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PARAGON 10-19-2006 03:32 PM
the Stingrays are fighting back
 
Fla. boater stabbed in chest by stingray
2006/10


10 minutes ago
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. - An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stabbed him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said.

Fatal stingray attacks like the one that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin last month are rare, marine experts say. Rays reflexively deploy a sharp spine in their tails when frightened, but the venom coating the barb usually causes just a painful sting for humans.

Surgeons were able to remove some of the barb, and Bertakis, who also suffered a collapsed lung, underwent surgery late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Miami Herald reported on its web site.
"Something like this is really, really extraordinarily rare," she said. "Even when they are under duress, they don?t usually attack."

NewHummerGuy 10-19-2006 03:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAGON
Fla. boater stabbed in chest by stingray
2006/10


10 minutes ago
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. - An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stabbed him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said.

Fatal stingray attacks like the one that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin last month are rare, marine experts say. Rays reflexively deploy a sharp spine in their tails when frightened, but the venom coating the barb usually causes just a painful sting for humans.

Surgeons were able to remove some of the barb, and Bertakis, who also suffered a collapsed lung, underwent surgery late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Miami Herald reported on its web site.
"Something like this is really, really extraordinarily rare," she said. "Even when they are under duress, they don?t usually attack."


I read this last nite. What in the hell are the odds of one doing this????? Gotta be 10billion to 1

BlueHUMMERH2 10-19-2006 03:46 PM
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http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_phot...19082109990008

Ugly thing! How horrible, it just hopping into the boat and stabbing the guy.

PARAGON 10-19-2006 03:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueHUMMERH2
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_phot...19082109990008

Ugly thing! How horrible, it just hopping into the boat and stabbing the guy.

Wow, I've heard some really ghey things before, but golly.

GLBLWARMR 10-19-2006 04:07 PM
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I have a hard enough keeping my wife diving considering the amount of sharks out here. This is the last thing I need. Damn rays that don't know how to keep their stingers to themselves.

PARAGON 10-19-2006 04:14 PM
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Hell, the guy was 81. God tried to take him several times before without much success. He wasn't diving or anything, just riding in a boat. It was his time.;)

Big Z 10-19-2006 04:35 PM
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Nay,...I think the squeaks are out!...They were BOTH (well Placed!), Heart Shots!!...A New StingRay Game/Food Source---PEEPS-On The Baaa-Bee! :D

PARAGON 10-19-2006 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Z
Nay,...I think the squeaks are out!...They were BOTH (well Placed!), Heart Shots!!...A New StingRay Game/Food Source---PEEPS-On The Baaa-Bee! :D
great boots, belts, leather seat covers, tool bags

stingray leather is good for lots of stuff.

BKLYNH2 10-19-2006 05:30 PM
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I think it's time for a global war on stingrays. :D

Mr. I - Man 10-19-2006 05:48 PM
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Al Quaida trained Assasin Stingrays, believe it!

BlueHUMMERH2 10-19-2006 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. I - Man
Al Quaida trained Assasin Stingrays, believe it!
:jump: :jump: :jump:

Maybe they came from in here:

wpage 10-25-2006 12:07 AM
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Ghost of Steve Irwin:beerchug:


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