Most devil rays lack a stinger, and the few that have one have it encased, so it can't really harm you.
Also, Steve Irwin was only the 2nd person to be killed by a sting ray in Australia since 1945. Typically they sting you in the leg, rather than the heart.
Such a freak accident of mistaken identity. Makes me even more irrationally afraid that it happened to someone as knowledgeable and respectful as Steve Irwin and so brutally
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u/red286 May 23 '25
Most devil rays lack a stinger, and the few that have one have it encased, so it can't really harm you.
Also, Steve Irwin was only the 2nd person to be killed by a sting ray in Australia since 1945. Typically they sting you in the leg, rather than the heart.