Evidence that Steve Irwin might well have survived!

An 81 year-old man in Florida Wednesday suffered a wound from a stingray barb similar to the one that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin- and is still alive.

The barb was not pulled out of his heart at the scene, but removed surgically at a hospital.

He remains in critical condition.

The incident seems to add support to the notion that if Irwin hadn't instinctively pulled the barb from his chest- causing far more damage than the original wound itself had caused- he might have lived.

ADDENDUM: Here is an more detailed account of the story.

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