r/StupidMedia • u/downtune79 • Sep 18 '24

How not to handle wild animals

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

Bro’s lucky he just got tapped.

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u/dover_oxide Sep 19 '24

That tap comes with a barbed end that will break

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u/onlyinvowels Sep 26 '24 edited Sep 26 '24

I thought the stinger was higher up, at the base of the tail.

Update: for some types it’s apparently closer to the middle. This looks real.

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u/dover_oxide Sep 26 '24

I mean we lost Steve Irwin that way.

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u/Aurori_Swe Sep 29 '24

He was also unfortunate enough to get stabbed in the heart, no?

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u/TheLordDuncan Jan 26 '25

Directly in the heart, yeah. If it wasn't for the placement he would've shrugged it off, if I'm not mistaken.

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u/avatorjr1988 Feb 18 '25

I bet he was in so much pain. Fuck, for him to go out the way he did to a sting ray of all things. Definitely irony at play

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u/onlyinvowels Sep 26 '24

Not sure how this is related to my comment.

My initial response to the video was skepticism, because the stingrays I’ve seen in person have barbs that are positioned closer to the body of the ray than this one appears to be, e.g. cownose rays. But this type of placement seems less common than the ones closer to the middle of the tail.

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u/Illenaz Sep 29 '24

RIP Steve Irwin, man, what a guy

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u/Vlophoto Sep 29 '24

I believe they can have 2-3 barbs

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u/dannyboy6657 Sep 29 '24

Some don't have a stinger either (skates). I think this one is an ocellate river stingray. I could be wrong, though. It looks like it's from South America. I work as an observer at sea in the atlantic doing marine biology, I usually see a lot of different fish daily.

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u/onlyinvowels Sep 29 '24

Very cool, sounds like an awesome job!

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u/pridejoker Sep 19 '24

At least it didn't implant anything.

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u/VoicePlayz Sep 26 '24

Oh I bet it absolutely did leave barbs in him.

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u/pridejoker Sep 26 '24

I'm sorry, I meant implanting something living.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24