It also appears that this type of injury is not as rare as one might think.
http://www.nswseakayaker.asn.au/mag/47/stingrays.html > > From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/04 Mon PM 11:35:51 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: The Croc Hunter is no more > > mike wilson wrote: > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > > >>Pain doesn't kill. Having your heart punctured does. That's > >>reportedly what happened. > >>Paul > > > > > > The barb is not particularly big (usually) on rays, so it probably only > > just got to the heart, which can suffer quite a lot of damage before > > quitting. > > If you mean 10 inches is not big then sure (the bigger the stingray, the > bigger the barb; my ex-brother-in-law was nailed by a big ray in the > ankle, the hole it left was pretty freaking big). I'm guessing blood > loss and shock is what did him in. They were pretty far from the island > where the rescue helicopter picked them up. Time was against him. > > > -- > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
