the length of ventral grooves of the spine.


There's no way anybody would risk tourist interaction with venomous stingrays. That's just what I think, I may be wrong.

[Rantor]

[QUOTE=Pinto]

Googled this:

Skates can be further distinguished from stingrays as they possess two dorsal fins on the tail, have a distinct caudal fin, possess thorns on the tail, and lack poisonous serrated spines on the tail. Stingrays possess one or no dorsal fins, and their whiplike tails are usually armed with one or more serrated spines that possess venom-producing goblet cells located along the length of ventral grooves of the spine.


There's no way anybody would risk tourist interaction with venomous stingrays. That's just what I think, I may be wrong.

They are stringrays. I've dived there just next to the place where the pics are taken, and they are stingray's with intact stingers. I had a chat with a local diver who showed me his sting scars (basically conical holes in your flesh a bit like really scabby junkies have.)

I've swam alongside these animals in various places worldwide and never really considered getting offed by one. In fact, didn't even know you could! Steve Irwin - one statistically unfortunate guy.

Now Stonefish, they're a different thing altogether....

[Paddy]

[QUOTE=Rantor]

They are stringrays. I've dived there just next to the place where the pics are taken, and they are stingray's with intact stingers. I had a chat with a local diver who showed me his sting scars (basically conical holes in your flesh a bit like really scabby junkies have.)

I've swam alongside these animals in various places worldwide and never really considered getting offed by one. In fact, didn't even know you could! Steve Irwin - one statistically unfortunate guy.

Now Stonefish, they're a different thing altogether....

Yeh, yeh, yeh, and I must have had stingray and chips list night.

[Rantor]

[QUOTE=Paddy]

Yeh, yeh, yeh, and I must have had stingray and chips list night.

Not as good as my Panda Kebab I bet.....

[Clownio]

[QUOTE=Rantor]

Not as good as my Panda Kebab I bet.....

Well that was irresponsible of you. Don't you know they're an endangered species ?

Oh and by the way - I've been to Stingray City a number of times when in the Cayman Islands and they are definitely Stingrays. So there !