What really killed Steve Irwin.

[enterthemadness]

Take it for what it is worth guys. According to the Globe...

The most critical error occured when Irwin yanked the barb out of his own chest after being struck, leaving a palm-size hole. Like a double-bladed dagger with tiny fishhook teeth, the barb caused much more structural damage to his heart when pulled out than when it went in.

IMO, it depends how he pulled it out. If he wiggled it out, the yeah, it would cause damage to his heart. If he pulled it out smoothly, then I think he would be fine?

 

[Holly Goodhead]

merging

 

[Fran]

Well, if the wire was a dagger, and double-bladed with little teeth, no matter what, it would have done damage to his heart.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

merge your face lol

 

[black_dust]

I doubt he had more sense then to pull it out, he would defo know it would cause more bleeding... ah well whats done is done

 

[hey yo its sean]

In the event that you're ever to be impaled by something, it's best to leave whatever it is there until you're able to seek emergency care.

Many phycisians say that Irwin definitely had the strength to live, seeing as he was able to pull the barb out of his chest, and that removing the barb definitely did more bad than good.

It's sort of counter-intuitive though, leaving whatever has impaled you within you.

 

[Lurk]

Doesn't stingray venom stop circulation? Since he got it in the heart, that probably had more to do with his passing than the removal of the barb.

 

[roach]

it was the vast reptillian conspiracy....they didnt like they way he treated their Croc bretheren....

...seriously when I found out he pulled it out I had a sneaking thought that that may have killed him

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

he would defo know

don't say that

 

[Holly Goodhead]

Nothing you can say can change the fact that he's dead. Deal with it

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

put the barb back in?

Who's got the barb btw.
That would make the kick-ass necklace of the world.

 

[Holly Goodhead]

Leave your barb out of this.

 

[lordofthenerds]

Its was the second sting-ray.

 

[The Dude]

He should have left the barb in. He MIGHT have been able to surive then but no guarentee.

 

[tzarinna]

I thought it was widely known to never remove anything you're impaled.
Hell some bullets are left in people.

 

[The Question]

It would have killed him anway. He just made the most hardcore death in years even more metal by yanking the stinger out like a badass.



Besids, that's not entirely what killed him. Everyone knows the crocodile mafia hired the stingray to do him in.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

The thought of my heart-blood quickly, dutifully pumping out and slowly clouding up the ocean around me makes my sternum hurt right now.

And a guy got stabbed 7 or something times right by my house last week.

f***ing BLOOD!

 

[roach]

The thought of my heart-blood quickly, dutifully pumping out and slowly clouding up the ocean around me makes my sternum hurt right now.

And a guy got stabbed 7 or something times right by my house last week.

f***ing BLOOD!

where the hell do you live...Sin City

 

[tzarinna]

It would have killed him anway. He just made the most hardcore death in years even more metal by yanking the stinger out like a badass.



Besids, that's not entirely what killed him. Everyone knows the crocodile mafia hired the stingray to do him in.

Yeah, that is pretty tight.

 

[black_dust]

don't say that

Dont tell me what to do cock face

 

[Hudson]

Take it for what it is worth guys. According to the Globe...



IMO, it depends how he pulled it out. If he wiggled it out, the yeah, it would cause damage to his heart. If he pulled it out smoothly, then I think he would be fine?

that does sound like a stupid thing to do.