The venom researcher Struan Sutherland (who appeared in Last Chance To See) recounted one similar attach from 60 years ago.
In January 1945, a 33-year-old army sergeant took a dip in Melbourne's St Kilda Baths along with other soldiers.Full story at the Age.com.
A powerful swimmer, the soldier died with a nasty slash to his left breast. According to a doctor's notes — recorded by the renowned venom researcher Struan Sutherland in his 2001 book Australian Animal Toxins: The Creatures, Their Toxins, and Care of the Poisoned Patient — the stingray attack was sudden.
The soldier had been seen "swimming strongly from the centre of the baths towards the landing steps", say the notes of a Dr Wright-Smith, who performed the autopsy. The victim then disappeared below the water, resurfaced, waved and sank again.
Our sympathies to Steve Irwin's wife and young children.
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A great loss to the animal world and all those who knew him. His legacy will live on through his wife, Terri, his father and his children.
Steve will be missed worldwide.
Many prayers go out to his family.
God Bless Steve Irwin!
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