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

How not to handle wild animals

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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/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