While animals do attack people, generally, that is not the case, I regret the talented gentleman was killed. It is certainly sad and a loss. The animal is not the villain, some times there is no villain. N
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First thing that came to my mind as well. Also think attack is not proper, why not only mentioned "fatally injured when interacted with" or something similar......... Very similar circumstances to Steve Irwins tragic death.
Since this was in aquarium, why not the stingray barb cut?
Yeah, cut barbs from rays, teeth from shark and Lions, , feathers from eagles ...........................Isn't enough for them to be in captivity?
I'm not sure if this is SOP at aquariums. The barb will regrow after being cut. Cutting the barb also creates a potential route for infection. This is why we opted not to cut barbs when working with rays in research. Albeit the animals we worked with were released back into the field, so we wanted to ensure animals were returned in as close a condition as possible to when they were captured.
, and the mechanism of death.