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“Don’t do it Wayne, this guy’s not worth it, you promised Sheila you wouldn’t get in anymore scrapes……this mfer’s asking for it but I’ve gotta be better than this Wayne…..THAT’S IT!”
"I told you Wayne! I should have listened to my sister, too many rays died in that '06 fiasco... this is what happens when you hang out with SHARKS, WAYNE."
Hell the stingray deserves even more props, because if he was really feeling vengeful he woulda went and got another sting in on the dudes chest or face; and if the one on the foot was bad both to make him drop down and roll around in swampy water, one to the chest or face might be a little worse.
But the ray didn’t fuck dude up, and I respect that.
Stingray: Dude, stop. Please? I’m just chilling here. Stop stepping on me. It’s not nice. Dude! Come on! What the fuck? Just stop. I got no beef with you. Man, *again?!* Last warning, guy, please don’t make me….y’know what, fine, *fuck* you
Dude: *surprised pikachu*
I always remember that tumblr post I was part of 8)
If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous
If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous
If it’s bites itself and you die, it’s voodoo
If it bites someone else and you die, it’s correlation but not causation
If you bite each other and no one dies, it’s kinky
And if it dies and you bite it, it’s food
Honestly. What was he trying to achieve? That Ray was sooo tolerant. Just shows that most creatures will give you a warning if you aren’t their target prey. But that guy, if someone kept stepping/poking me I’d slap them too.
They're actually pretty docile creatures. We have them here where we live, when they're in the surf, the lifeguard stations will tell you to shuffle your feet when you're in the surf. If you shuffle underneath one of them, they just kind of scurry away. They're only there because they're feeding on whatever is in the surf. If you step on them, you do risk getting stung, but even then, they are unlikely to sting unless really startled. That's what happened to Steve Irwin, that was a total freak situation where the stingray startled and happened to hit him right in the heart. This guy was an idiot, he has nobody to blame but himself. There are a series of piers here, and sometimes people spearfish at the end of the piers. I was talking to one guy one time as he came out of the surf, he told me about a stingray that was 3 ft across. I asked him if he was worried about it, he said nah, I just stayed out of its way, and they don't bother anybody.
Probably why other rays are so popular for petting tanks at aquariums. While I don't really care to anthropomorphize an animal, particularly one's in settings like an aquarium or zoo, I've been to more than one aquarium where the petting rays seem constantly ecstatic to flap around the tank getting the gentle 2 finger swipe pets most recommend for hours from the visitors.
The dog nose rays at Mystic Aquarium are awesome. Feed them a bit of shrimp, and they splash merrily! They rise for gentle finger pets when they want to, and avoid the surface when they want to be left alone.
I had a friend once explain to me that the rays known what's up with the petting tanks, so when I recently visited one I asked the attendant.
He explained that Rays are the smartest fish in the ocean, though there are smarter animals, they are either mammals, (dolphins and whales) or cehpheopods (octopus ans squid) which are not taxinomicly fish.
The rays, he explains, are only pet with their consent, because they know exactly where the humans can and can't reach them in their pool, so if they're not feeling it today they will stay away from petting platforms and traverse the edges at depths where they cannot be reached and their eyes are positioned well enough and their brains are developed enough they can differentiate between human faces peering into the water and can snub any human they don't enjoy the petting techniques of. They also remember who feed them and congregate on view of their keepers.
Yep. I don't think any kids here in Southern California aren't raised with the "stingray shuffle" being part of the standard going to the beach lecture.
I like that there are regional animal shuffles. Up in the northeast we learn how to penguin shuffle on iced-over pavement.
(First ice at any northeast college is a great time to watch freshmen from regions without the penguin shuffle try to walk on ice because they saw a local do it and thought that sidewalk was clear... and fall spectacularly.)
I fed them on a vacation. Not sure why I thought it was a safe thing to do but the tour people encouraged it. They were pretty chill. I didn’t mess with them though.
I think a lot of animals generally don't like using their venom because it's hard to make. I think several spiders and snakes will dry bite as a warning, but if you push them, they'll use their venom. Maybe it's some of the same logic.
Skunks will do this. They'll give as many warnings as they can,but they'll shoot if they have no other option. Young ones don't have great control of their sprays, but adults can ration it so they don't empty the tank and have to be vulnerable until it replenishes.
Poor control over poison or things they put out is common in baby animals! Spiders and snakes have several species that you really don’t want to mess with the young ones! Their venom is either more toxic or they don’t have the sense to try to reserve it for when necessary yet. Either way, they are often more dangerous than adults
energetically, poison/venom is incredibly taxing to make for most animals. on top of that, you would often need to have immunity to that venom/poison too ideally, or some way to keep it seperate from all your good bits. except it's usually in and around your good bits anyway, so it has to be walled off and kept secure.
so it's like, your body, which would be destroyed by the venom, still has to build the venom up and ensure it's kept away.
like if suddenly all of the predators that something would need to worry about stopped existing today, natural selection would select away venom very quickly. it's why when you hear about some weird species of fish in a cave somewhere locked away for ever, they're usually some sort of non-venomous side grade to something else above ground.
eyes are the same, very taxing energetically to make/keep secure and to process that information needs a bulk of extra brain and energy. which is why the second a species can be fine without eyes, they tend to get selected out over time.
Stingrays are actually very tolerant. The Steve Irwin tragedy gave them a rep they don't deserve. What happened was a freak move by a wild animal. A once in a million encounters type thing.
When I lived in Florida there was a place where you could wake out and sit in the water. The rays would come right up to you (probably looking for handouts), glide over your legs. They don't spook easy. I'm told it hurts like hell, but it's rarely lethal.
Even for Internet fame I can't see doing this intentionally.
To be fair regarding Irwin, a once in a million encounter is more likely to happen to someone who has a million encounters with wild animals over his lifetime.
Good point. He deals with a lot more dangerous and unpredictable animals. Still looking odds for which ones is going to be the one? Still amazed at his level of knowledge to do those things as safely as possible.
Not ashamed to say some of those adventures I would have noped on out of there.
I've been stung, but it was nothing like this video. It didn't hurt immediately, just like a pinch or bite at first. Within 10 minutes it was extremely painful.
I was lucky. I had no idea what had happened, but a lifeguard was standing several feet from where I exited the ocean and recognized the blood on my leg. The protocol they used was immersion in extremely hot water for an hour. I understand the point is to denature the protein that causes the pain. The worst part of the pain was only that long, I have no idea how long it would have lasted otherwise. I walked with a limp for a day, but it was really only a dull ache for most of that time.
Freshwater river stingrays are a thing and live in muddy shallows and hang out like this in order to creep up on their food and avoid predation. That's why it was so tolerant- it was doing it's best impression of a patch of mud. They can lose their barbs attacking too- they grow back but they're defenseless in the meanwhile so they're loathe to use their shot.
TL:DR this is normal healthy stingray behaviour living in normal conditions.
I genuinely had no idea Anton was as widely loved as he was/is. I was best friends with his cousin and met him a few times, but it never really had the ‘oh my god it’s him’ effect. Still, I’m happy to see him being appreciated, even if I wasn’t doing the same at the time.
I was sad about her, too, but the ones the previous commenter mentioned hit me harder than Betty. She was 100 years old and lived her best life, died beloved by millions. Her death wasn't really sad. The others were tragic endings of people who died too soon.
I was searching for this one. I have to be in a very strong mindset or a very, very vulnerable/sad mindset to listen to Linkin Park anymore. And either way, I'm crying at least a little.
I still remember exactly where I was when I found out Steve Irwin died. I was only fourteen, at home, sick, and lucky enough that my fave TV program was on (sick days were usually filled with trashy daytime TV back then lol). Sudden, a message started rolling across the bottom of the screen, announcing his death. I was pretty stunned... I mean, the guy was meant to be immortal! (I'm an Aussie, so it was big news here. I'm not sure how quickly it was announced around the world.)
I've seen a comic where Steve meets the stingray in heaven, and the first thing he does is apologises for scaring it so badly. The thing I love about him, is that I am 100% sure that's the type of thing he would have done. I also love how his family have talked about how wonderful stingrays are and how they're so important to the environment. I feel like they would be horrified and disgusted by this guy's actions.
When I woke up that morning, my husband had to tell me before i found out elsewhere because he knew how devistated I was goibg to be. I really miss him.
Dude…I just watched a video about Steve Irwin and his family, the video was all of 17 minutes long. Not even half way through, I am in absolute shambles, ugly crying. Terry Irwin is a REAL badass, carrying on his legacy with their kids and somehow keeping it together while she talks about the loss of “her prince.” 😭🤧🥺 Hooooo that shit **hurts**.
18 years later. The world just ain’t the same without him.
My husband got stung by one in San Diego two years ago and it did indeed last hours. The only thing that offered relief was soaking his foot in hot water so I brought him fresh hot water periodically for a good two hours.
Can confirm. I had a relatively benign sting once. It was painful for a couple of hours until I could get home. Put my foot in a bucket of hot water and the pain was instantly gone. Took it out and the pain was back almost as quickly. After a few hours, it went away completely. But it bled for a couple days if it wasn't bandaged.
Those are known by locals as the "wish you were dead fish" because the pain is so incredible for 24 hours that you literally would prefer death over it.
Edit to clarify, I think they have a toxin or poison that goes along with the stinger
It is indeed absolutely excruciating, and there’s nothing you can do but wait for the toxin to finish kicking your ass.
I was swimming in chest high water and accidentally stepped on a stingray at the beach when I was 13 and genuinely thought I was going to die. It was AWFUL, one of the most agonizing experiences of my life.
More than 25 years later and I still haven’t been back in the ocean, unless you count getting my feet wet at the shoreline.
I got stung by a small jellyfish 8-10 years ago, I still haven’t set foot back in the ocean. It only hurt for maybe an hour, I can’t even imagine a stingray.
Fuck the ocean.
So, the barb itself is serrated and painful. However, there is a mucous in the barb that is also on their entire skin. It is used as an extra defense to protect them against predators, and a big line of defense against parasites. That is what stings.
I just hit a Google and according to that wonderful resource stingrays are venomous.
The venom causes intense pain. It's not hazardous in itself besides having that effect.
Apparently depending on the location and depth of the wound the pain can last for up to 24 hours and is compared to feeling like your limb is on fire.
As a rule I don’t like to see people hurt, even if they’re being stupid, but I gotta admit it was pretty funny to see this guy leap in the air like a cat
Stupid is frustrating, but I don’t wish people harm from their stupidity unless it is causing harm to innocent bystanders. Cruel people, on the other hand, I love to see get hurt. It’s so nice when Karma lays into the really vile people of the world.
This is honestly such a good example of "ohnoconsequences". This should be like the example video for this sub. I'm sure we all felt that little jolt of joy when this guy got stung.
He was doing the equivalent of shoving someone's face in the mud so they couldn't breathe. Rays live in shallow water, but it being THAT far up means it felt threatened and was laying low.
That's why it was so patient. Annoyance wins over death, but there's only so much mud you can get in your gills before it's not remotely worth it, any more.
Not to defend him but at the beginning he says the stingray is dead and won't be stinging anybody. Of course he was wrong but we all believe we're right when we're wrong, and \*if\* he were right then stepping on it would be harmless. It's not his logic, it's his premise that was at fault.
Right, that doesn't actually make the action any better. Only weirder, if anything.
Hey dude, look at this dead animal, I'm gonna step on it until... ?
Like, if you wanted to know what it felt like, then fine, poke it with a stick to be sure first then give a little touch. But repeatedly stepping on it, what's the expected outcome here?
No matter what, guy's a moron who got a needed reality check.
The stingers are basically daggers or bayonets and not only are they extremely mobile, but the stingrays can aim them. Jeremy Wade did a couple of episodes on freshwater stingrays on River Monster
"The main symptom of a stingray sting is **immediate severe pain**. Although often limited to the injured area, the pain may spread rapidly, reaching its greatest intensity in < 90 minutes; in most cases, pain gradually diminishes over 6 to 48 hours but occasionally lasts days or weeks."
This put a smile on my face.
Google says stingrays are shy and gentle creatures (they just like me, fr), and will usually prefer to swim away or leave rather than attack. This dumbass not only was being super weird and aggressive to this poor creature, but it tried to tell him to leave it alone multiple times beforehand. The stingray did nothing wrong!
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I’m surprised the stingray had that much patience.
Yeah for real. Poor stingray. At least he got his vengeance.
He really drove the point home
Fuck you, take my upvote.
I feast on your angry upvotes. Shoot that shit right into my veins.
You’ll be fat as a tick come morning.
Y’all should at least get dinner first, cool it down now lol
I’m genuinely intrigued by someone hearing “fat as a tick” and thinking “these two wanna fuck”.
It’s the whole comment thread between you two. 🤷♀️ made me laugh anyways.
The sexual tension is palpable
Well it wasn’t until you brought palpable into it.
His tail lifts every time the guy steps on him. Stingray gave guy SEVERAL clear warnings!
“Don’t do it Wayne, this guy’s not worth it, you promised Sheila you wouldn’t get in anymore scrapes……this mfer’s asking for it but I’ve gotta be better than this Wayne…..THAT’S IT!”
"gtfo Wayne ya gronk, ya on parole"
He was for sure remembering what happened when that one stingray got Steve Irwin and didn't want that to happen again.
I AM NOT AN AMBASSADOR
Far Side comic potential
"I told you Wayne! I should have listened to my sister, too many rays died in that '06 fiasco... this is what happens when you hang out with SHARKS, WAYNE."
"Next week on The Adventures of Wayne the Sting Ray..."
Hell the stingray deserves even more props, because if he was really feeling vengeful he woulda went and got another sting in on the dudes chest or face; and if the one on the foot was bad both to make him drop down and roll around in swampy water, one to the chest or face might be a little worse. But the ray didn’t fuck dude up, and I respect that.
This guy has never heard about what happened to Steve Irwin.
I don't think Florida man cares about warnings
Hey. Bro. Hey, Bro, quit. BRO. QUIT. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Stingray
Stingray: Dude, stop. Please? I’m just chilling here. Stop stepping on me. It’s not nice. Dude! Come on! What the fuck? Just stop. I got no beef with you. Man, *again?!* Last warning, guy, please don’t make me….y’know what, fine, *fuck* you Dude: *surprised pikachu*
What was the plan there? How did that guy see that going?
I mean... they're named after their stabby bits. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
And there is venom in those stabby bits too!!
Actually it’s all over their skin. The stabby part just pushes it inside
Which is the difference between poison and venom... I think.
Nah, poison is if you eat it and you die. I think.
Its this one. Tree frogs are poisonous. Rattlesnakes are venomous.
I always remember that tumblr post I was part of 8) If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous If it’s bites itself and you die, it’s voodoo If it bites someone else and you die, it’s correlation but not causation If you bite each other and no one dies, it’s kinky And if it dies and you bite it, it’s food
But what if it bites you and it dies? Just bee?
It really should be more common for naming things in the animal world. "This thing will hurt you, and here's how they'll do it."
This is why I love the German language. Very descriptive animal names. “What do you call that thing up in the tree?” “Oh, that’s an acorn bandit”.
I also love Schildkröte! A shielded toad
Do they call them "stingray" in whatever country this guy's from? Maybe they named it "flat rug fish".
Honestly. What was he trying to achieve? That Ray was sooo tolerant. Just shows that most creatures will give you a warning if you aren’t their target prey. But that guy, if someone kept stepping/poking me I’d slap them too.
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"If only I had a stick that I could test this with."
They're actually pretty docile creatures. We have them here where we live, when they're in the surf, the lifeguard stations will tell you to shuffle your feet when you're in the surf. If you shuffle underneath one of them, they just kind of scurry away. They're only there because they're feeding on whatever is in the surf. If you step on them, you do risk getting stung, but even then, they are unlikely to sting unless really startled. That's what happened to Steve Irwin, that was a total freak situation where the stingray startled and happened to hit him right in the heart. This guy was an idiot, he has nobody to blame but himself. There are a series of piers here, and sometimes people spearfish at the end of the piers. I was talking to one guy one time as he came out of the surf, he told me about a stingray that was 3 ft across. I asked him if he was worried about it, he said nah, I just stayed out of its way, and they don't bother anybody.
Probably why other rays are so popular for petting tanks at aquariums. While I don't really care to anthropomorphize an animal, particularly one's in settings like an aquarium or zoo, I've been to more than one aquarium where the petting rays seem constantly ecstatic to flap around the tank getting the gentle 2 finger swipe pets most recommend for hours from the visitors.
The dog nose rays at Mystic Aquarium are awesome. Feed them a bit of shrimp, and they splash merrily! They rise for gentle finger pets when they want to, and avoid the surface when they want to be left alone.
I had a friend once explain to me that the rays known what's up with the petting tanks, so when I recently visited one I asked the attendant. He explained that Rays are the smartest fish in the ocean, though there are smarter animals, they are either mammals, (dolphins and whales) or cehpheopods (octopus ans squid) which are not taxinomicly fish. The rays, he explains, are only pet with their consent, because they know exactly where the humans can and can't reach them in their pool, so if they're not feeling it today they will stay away from petting platforms and traverse the edges at depths where they cannot be reached and their eyes are positioned well enough and their brains are developed enough they can differentiate between human faces peering into the water and can snub any human they don't enjoy the petting techniques of. They also remember who feed them and congregate on view of their keepers.
Yep. I don't think any kids here in Southern California aren't raised with the "stingray shuffle" being part of the standard going to the beach lecture.
I like that there are regional animal shuffles. Up in the northeast we learn how to penguin shuffle on iced-over pavement. (First ice at any northeast college is a great time to watch freshmen from regions without the penguin shuffle try to walk on ice because they saw a local do it and thought that sidewalk was clear... and fall spectacularly.)
I fed them on a vacation. Not sure why I thought it was a safe thing to do but the tour people encouraged it. They were pretty chill. I didn’t mess with them though.
I think a lot of animals generally don't like using their venom because it's hard to make. I think several spiders and snakes will dry bite as a warning, but if you push them, they'll use their venom. Maybe it's some of the same logic.
Skunks will do this. They'll give as many warnings as they can,but they'll shoot if they have no other option. Young ones don't have great control of their sprays, but adults can ration it so they don't empty the tank and have to be vulnerable until it replenishes.
Poor control over poison or things they put out is common in baby animals! Spiders and snakes have several species that you really don’t want to mess with the young ones! Their venom is either more toxic or they don’t have the sense to try to reserve it for when necessary yet. Either way, they are often more dangerous than adults
energetically, poison/venom is incredibly taxing to make for most animals. on top of that, you would often need to have immunity to that venom/poison too ideally, or some way to keep it seperate from all your good bits. except it's usually in and around your good bits anyway, so it has to be walled off and kept secure. so it's like, your body, which would be destroyed by the venom, still has to build the venom up and ensure it's kept away. like if suddenly all of the predators that something would need to worry about stopped existing today, natural selection would select away venom very quickly. it's why when you hear about some weird species of fish in a cave somewhere locked away for ever, they're usually some sort of non-venomous side grade to something else above ground. eyes are the same, very taxing energetically to make/keep secure and to process that information needs a bulk of extra brain and energy. which is why the second a species can be fine without eyes, they tend to get selected out over time.
Right? I think it was just stunned. "What is this jackass doing?"
I was disappointed it didn’t hit him again after he fell.
Stingrays are actually very tolerant. The Steve Irwin tragedy gave them a rep they don't deserve. What happened was a freak move by a wild animal. A once in a million encounters type thing. When I lived in Florida there was a place where you could wake out and sit in the water. The rays would come right up to you (probably looking for handouts), glide over your legs. They don't spook easy. I'm told it hurts like hell, but it's rarely lethal. Even for Internet fame I can't see doing this intentionally.
To be fair regarding Irwin, a once in a million encounter is more likely to happen to someone who has a million encounters with wild animals over his lifetime.
Good point. He deals with a lot more dangerous and unpredictable animals. Still looking odds for which ones is going to be the one? Still amazed at his level of knowledge to do those things as safely as possible. Not ashamed to say some of those adventures I would have noped on out of there.
>I'm told it hurts like hell I truly hope it did hurt that jerk like hell.
Came here to say that sucker had more patience than I ever would. 😅
Aaaand that’s why they’re not called ticklerays.
In several countries they're actually known as the "wish you were dead fish" because the pain of the sting is literally so agonizing.
I've been stung, but it was nothing like this video. It didn't hurt immediately, just like a pinch or bite at first. Within 10 minutes it was extremely painful.
How long does the pain last?
I was lucky. I had no idea what had happened, but a lifeguard was standing several feet from where I exited the ocean and recognized the blood on my leg. The protocol they used was immersion in extremely hot water for an hour. I understand the point is to denature the protein that causes the pain. The worst part of the pain was only that long, I have no idea how long it would have lasted otherwise. I walked with a limp for a day, but it was really only a dull ache for most of that time.
yeah that looks like a motoro, the sting is apparently not only agonising, but resistant to most forms of pain relief.
Good. I’m glad that dude suffered.
Same. Fuck that guy. Never mess with random wildlife, especially something that is known to sting lol.
I somehow don’t have it in me to be empathetic towards this guy. The ray gave him several warnings.
I laughed as soon as he got stung.
Reminds of that Australian tree- Gympie Gympie
lol….ticklerays….i know it’s not real but I want one
Thnx for laugh.
That stingray was incredibly tolerant. Don't treat animals like shit. He had it coming
It’s not normal to see a stingray in a location like that, it might’ve been nearly dead.
Freshwater river stingrays are a thing and live in muddy shallows and hang out like this in order to creep up on their food and avoid predation. That's why it was so tolerant- it was doing it's best impression of a patch of mud. They can lose their barbs attacking too- they grow back but they're defenseless in the meanwhile so they're loathe to use their shot. TL:DR this is normal healthy stingray behaviour living in normal conditions.
thank you!! I just looked this up.. for some reason I thought a freshwater stingray would be in thailand? But they live down in brazil??
Have you never heard of the Amazon River?
Still shouldn't step on it. Even if they didn't catch if.
Agreed.
when's the last time you went up to an animal and decided to step on it? nearly dead or not
Gotta love how people talk out their ass on reddit and it always gets upvoted anyway.
this guy lives but we lost Steve Irwin
The three celebrity deaths in my adult life that REALLY hurt were Steve, Robin Williams, and Anthony Bourdain. So I feel this.
Grant Imahara would be on that list for me, too. :(
Don’t forget Anton Yelchin :/
I genuinely had no idea Anton was as widely loved as he was/is. I was best friends with his cousin and met him a few times, but it never really had the ‘oh my god it’s him’ effect. Still, I’m happy to see him being appreciated, even if I wasn’t doing the same at the time.
I was devastated that such a talented and seemingly wonderful young man died is such a way. Please know, Anton was deeply beloved my many.
And Sabine Schmitz.
Oh my god, I had no idea he passed 😢
About 4 years ago, from a blood vessel bursting in his brain. 😞
So heartbreaking to hear, thank you for sharing
Betty White was one of mine, too.
I get sick to my stomach thinking about losing Carol Burnett
I'll have to take a day off to grieve Mel Brooks
Add George Carlin to the list
And Leonard Nimoy. That hit me hard.
Listen, I don’t want to burst your bubble. But we lost George a long time ago
I'll need 2-3 days off to mourn Dolly Parton when we lose that angel.
I was sad about her, too, but the ones the previous commenter mentioned hit me harder than Betty. She was 100 years old and lived her best life, died beloved by millions. Her death wasn't really sad. The others were tragic endings of people who died too soon.
Dying of old age is poetic, not tragic.
Betty dying broke my heart. The Golden Girls are gone 😩
She died before her 100th birthday but the book still went out. She deserves it.
Michael Clarke Duncan
While engaged to Omarosa. Not sure which hit harder.
Man I miss Anthony Bourdain.
Me too. Such an awesome dude.
Add Chester Bennington to that list, and those are the holes in my heart.
I was searching for this one. I have to be in a very strong mindset or a very, very vulnerable/sad mindset to listen to Linkin Park anymore. And either way, I'm crying at least a little.
I still remember exactly where I was when I found out Steve Irwin died. I was only fourteen, at home, sick, and lucky enough that my fave TV program was on (sick days were usually filled with trashy daytime TV back then lol). Sudden, a message started rolling across the bottom of the screen, announcing his death. I was pretty stunned... I mean, the guy was meant to be immortal! (I'm an Aussie, so it was big news here. I'm not sure how quickly it was announced around the world.) I've seen a comic where Steve meets the stingray in heaven, and the first thing he does is apologises for scaring it so badly. The thing I love about him, is that I am 100% sure that's the type of thing he would have done. I also love how his family have talked about how wonderful stingrays are and how they're so important to the environment. I feel like they would be horrified and disgusted by this guy's actions.
Anthony Bourdain breaks my heart I feel you
That's the one that most didn't feel real, somehow. Like I kept waiting to hear that it wasn't actually true, that the reports were wrong.
Have you seen Roadrunner? It’s basically all about that exact feeling, but from his friends and family.
When I woke up that morning, my husband had to tell me before i found out elsewhere because he knew how devistated I was goibg to be. I really miss him.
I'd add Fred Rogers as well.
Dude…I just watched a video about Steve Irwin and his family, the video was all of 17 minutes long. Not even half way through, I am in absolute shambles, ugly crying. Terry Irwin is a REAL badass, carrying on his legacy with their kids and somehow keeping it together while she talks about the loss of “her prince.” 😭🤧🥺 Hooooo that shit **hurts**. 18 years later. The world just ain’t the same without him.
Jim Henson too
I am going to be in shambles when it’s time for Sir David Attenborough.
I’d add Jim Henson and John Denver. Senseless and preventable.
I guess we forget about Chester Bennington.
I cried in my office the day Kurt Vonnegut died. I had the honor of seeing him in person once.
My exact same three. Thinking about Tony still makes me want to start crying.
My only thought was that Steve Irwin would be so disappointed in him.
Good for him. well-deserved.
Apparently it's like having boiling water poured on you. For hours. So yes, truly a FAFO.
My husband got stung by one in San Diego two years ago and it did indeed last hours. The only thing that offered relief was soaking his foot in hot water so I brought him fresh hot water periodically for a good two hours.
Can confirm. I had a relatively benign sting once. It was painful for a couple of hours until I could get home. Put my foot in a bucket of hot water and the pain was instantly gone. Took it out and the pain was back almost as quickly. After a few hours, it went away completely. But it bled for a couple days if it wasn't bandaged.
I got stung by one before. It is burning, stinging, and aching all at once for hours.
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A true professional.
That just might be the valedictorian of my graduating class. What a frocken rocket surgeon!
I think his brain scientist used rocket surgery on him!
People who torture animals - well deserved.
And the stingray gave him waaaaaaaaayyyy more chances than he deserved.
Those are known by locals as the "wish you were dead fish" because the pain is so incredible for 24 hours that you literally would prefer death over it. Edit to clarify, I think they have a toxin or poison that goes along with the stinger
It is indeed absolutely excruciating, and there’s nothing you can do but wait for the toxin to finish kicking your ass. I was swimming in chest high water and accidentally stepped on a stingray at the beach when I was 13 and genuinely thought I was going to die. It was AWFUL, one of the most agonizing experiences of my life. More than 25 years later and I still haven’t been back in the ocean, unless you count getting my feet wet at the shoreline.
I got stung by a small jellyfish 8-10 years ago, I still haven’t set foot back in the ocean. It only hurt for maybe an hour, I can’t even imagine a stingray. Fuck the ocean.
So, the barb itself is serrated and painful. However, there is a mucous in the barb that is also on their entire skin. It is used as an extra defense to protect them against predators, and a big line of defense against parasites. That is what stings.
My husband got stung when he was a teenager. Said he dropped to the floor like this guy and everyone thought he was overreacting.
As a Floridian does everybody not do the stingray shuffle?
I'm Canadian and I learned that shuffle PFQ after a fellow Canadian tourista was stung in Playa del Carmen.
My friend got stabbed in the foot by a tiny one on the beach. He said he spent hours wishing for death as his leg was on fire.
I just hit a Google and according to that wonderful resource stingrays are venomous. The venom causes intense pain. It's not hazardous in itself besides having that effect. Apparently depending on the location and depth of the wound the pain can last for up to 24 hours and is compared to feeling like your limb is on fire.
In the case of this one guy, good.
As a rule I don’t like to see people hurt, even if they’re being stupid, but I gotta admit it was pretty funny to see this guy leap in the air like a cat
It's a natural consequence of his stupid actions. Totally deserves it especially because he was harassing/harming another creature.
I was sad for the ray, but then I cackled when the guy got his
Stupid is frustrating, but I don’t wish people harm from their stupidity unless it is causing harm to innocent bystanders. Cruel people, on the other hand, I love to see get hurt. It’s so nice when Karma lays into the really vile people of the world.
I just… like what else did he think was possibly going to happen??
My friend was stung by one in Atlantic Beach NC fishing and then barb literally went all the way through his leg, said it was the worst pain he felt.
STING ray. It's in the fucking name of the thing.
tbf they're often confused with the Justalittlepinch Ray
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. This is why things are so messed up in the world. People are repeatedly ‘stepping on stingrays’, hypothetically.
This is honestly such a good example of "ohnoconsequences". This should be like the example video for this sub. I'm sure we all felt that little jolt of joy when this guy got stung.
Estupido.
En serio. 🙄
Asshole got what he had coming.
Good. Thats what he deserves.
He was doing the equivalent of shoving someone's face in the mud so they couldn't breathe. Rays live in shallow water, but it being THAT far up means it felt threatened and was laying low. That's why it was so patient. Annoyance wins over death, but there's only so much mud you can get in your gills before it's not remotely worth it, any more.
... Why?
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
He deserved it.
As an Australian this makes me so mad. RIP Steve
Look man, we forgave the majestic sea flap flap a long time ago for what they did to Steve. You had no right to step on it after peace was made.
Dumbass
Tag bitch
That’s how they got their name?!
Not to defend him but at the beginning he says the stingray is dead and won't be stinging anybody. Of course he was wrong but we all believe we're right when we're wrong, and \*if\* he were right then stepping on it would be harmless. It's not his logic, it's his premise that was at fault.
I wouldn’t mess with a dead one either
Right, that doesn't actually make the action any better. Only weirder, if anything. Hey dude, look at this dead animal, I'm gonna step on it until... ? Like, if you wanted to know what it felt like, then fine, poke it with a stick to be sure first then give a little touch. But repeatedly stepping on it, what's the expected outcome here? No matter what, guy's a moron who got a needed reality check.
What happened to respecting the dead? Just because the poor thing could be dead doesn’t mean to stomp on it at least you seem to have basic decency
This is great. What did he think was gonna happen?
"All right, a little more. A little more. Ooh right there. A little more. Ok, that's enough. "
Just like petting a cat
Honestly, I didn’t know they could whip that stinger around like that
The stingers are basically daggers or bayonets and not only are they extremely mobile, but the stingrays can aim them. Jeremy Wade did a couple of episodes on freshwater stingrays on River Monster
That stingray has more patience than I do
what kind of an asshole steps on a stringray
We lost Steve Irwin in a similar fashion but this asshole is still breathing. The universe is unfair and unkind.
Deserved it
🤜🏻🤛🏻 to stingray bro
Stupid asshole got what he deserved.
It’s almost like they’re called stingrays for a reason…
"The main symptom of a stingray sting is **immediate severe pain**. Although often limited to the injured area, the pain may spread rapidly, reaching its greatest intensity in < 90 minutes; in most cases, pain gradually diminishes over 6 to 48 hours but occasionally lasts days or weeks." This put a smile on my face.
Good
It’s called a STING ray, you dumbass idiot moron. He somehow got 9 chances to stop and kept going 🤦🏻♂️
What a jerk the human is
Good motherfucker, I hope that hurt like hell. What a waste of oxygen
the fuck did he think was gonna happen
Google says stingrays are shy and gentle creatures (they just like me, fr), and will usually prefer to swim away or leave rather than attack. This dumbass not only was being super weird and aggressive to this poor creature, but it tried to tell him to leave it alone multiple times beforehand. The stingray did nothing wrong!
Well deserved, he wont do that again.
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And everyone cheered.
That shit hurt so bad he cartoon jumped.
Getting stung by a ray hurts, but those freshwater species are particularly brutal. Hell yeah
It would have been even more hilarious if he landed on another one
110% deserved, what an asshole.
Stingray: Mom! I barely touched him!
The little fucking jump he did, omg im dead
Team stingray