> Hello George,

 >>GP>I thought a stingray sting wasn't normally fatal?

 >>LL>Get too close to a bull stingray and see what happens.

 >>GP>What happened?  Was Steve's heart weak?

 >>LL>An eight-inch barb hitting the heart is as deadly as a dagger.

 > GP>Didn't realize they shot a barb. . .

I don't believe they "shoot" barbs; as I understand it, the tail
ends are barbed and excrete poison; what the ray does is to flick his tail
and stab with it.

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