This is, and will be, my only Steve Irwin post

[TomInTib]

I have been tagged by a ray and I have never been in so much pain (and I have known some serious pain).

Earlier today I heard that Irwin pulled that 8 inch barb out of his chest before he died.

That, brothers and sisters, is beyond tough.

[AX10]

1. Why did you survive and Steve didn't?

[MissB]

2. Just a guess - he probably wasn't hit in the chest.

[uppityperson]

3. It probably didn't poke a hole in his heart.

freak accidents happen

[Bluebear]

4. Steve's stinger went like a knife into his heart

A very rare and unlucky strike.

[TomInTib]

7. Caught one in the calf.

It hurt so bad that I actually wished that I would die.

[crikkett]

5. R.I.P.

:toast:
A toast to a full life well led.

[MuseRider]

6. Odd, I talked to a guy today who also

had been tagged by a stingray and he said the very same thing. Serious pain, right around his ankle. As many years as I have been diving I have never gotten close enough to one to be tagged.

He was a tough one.

[Bluebear]

8. Stingray wound, ankle >>>>>

Imagine it going between two ribs into the heart :(

[TomInTib]

15. I wasn't diving

Drunk as a skunk and out gigging for flounder in calf-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico.

Turned to talk to a friend and stepped squarely on the ray's back.

I became sober in about 1.3 seconds.

[Something on my shoe]

9. He died doing what he loved

observing animals in their natural habitat; sharing that with us. Great guy.

[ms liberty]

10. Welcome to DU! n/t

[sweetheart]

11. would that we all could say that

yet on respirators lost away in resthomes for the over-100 years olds who
can't remember their names, when we finally pass, we'll wish it was by stingray
in the spice of our lives, and not the long drawn out walk to the bottom of
fragility.

PZZ.. welcome to DU!!

Slainte :toast: ( :smoke: )

[fishwax]

12. welcome to DU!

:toast::hi:

And fwiw, I agree.

[bridgit]

14. how many of us will be able to say the same & welcome to du...

Something on my shoe :hi: :kick:

[longship]

16. Welcome to DU!

Always nice to seen newbies arrive.

:woohoo: :bounce:

[Canuckistanian]

17. You can argue with his methods

But you can't fault him for his goals - education about the natural world.

Here's to Steve Irwin :toast:

May his legacy never be forgotten or ignored.

On edit:

A belated Welcome to DU!

:toast:
:hi:

[bridgit]

13. oh yeah, Steve was a tough hombre...

it's just all so sad