Stingrays do not have bones. Instead, they have cartilage, the same material that builds our nose

Au00e2u0080u0088Decade ago on September 4, 2006, the conservation community was plunged into shock with the accidental death of Stephen ‘Steve’ Robert Irwin. Nicknamed ‘the Crocodile Hunter’, Steve’s death was the result of a stingray barb piercing into his chest while filming Ocean’s Deadliest, an underwater documentary. He was reportedly swimming in chest deep waters and was a couple of metres near the stingray when the fish accidentally backed up. It was sheer coincidence and a matter of chance that the barb or sting of the otherwise docile ray (fish), lethally punctured his body.