Where Are All Of The So-called "Moderate" Stingray

[Daanyeer]

Source: TNOYF
September 14, 2006




As regular readers of TNOYF know, I have been atypically slow to react to the untimely and tragic death of Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin. I have been waiting to see what the reaction would be from the stingray community on this violent and cowardly act but as of yet I have heard nothing. Nada. Zilch.

Where are all of the "moderate" stingrays that I keep hearing about in the press? Just one stingray speaking out against the crime would hold more weight than the dozens of liberal stingray apologists who have taken up their cause.

I keep hearing marine biologists and other oceanic experts repeat the same talking points over and over: "It is extremely rare for stingrays to kill people", "Stingrays just want to live in peace", "Most stingrays disagree with what happened."

Balderdash. I have heard of exactly one encounter between a stingray and a human, a well-trained and very experienced wild animal expert at that, which literally ended in cold-blooded murder. I am no mathematician, but that is almost a 90% kill ratio for these swift-swimming agents of death.

So today I issue a challenge to the "moderate" stingray community if they exist: Stand up (or hop out of the water or whatever it is that you do) and speak out against this terrible hate crime or face being lumped in with the rest of your murderous breed.

And to the oceans, reefs and lagoons that provide safe harbor for these killers I say this: Do not shelter these creatures. Do not give them comfort. Do not let them do stingrayish things within your borders. Remember, you are either with us or you are with the Oceanic Fascists.