Stingray stabs man in Florida

[Immortalfire]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_re_us/stingray_stabbing

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."

These monsters must be stopped!

 

[SoulManX]

I guess the animals are getting tired of man's rule over this planet.

 

[Mee]

Oh, it's on.

 

[USMC]

I saw this coming... the Simpsons foretold it.

 

[hippie_hunter]

The hunt is on, we'll show those ****ers whose boss

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Something tells me the real story is the old man took the 'Ray out of the water, that's the real reason he was stung.

 

[DOG LIPS]

The old man probably tried to mount it.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Oh, it's on.

Hahaha, Mee vs. Stingray. Cage Match. No rules. Winner takes home a Suzuki Samurai and a month's supply of Wasabi Funyuns.






......



GO!

 

[Ronny Shade]

Hahaha, Mee vs. Stingray. Cage Match. No rules. Winner takes home a Suzuki Samurai and a month's supply of Wasabi Funyuns.






......



GO!

I'd pay to see that.

But what would the stingray do with a suzuki samurai?

 

[roach]

"The rays must be stopped...no matter the cost"

 

[Erzengel]

"You got the touch......you got the power......"

Edit: This is my 25,000th Post? Ugh

 

[DOG LIPS]

I'd pay to see that.

But what would the stingray do with a suzuki samurai?

Pawn it and buy a gun, probably. Those scum.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I'd pay to see that.

But what would the stingray do with a suzuki samurai?

Duh.
Stab it in the gas tank with a foot long barb.
That's their solution to everything.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Duh.
Stab it in the gas tank with a foot long barb.
That's their solution to everything.

and then light the leaked gas on fire with his funyun breath

 

[Mee]

Hahaha, Mee vs. Stingray. Cage Match. No rules. Winner takes home a Suzuki Samurai and a month's supply of Wasabi Funyuns.
.....GO!

Cage match means no water?

 

[celldog]

Only he can put an end to this!!

 

[roach]

Cage match means no water?

Unless it's a shark cage match

 

[ElectroFlare]

Screw Aquaman, we need Namor

 

[roach]

Only he can put an end to this!!

who do you think is ordering this

 

[roach]

Screw Aquaman, we need Namor

screw them both we need the Man from Atlantis

 

[Ronny Shade]

We need Kevin Costner

 

[Mee]

We need more cowbell.

 

[USMC]

 

[Mee]

We need less of that.

 

[DOG LIPS]

Does he have a baseball for a crotch?