Central City News: THE sad demise of Australian superstar Steve Irwin.THE sad demise of Australian superstar Steve Irwin, who readers will recall was killed by a stingray stingray: see ray. stingray or whip-tailed ray Any of various species (family Dasyatidae) of rays noted for their slender, whiplike tail with barbed, usually venomous spines. , caused a ripple of sadness around the globe. One hitherto unreported and equally incredible knock-on effect was felt by the Sea Life Centre, right in the middle of Broad Street's Brindleyplace. Eager TV stations desperate for footage of the magnificent and generally very friendly stingray queued up with their satellite trucks to film the Sea Life Centre's stingrays, which brought traffic chaos to this pleasant, and normally sedate se·date v. To administer a sedative to; calm or relieve by means of a sedative drug. corner of England. Strange old world. |
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