Paul Stenquist wrote: > Pain doesn't kill. Having your heart punctured does. That's > reportedly what happened. > Paul
The barb is not particularly big (usually) on rays, so it probably only just got to the heart, which can suffer quite a lot of damage before quitting. Combined with the excruciatingly painful but not very toxic venom, the wound would become much more serious. Pain (or, rather, the effects of pain) can very easily kill. > On Sep 4, 2006, at 5:50 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > >>John Forbes wrote: >> >> >>>King Cobras are not much smaller, but I'd rather be bitten by a >>>python. >> >>King Cobras are much, _much_ smaller than the largest constrictors. >> >> >>>And as for Black Mambas... give me a croc any day. >> >>You might have a better chance of running from a croc but, if >>either of >>them got to you, the Mamba might be a quicker way to go. Neither >>would >>be painless. >> >>It was probably the pain that killed Irwin. >> >> >>>John >>> >>>On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:17:54 +0100, Mark Roberts >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Doug Brewer wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Sep 4, 2006, at 7:38 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Fortunately your son has a dad who knows things like the fact that >>>>>>octopuses have tongues. >>>>>> >>>>>>Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia >>>>> >>>>>Indeed. It's why they keep me around. >>>> >>>>BTW: Did you know that the Anaconda *isn't* the biggest snake in the >>>>world? It's the reticulated python. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
