Thursday, October 19, 2006

Hot water

Blame it on global warming.
Stingray leaps on boat, stabs man in chest.

An 81-year-old man is in critical condition after a bizarre attack by a stingray, which leapt out of the water into a boat and stung him in the chest.

Its poisonous stinger - nearly four centimetres long - lodged close to his heart in an incident similar to the one that killed Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin last month.

A spokeswoman at the hospital said: "His condition is critical. He's in surgery.''

Good luck & God bless.