Fla. boater stabbed in chest by stingray

[Gxgolfer]

Stingrays on the Attack!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_...ingray_stabbing

James Bertakis of Lighthouse Point was on the water with his granddaughter and a friend Wednesday when the stingray flopped onto the boat and stung Bertakis. The women steered the boat to shore and called 911.

Surgeons were able to remove some of the barb, and Bertakis, who also suffered a collapsed lung, underwent surgery late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Miami Herald reported on its web site.

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."

[Asleep]

Just one more reason to stay on the golf course.

[mcbush25]

Just one more reason to stay on the golf course.

...and to stay out of the ocean.

[crew_138]

That is nuts...I am glad I am a shore sailor.

[choeppner]

Didn't a stingray also kill the crocidile hunter?

 

-CHRIS

[pitbull808]

Didn't a stingray also kill the crocidile hunter?

 

-CHRIS

 

 

Yes...but unlike Steve Irwin, this guy had the stingray barb still stuck in his heart. With each beat, the barb sunk deeper inside. Irwin pulled his out which caused him to bleed to death.

[choeppner]

Ahh. That's right. Thanks. On a side note...wouldn't thattttttstink to work with crocs for thatlong and be alright, then go out and get killed by a stingray. I've gone Scuba Diving a ton and never had a problem with them. You can also cut off the wings and grill them. Tastes kinda like chicken

 

-CHRIS-