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A post-mortem examination has confirmed Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin died soon after being speared in the chest by a stingray.
It has been confirmed Irwin was killed when the poisonous barb on the ray's tail pierced his chest while filming for a television program at a reef off Port Douglas.
"We're not going into the detail but there's definitely no surprises. Everyone knows how he died," a police spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman said the video would form part of the police investigation along with witness statements. They would be handed to the coroner.
"The footage shows him swimming in the water, the ray stopped and turned and that was it," boatowner Peter West was reported as saying in The Australian.
"There was no blood in the water, it was not that obvious ... something happened with this animal that made it rear and he was at the wrong position at the wrong time and if it hit him anywhere else we would not be talking about a fatality."
After Irwin was attacked, film crew bundled him into an inflatable dinghy where they reported the 44-year-old as barely conscious but still breathing.
However, Irwin had died by the time the support team had got him on board his vessel, Croc One. Attempts by a doctor and paramedic to revive him on a nearby island failed and his body was flown to Cairns on Monday night.
