I know he got stung in the heart by the stingray, but what was fatal about it? Did the stingrays poison cause his heart to stop? Or did the hole in his heart cause him to bleed to death?
2006-09-17 10:23:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
This is my field! While toxins were present and pure trauma could have caused an instantanious fibrillation of his heart, it was the removal of the barb and subsequent rapid blood loss that was the most probable cause of death although had he left it in there was probably only a 50% chance of survival at best with immediate and adequate care. Bad odds considering that he was out at sea. Much LOVE to his family!
2006-09-17 10:42:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there was anyway that Steve Irwin could have survived it whether or not the barb was left in. He had poison directly injected into his bloodstream via a stab through the heart. It was a horrible and tragic accident. I wish all the best for his family.
2006-09-17 10:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by C K Platypus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would think a lil of both..i mean 4 real what r the odds?hes only the 4th person in the world ever to be killed by a stingray.of all the things that hes worked with...alligators crocodiles,i mean everything...it had to be a stingray..he was actually filming and doing a story about how stingrays are mostly gentle...huh.go figure huh?
2006-09-17 10:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like a sharp, serrated knife. Also, Steve Irwin pulled out the barb which caused extensive damage to his heart. I don't think he woudl have survived if he left the barb in since it contains poison and directly hit his heart too.
2006-09-17 10:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by Signilda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yet yet another unhappy occasion of human stupidity and arrogance. it extremely is resembling thinking that the ray intentionally stabbed Irwin because of the fact it "thought" like a man or woman. As I comprehend it, the ray reacted in self-upkeep, as any animal might, because of the fact it felt threatened with the aid of the attentions of Irwin and his digital camera team. for sure, the human beings who did this tragically don't understand Irwin's message.
2016-10-15 02:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The barb that carried the poison went to his heart. Though he pulled it out, he died. The public funeral will probably be held this week, since the private one was last week.
2006-09-17 10:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the venom was enough to kill Steve, my personal belief is that by pulling the barb out, he bled to death.He was still breathing when they pulled him out and might have had a chance if he'd let the doctors remove it.
2006-09-17 11:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did not bleed to death. The poison barb directly into his heart caused heart failure.
2006-09-17 10:25:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it was really a freak accident, the stingray felt threatened and it's stinger just happened to go through his heart.
i hear he also pulled out the stinger before he blacked out!! :(
2006-09-17 10:27:09 · answer #9 · answered by carynluvzsportz247 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the hole in his heart. I read that had he not taken out the barb he might have lived longer.
2006-09-17 10:25:45 · answer #10 · answered by shirley e 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋