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"Hi, Ishmael. Please, don't call me Crickey..."
So.... Attacking stingrays for revenge, eh? Whatever next? The Skate better start scraping away some sand-traps, before the humans invade and teach them how to surf.
Humans are such fucking dumb animals sometimes, eh?
Sheesh! And I felt bad for voting "yes" with a friend recently on a BBC NEWS webpage poll about whether or not "we" would watch the footage if it was shown.
By the way, has anybody else researched about the Stingray's so called "aggression"?
The wiki Stingray Aggression entry states:
"Dasyatids generally do not attack aggressively or even actively defend themselves. When threatened, their primary reaction is to swim away. However, when they are attacked by predators or stepped on, the barbed stinger in their tail is mechanically whipped up. This attack is normally ineffective against their main predator, sharks.
Humans are usually stung in the foot; it is also possible, although less likely, to be stung by brushing against the stinger. The stinger may break off, which is non-fatal to the stingray, and will be regrown. Contact with the stinger causes local trauma (from the cut itself), pain and swelling from the venom, and possible infection from parts of the stinger left in the wound. Injuries to humans include, but are not limited to: poisoning, punctures, severed arteries and possible death.
Fatal stings, such as that which killed Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin in September 2006, are extremely rare. Up to 1996, worldwide known deaths from stingray barb injuries numbered 17."
So, what was Steve Irwin up to? Was he trying to save it?
We should know, right? At least, for the sake of future peaceful coexistence betwen humans and Batoidea. |
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