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Originally Posted by Maximo   I have seen that picture before. Classic!
Probably ankle deep for me, lol!
I'm confused, I thought stingrays were deadly. Or was Steve Irwin's death a fluke because it got him in the heart?
I'm envious of you and your dad.
My dad spent 3 months in a business exchange thing where he got to travel to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. He was a maniac like you and has pictures of himself in a rocking boat, everyone is puking over the sides, but he is throwing oysters and beer down his throat.  He weighed 130 pounds when he left, and came back weighing 155 pounds.
The long plane rides would do me in, especially if the plane was packed. |
I'm pretty sure the one that got Steve Irwin was not as docile as the ones at Stingray City. They are used to being near humans everyday and get fed. However, the guides do tell you to shuffle your feet instead of walking like how you would normally walk underwater. If they are stepped on, their instincts will take over. But yea Steve getting stabbed in the heart probably had more to do with him dying.
You think I'm a maniac. My dad had done a bunch of crazy things since he's retired. He's now 70 yrs old and still travels at least 2x per year on a major trip. The two craziest things he told me about (wonder what he hasn't told me) was he hang glided off a cliff in Ireland, and he did this hiking trail in China: