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"THE doctor called in to treat Steve Irwin said his death after being struck by a stingray barb was "highly unusual".
Dr O'Loughlin said he had worked in north Queensland for several months and in Perth before that and had not come across a death from a stingray before.
"It would be highly unusual for a stingray to cause this type of injury," Dr O'Loughlin said.
"He had a penetrating injury to the left front of his chest."
"He had lost his pulse and wasn't breathing."
Originally posted by Ezekiel
"THE doctor called in to treat Steve Irwin said his death after being struck by a stingray barb was "highly unusual".
Dr O'Loughlin said he had worked in north Queensland for several months and in Perth before that and had not come across a death from a stingray before.
"It would be highly unusual for a stingray to cause this type of injury," Dr O'Loughlin said.
My first thoughts are speargun accident coverup, it wouldnt look very good for the group he was with if news got out they had killed the Crocodile hunter now would it!
Originally posted by Johnmike
Woah buddy, calm down. Getting stung in the chest by a stingray is, well, unusual. There's nothing strange about the doctor calling that.
Originally posted by Ezekiel
Getting stung in the chest isnt what strikes me as strage, the fact that it punctured his breastplate is what gets me.
Those with Irwin said he was swimming in shallow water, snorkelling as his cameraman filmed large bull rays.
Irwin's death was only the third known stingray death in Australian waters, said shark and stingray expert Victoria Brims.
Wildlife experts said the normally passive creatures only sting in defence, striking with a bayonet-like barb when they feel threatened or are trodden on.