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  1. More likely they were collected by someone planning to sell “Steve Irwin’s Stingray Tail of Death!”

  2. It *may* be a reaction to his death simply because sting rays might be viewed as more dangerous than before his death. A *fan* wouldn’t be likely to have the mindset that dangerous animals should be killed, even if quite a few other people do.

    And I agree, selling sting ray stingers seems like a plausible motivation.

  3. I’m having trouble believing it’s anything other than coincidence, that the mutilations were committed for reasons other than revenge. While not unliked by most, Irwin wasn’t that popular in Australia, not so much that his death would inspire fans to do this. Besides, pretty much all of his fans realize that Irwin himself would be appalled at the thought that this might be revenge.

    To be blunt, I think this is a manufactured story. Someone probably took the very real finds of dead, tail-hacked rays and asked Irwin’s manager or business associates what they’d think if these were revenge killings, and that’s what’s busted out in the news: Revenge Killings. Everything else after that has been nothing but hype and the echo chamber effect.

  4. “To be blunt, I think this is a manufactured story.”

    I think ElMondoHummus has hit the nail squarely on the head.

  5. Hey, Roy, don’t you go around accusing me of abusing nails! Who’m I avenging? Jesus?

    😉

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