This is what killed Steve Irwin
 

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he was speared, as in a gladiator combat in Rome :Oh crap

They are poisonous as well - str8 in the heart - didnt stand a chance.

how the hell getting a stingray hit you in the chest is a accindent? you have to press down on it to make it sting you.

he was probably grabbing at the ray and making it angry. that was pretty much what he did for a living. It was good TV but something like this was kind of inevitable in the end.

that surely hurt