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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:03 PM Original message |
Freak accident of all freak accidents. Woman dies after Sting Ray leaps from water and strikes her |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wasn't aware that stingrays can jump out of water. Now I know. nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Manta Rays and sting rays jump. |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. that is weird.... and so is this one.... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I don't follow trucks loaded like that. Ever. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. and now glass is falling out of the sky from the damaged buildings |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. something like that happened in sac |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. someday a sting ray will fly off a truck bed.... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. And here's another freak accident: |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Oooofff I had a nightmare about something like that. It involved steel rods, however. |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. My friend's husband |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. There was a famous director.. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. "the driver of the truck...has not been charged". Why. The. Fuck. Not.??? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. She should have bought a lotto ticket before setting sail |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Those kids are gonna have nightmares forever |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. yeah....horrible story! CNN just made fun of her too. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. send them a bitchy note... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. And it's not even like Irwin who handled animals all the time so was at risk... Jeez. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. place this one on the list with the billfish-spearing deaths |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. It was a spotted eagle ray. Very odd. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yes! I heard that on NPR on the way home. The things can get HUGE! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The one I met had a 6 foot wingspan (as have I, lol) and was gliding |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reminds of the bowling ball thrown off the overpass |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. That's probably about the most unlikely form of death out there. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Well, apparently not... |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. manta rays used to free jump in Tampa Bay years ago, |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Funny How We Never Had Sting Rays Killing People Before Bush Took Office... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Now If Only Bush and Cheney Could Go Fishing There (nt) |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. Isn't that how the Crocodile Hunter guy died? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. He got "stung" in the heart by the ray's poisonous barbed tail. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. There is a difference between a stingray and a spotted eagle ray. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Spotted eagel ray info |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I realize the headline is not accurate but it is from the CNN story... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I saw the same headline somewhere else earlier |
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