Are sting rays actually THAT piosonous?

Question

I want to see if the sting ray REALLY killed poor Crocodile Hunter.Give me some details on sting rays and how poisonous they are.I feel sad for Crocodile Hunter.

Answer 1

He actually wasn't poisoned by it, the edges of the barbs are serrated, like a butter knife and it stabbed him, probably when he tried to pull it out, it tore through a major vessel in his heart or the heart itself.

Answer 2

Actually all stingrays are poisonous, but not all fish in the ray family are poisonous such as manta rays.

The barb is definitely poisonous enough to cause severe pain and a puncture wound but typically you get snagged in the foot instead of the chest.

To put it another way, a bee sting itself isn't fatal, but if you get stung in the heart it can kill you instantly. Both the barb and the poison would have killed him, but whether he would have survived one without the other is hard to argue. In the end a stingray sting isn't usually fatal. It's not all that rare to get stuck by one at the beach and most people don't die from it.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Get your facts straight. It wasn't poision that killed him. there is a barb and the end of a sting ray it felt threatedned and attcked him by hitting him in the chest. It went through to his heart, and it ripped a hole in hi heart. H e was trying to save the animal

Answer 5

Poison denotes death. What it have is toxin that is very very painful. Had not been stung but witnessed 2 friends that had. While waiting for medical help, they are in a fetal position, yelling/crying and constant movement of the body as like a dog before sleeping in comfortable dog pillow.

Answer 6

The barb killed him. I was stung in the foot a few years back. Extremely painful. Went to the hospital where they soaked my foot in hot water and gave me antibiotics. My foot up to my knee developed cellulitis about 6 weeks later. Surgeon tried cutting open my foot to remove the broken barb but it would not budge. Had to let my body absorb the barb naturally. Took over four months to heal. I have yet to swim in the ocean again.

Answer 7

Did you see the size of the barb that pierced his chest?? It was longer than a steak knife! And a steak knife in the heart is pretty much final.

Answer 8

the barb went through his heart. it wasn't the poison that killed him, he was literally stabbed to death. anyplace else and he would have lived.

Answer 9

the poison did not kill him, the barb did.

Answer 10

Not all stingrays are poisonous. Just certain kinds of them are...you know, different species...