According to the news, Steve Irwin who is better known as “The Crocodile Hunter” has died from a Stingray wound. Apparently Mr. Irwin was filming off The Great Barrier Reef, shooting a segment of the series “Oceans Deadliest” when he swam too close to a Stingray. Sources say he was swimming on top of the Stingray which carries a poisonous barb. The Stingray moved upwards and stuck it’s barb into Irwin’s chest and poked a hole in his heart.

“He came on top of the stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,” said Stainton, who was on board Irwin’s boat at the time.

Crew members aboard the boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.