When Steve Irwin took his fateful final trip to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, it was in search of some of the most dangerous predators of the deep for his series, Ocean's Deadliest.
But it wouldn't be some ferocious beast that would claim his life, but a seemingly harmless stingray. As the pioneering Crocodile Hunter, Steve knew everything there was to know about dangerous creatures.
But given stingrays had killed just two people in Australia since 1945, the father-of-two had no reason to fear the 8ft wide bull one that sat lazing on the bottom of Batt Reef near Port Douglas.
He had initially started his day looking for tiger sharks with cameraman Justin Lyons, but when he saw the 220lb ray, he reportedly knew it would be perfect for his
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