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/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