RL Phaubo attack

[Penthesilea]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080320/us_ ... ida_ray_dc

MIAMI (Reuters) - An eagle ray leaped onto a boat off the Florida Keys on Thursday and stabbed a woman with its barb, knocking her to the deck and killing her, a Florida wildlife investigator said.
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"It's a bizarre accident," said Jorge Pino, an agent with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The woman and her family were aboard a boat in the Atlantic Ocean, off the city of Marathon in the Florida Keys, he said.

"A large ray jumped out of the water and collided with the victim and somehow the barb penetrated some part of her body, which caused her to fall back and hit her head on some portion of the vessel," Pino said. "We don't know exactly which one of those things caused her death."

Local media said the animal's barb had impaled the woman through the neck.

Eagle rays are common in warm or tropical waters and are often seen near coral reefs. The spotted creatures can grow to more than 8 feet across and have two to six short, venomous barbs near the base of their whip-like tails, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History's Web site.

The rays often swim near the water's surface and can leap out, especially when pursued, but are generally shy of humans.

"All rays leap out of the water from time to time but certainly to see one collide with a vessel is extremely unusual," Pino said.

Steve Irwin, the host of the "Crocodile Hunter" television show was killed by another type of ray while filming underwater on Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2006. He died when a stingray's barb pierced his heart.

[Max™]

<News Reporter> Unfortunately noone thought to run back to Tav and change to Whm before she auto-HPed to the great beyond. Though someone was heard saying "Thank god it wasn't a UFO, we'd have killed each other for sure."


*goes to hell, does not pass go, does not collect $200*

[Olo401]

KRIKEY!

[Kuya]

K that's it, these Manta Rays are plotting something. First Steve and now some random woman? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

[Karbuncle]

My god, When its your time to go, Its your time to go.

I just think Grim is getting lazy...
Hes being creative though

[Mizango]

KRIKEY!

Wow lol.

[Kuya]

They won't stop till they've penetrated us all.

[Stumblingdrunk]

<News Reporter> Unfortunately noone thought to run back to Tav and change to Whm before she auto-HPed to the great beyond. Though someone was heard saying "Thank god it wasn't a UFO, we'd have killed each other for sure."


*goes to hell, does not pass go, does not collect $200*

sent the link to a friend, his reply "She should have had shadows up?"

[Olo401]

KRIKEY!

Wow lol.

Hey.. had to do it, just 'cuz if Steve were still alive he's be sayin' it THAT LOUD.

[Octavious]

KRIKEY!

Topic Won, well played sir, well played

More On Topic, wow...the velocity that ray needed to jump out of the water must have been wicked...

[Max™]

<News Reporter> Unfortunately noone thought to run back to Tav and change to Whm before she auto-HPed to the great beyond. Though someone was heard saying "Thank god it wasn't a UFO, we'd have killed each other for sure."


*goes to hell, does not pass go, does not collect $200*

sent the link to a friend, his reply "She should have had shadows up?"

That is a damn good point, or at the least she should have been ready with Sleep... or hell, just watch the aggro, the things are goddamn blind until you stand right in front of their noses.

[The_OG_Nelta]

did they ever release the video of steve irwins death? and am i a bad person for wanting to see it? ._.

[tyven]

the oceans and its creatures scare the bejesus out of me.

[archibaldcrane]

StingrAIDS strike again.

[Charla]

Someone tried to post (in gif form) it in like random image thread 1 or something. Sono didn't take too kindly to that, though. Should be able to find it on yourfilehost or something.

[Cail]

lol @ all of these replies..

[Zhais]

[quote=Max™]

<News Reporter> Unfortunately noone thought to run back to Tav and change to Whm before she auto-HPed to the great beyond. Though someone was heard saying "Thank god it wasn't a UFO, we'd have killed each other for sure."


*goes to hell, does not pass go, does not collect $200*

sent the link to a friend, his reply "She should have had shadows up?"

That is a damn good point, or at the least she should have been ready with Sleep... or hell, just watch the aggro, the things are goddamn blind until you stand right in front of their noses.[/quote:e8m6z842]

She got one-shotted tho, must've been a taru.

[Kiwi]

did they ever release the video of steve irwins death? and am i a bad person for wanting to see it? ._.

You're horrid > >.


But i wouldn't mind seeing it too

[Kylen]

More On Topic, wow...the velocity that ray needed to jump out of the water must have been wicked...

The boat was moving at 25 mph, so that could easily explain it if she died just from the impact.

[Kyreth]

Cause of death was the woman's head hitting the deck, rather than anything from the ray itself.

Still, how do you explain that to the family?

"We're so sorry a stingray jumped out of nowhere and clothslined your daughter."