![]() ![]() 1 2 He was at Batt Reef, near Port Douglas, Queensland. The stingray's barb pierced his chest, penetrating his thoracic wall and heart, causing massive trauma. Steve didn’t pull it out it’s a jagged, sharp barb and it went through Steve’s chest like a hot knife through butter. On 4 September 2006, Australian zookeeper, conservationist, and television programmer Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray while filming in the Great Barrier Reef. He also insisted that, contrary to reports at the time, Steve did NOT try and remove the barb, saying: "The stingray barb was a blade of about a foot extending out of the tail. Updated: 12:01, Katie Davis Published: Invalid Date, SHOCKING footage of the moment Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray remains hidden from the public as mystery surrounds the. ![]() It wasn’t until I panned the camera back and Steve was standing in a huge pool of blood that I realised something was wrong." "I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away - I didn’t even know it had caused any damage. "All of a sudden it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail. You swim up from behind the animal and I’ll try to get a shot of it swimming away'. ![]() He explained: "Stingrays are normally very calm - if they don’t want you to be near them, they’ll swim away. Now, in a moving interview with Network Ten's Studio 10 show, Justin has opened up about Steve irwin's death for the very first time. The wildlife presenter died in 2006 after being stabbed by a stingray while filming a documentary series - and his underwater cameraman, Justin Lyons, was the only person to witness those final moments. ![]()
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