Hangin' out with his new baby boy "Bob" in a ritual that his father and grandfather went through, Steve suffered a big "Michael Jackson-like" (Booo), but was one of the biggest animal activists and stupid-asses I have ever had the pleasure of watching. Croc-Hunter was killed when a sting ray's barb pierced directly into his heart releasing a vasodilatory toxin that more than likely killed him instantly. Stingrays are from the family Dasyatidae are part of the elasmobranchs. Common symptoms are syncope (heart block with loss of consciousness) and hypotension. Rarely is a sting deadly but in this case with the enormous size of the ray he was filming and the fact that the 10" barb struck him directly in the left chest caused extensive bleeding. I'll drink Foster's and think of you...
