| Re: The late Steve Irwin!
Sadly, inevitable at some point. Steve's tremendos courage and love of wildlife and total enthusiasm is not in question but I don't think you can confront wild animals with such directness without bearing the brunt of it at some point. A softly softly approach is so much wiser for all concerned.
As The Beeb report says "Stingrays only sting in defence, they're not aggressive animals so the animal must have felt threatened. It didn't sting out of aggression, it stung out of fear," Dr Bryan Fry, Deputy Director of the Australian Venom Research Unit at the University of Melbourne said. |