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Stingray leaps into boat, stabs man in chest
O.K. we have to stop pissing off the stingrays. The last thing I need is a damn stingray breaking down my front door, stealing my beer and stabbing
me in the chest before he has a party with his aquatic friends.
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MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- A leaping stingray stabbed an 81-year-old Florida boater in the chest, authorities said Wednesday, leaving its poisonous
stinger lodged close to his heart in an incident recalling the one that killed Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin last month.
Fire Department officials in Lighthouse Point, about 30 miles north of Miami, said James Bertakis was in a small recreational boat with two
grandchildren Tuesday when the spotted eagle ray leaped aboard and struck him.
"It's just a real freak thing," Lt. Mike Sullivan told Reuters, saying the incident occurred on Florida's Intracoastal Waterway, where stingrays are
rarely seen leaping in the air.
"For an 81-year-old man he's in really good shape," Sullivan added, saying Bertakis was expected to make a full recovery after surgery at a local
hospital to have the stinger removed from his chest.
"Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, 44, died when a stingray's stinger punctured his heart off Australia's north coast last month. It was one of only a handful
of stingray fatalities on record.
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[Edited on 19-10-2006 by Phobiac]
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corkey16
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That's sad and weird that he survide because he left the stinger in and let someone take it out for him and Steve Irwin ripped the stinger out
himself. Makes you wonder, huh.
\"Now go throw that in your fucking bowl of Cheerios\"
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imarob2
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i think that pretty much goes for any stabby thing. if you pull it out yourself, youll probably die of blood loss.
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Fuck sting rays.
I can control bat rays with my mind though. Ask Evil.
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This is worse then when Jaws came out.
I'm going to market sting ray repellent.
Anyone want to join me?
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hekka nar nar LOL
unfortunately it put us in this situation where we had to abandon a lot of babies, you know?
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im with phobiac here
what did we do to piss off so many stingrays?!!?
it must be the global warming..
or hazardous waste dumping..
I\'ve got a fear in me, and I can\'t get up...
Today I woke up crying
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Or intruding on their territory..OR maybe they're looking to take over THE WORLD!! :wow:
Huzzah!!
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nitsujvg
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they've had it with this bullshit of being the 2746th scariest creature on earth.
THEY WANT CONTROL
I\'ve got a fear in me, and I can\'t get up...
Today I woke up crying
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We should form some kind of anti-stingray world domination committee..We could meet once a week and eat finger sammiches and drink tea..And wear
shawls..
Huzzah!!
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Hurry, our under water friends are trying to take over we need to stop them, but how?
Being a genuis automatically means that you have to get with your cousin.
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We should poison the oceans. So please someone get at least 8923056 tons of something that is toxic for stingrays.
droplets of \'yes\' and \'no\' in an ocean of \'maybe\'
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I think I have about that amount of snot flowing out of my nose at the moment..Does snot kill stingrays?
Huzzah!!
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We should try. I'm sure that your snot is more toxic than my snot
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Quote: | Originally posted by poobs
We should form some kind of anti-stingray world domination committee..We could meet once a week and eat finger sammiches and drink tea..And wear
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as long as they aren't stingray sammiches, then i'm for it. especially the shawls part, because sometimes i get chilly.
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and shawls are sexy as fuck
unfortunately it put us in this situation where we had to abandon a lot of babies, you know?
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