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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 27 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

A pissed off stingray is what killed Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter. Though that's supposedly the only stingray related death caught on camera.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

I still haven’t forgiven the stingray.

I know that Steve would say it wasn’t the stingray’s fault, that he was the one intruding and it was just defending itself, as stingrays do.

But I’m not nearly as good a human as Steve.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 26 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It literally stabbed him in the heart, which seems to me like an unlikely way to die to a stingray, but I'm no stingrayologist, so take that with a grain of salt.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

well maybe he shouldn't have jammed his thumb up its butthole

[–] reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They hurt like a bad beesting. Lifeguards will put your foot into a bag of hot water (denatures the venom) and after a few minutes, you are fine

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Lifeguards will put your foot into a bag of hot water

What if I get stabbed somewhere else? Do they still just put my foot in a bag of hot water?

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, even if your spouse gets stung, they put your foot in hot water.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 hours ago

I also choose this guy's wife.

[–] reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Yes. You can put your dick in the hot water too if it gets stung