Stingrays

(from the 10-20-06 issue of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Stingray attack in Florida

An 81-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, similar to the accident that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin. James Bertakis of Lighthouse Point was on the water with his granddaughter and a friend Wednesday when a stingray flopped onto the boat and stung Bertakis. Doctors were able to remove the barb during operations Wednesday and Thursday by eventually pulling it through his heart and closing the wound.

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My own comment = Stingrays are obviously out of control, and there needs to be something done about them. Heh.