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STINGRAY "JUMPS" ON BOAT, STABS MAN IN CHEST

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."

Fatal stingray attacks like the one that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin last month are rare, marine experts say. Rays reflexively deploy a sharp spine in their tails when frightened, but the venom coating the barb usually causes just a painful sting for humans.

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."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_re_us/stingray_stabbing
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Oh you guys are bad!! Funny...but bad. LOL I think I'll be staying away from the oceans for a while...:shock:
 
lol guys :rolleyes:

And yea Major Liability has a point, some animals do have this notion of "revenge", I dont know about stingrays though
 
Haven't you all been watching and listening to the news? People down under (I guess) are killing Stingrays in retribution for Steve Irwin's death. This is their retribution for all the fuss and bother.
 
The rest of the story is that the ray was an Eagle ray, known for their jumping ability. This one did jump and landed in the boat. The gentleman tried to put the ray back into the water by picking it up and well, you know what happened next. The latest news on the 81 year old man is:
James Bertakis of Lighthouse Point was reported in critical condition late Thursday at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, where doctors late Wednesday and early Thursday removed the serrated barb, which had lodged in his heart. Doctors had to go back in Thursday afternoon and remove his spleen, his ex-wife said from Michigan.
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbcsou...TINGRAY_1020.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17
 
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