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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Stingrays: Why Do They Hate Us?
2006-10-19
We don't have a separate category for wacky animal stories?
We do, it's this one. AoS.
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. — An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stabbed him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said.

"It was a freak accident," said Lighthouse Point acting fire Chief David Donzella. "It's very odd that the thing jumped out of the water and stung him. We still can't believe it."
I don't believe it either. I bet it jumped out of his hands after he pulled it into his boat, and as he rassled with it it stung him.
Ellen Pikitch, a professor of marine biology and fisheries at the University of Miami, who has been studying stingrays for decades, said they are generally docile. "Something like this is really, really extraordinarily rare," she said. "Even when they are under duress, they don't usually attack."

More at the link, and even more here. Old man's alive, for now.

First Steve Irwin, now some random old guy. What next? Stingrays with little suicide belts? Is the TSA even screening for stingrays? If they did, would that be racial profiling?
Posted by:Angie Schultz

#11  I stepped on a very small (12") stingray fishing in Trinity Bay, Texas, with a couple of my relatives back when I was a kid. The barb didn't make it through my waders. Stingrays usually require a LOT of aggravation to get a reaction. They usually get out of the way as fast as they can. The only reason one would jump into a boat is if it were being chased by a larger fish such as a shark.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-10-19 23:37  

#10  Where are the moderate stingrays?
Posted by: Snuns Thromp1484   2006-10-19 23:26  

#9  Real Stingrays have split rear windows!
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-19 21:19  

#8  These recent attacks have been caried out by a tiny minority of stingrays which have caused a distorted image of true stingrays.
Posted by: Hupailing Ebbuns2352   2006-10-19 18:48  

#7  Root causes?

Hell with that shit.
You find an uppity Ray
You gig his Hed.
Then you do the Cookie Cutter thing on his ass.
Posted by: Howard Johnsons Everwhere   2006-10-19 17:44  

#6  FYI, Jewfish are now fair game for liberal and Islamic fisherman. It is now been decided that whether or not they were ever overfished is debatable.
Posted by: DoDo   2006-10-19 14:17  

#5  Them stingrays has always been uppity!
Posted by: Charlie the Tuna   2006-10-19 14:05  

#4  This guy might really be in trouble for having a protected species on board.(sarcasm) FL Fishing regs state

"Protected Species
It is unlawful to harvest, possess, land, purchase, sell, or exchange the following species:
Nassau Grouper, Jewfish, Sawfish, Sawshark, Basking shark, Whale Shark, Spotted Eagle Ray, Sturgeon."
If you see the video it's definately a spotted eagle ray, protected species why do they hate us.

Posted by: bruce   2006-10-19 13:33  

#3  But, but, we need to understand the root causes man....
Posted by: Nico   2006-10-19 13:18  

#2  We're mad as hell and we're not gonna take this anymore!

/Howard Stingray, Mad Prophet of the Seas
Posted by: .com   2006-10-19 11:29  

#1  I'll cut you, man. I'll cut ya...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-10-19 11:25  

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