Yeah, I heard about this last week. Apparently stingrays ARE supposed to be the tamest animals in the ocean. Aside from this story, I think we have to remember that we're invading their territory and if frightened, they'll attack. I don't know too much as I don't live near the ocean, but my husband lived on the coast of Florida for a long time and told me that the first rule of walking in the ocean is to drag your feet, not pick them up simply due to stingrays. He said they won't kill you if you step on them but it can be dangerous. I think what happened to this man was a 1 in 100,000,000 type thing. We'd panic and try to attack if we were out of our environment. Last I heard though, he wasn't going to die from this thank goodness.