The Crocodile Hunter killed by Stingray

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Originally Posted by Jason1

I wouldnt mind seeing the footage, only because you KNOW he was screwing around with that Stingray. Probably saying something along the lines of "crickey, she really hates when I do this!"

he then continues to do said thing to stingray, and stingray kills him.

Actually it's more likely that he was swimming near the bottom, and since most stingrays stay hidden under the sand, he couldnt have seen it.

And when they feel threatened, they just flick their tails up.

[Spasmolytic]

Bah, we've been gifted with the age of information... I mean, just look at Wikipedia; yet many of you fail to use it.

... marine documentary filmmaker and former spearfisherman Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead."

Cropp said Irwin had accidentally boxed in the animal.

As of 1996, only seventeen worldwide fatalities had been recorded due to stingrays, and the attack on Irwin is believed to be the only fatality from a stingray ever captured on film.