Ouch, AR, that is COLD. His kids may be so traumatized that they never get into the water again.
We'll never know why someone, who should have known better, went to such an extreme, would place himself at risk. It's said that a single stingray hit won't kill most people, but that the venom does have a cumulative effect. He was playing the odds, I suppose. Maybe his ratings were down, or a Sponser was threatening to pull out. Network Television; now there's a REAL Jungle!

BTW, the people attacking me all appear to be women. Irwin was, after all, a TV Package. Rumpled blonde hair, cute Aussie accent, khaki shorts. Plenty more where he came from.