Steve Irwin killed by stingray!

[BC_MoM]

I heard on the news that the stingray's stinger went directly into his heart. Usually they're not fatal otherwise, just extremely painful. But the injury to the heart itself was probably fatal, even without the stingray's poison that was injected into his heart.

Yes.

The stingray was buried in the sand and Irwin must have startled it. He accidently boxed it in. Quick movements or motion towards to stingray can cause them to attack, but they are normally not aggressive creatures at all.

Their barbs are like a knife with teeth on both sides.. that going through the front of his chest would definitely be a fatal blow. It caused him to go into cardiac arrest. He was killed moments after the blow.

[BC_MoM]

Taken from Steve's IMDB.com profile:

"He tells his camera crew to always be filming. If he needs help, he will ask for it. Even if he is eaten by a shark or croc, the main thing he wants is that it be filmed. If he died, he would be sad if no one got it on tape."

Personal quote:

"If something ever happens to me, people are gonna be like 'we knew a croc would get him!'"