C’mon mates! Leave the little stingies alone.

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Irwin fans ‘in revenge attacks’:

Dead stingrays with their tails cut off have been found in Australia, sparking concern that fans of naturalist Steve Irwin may be avenging his death.

Mr Irwin, a TV personality known as the “Crocodile Hunter”, was killed while diving in Queensland when a stingray’s barb stabbed him in the chest.

Since then, 10 stingrays have been found mutilated on Queensland beaches.

Government officials said they were investigating the deaths and there could be prosecutions.

Two stingrays were found at a beach north of Brisbane with their tails cut off, while eight were found on another beach on Monday, The Australian reported.