Man forgives his stingray enemy in a touchingly hilarious tweet

May this story teach us all a lesson about forgiveness.

A year ago, Twitter user GavBurl, struggling with the loss of Steve Irwin, threatened to punch a stingray floating in an aquarium touch pool to defend Irwin's honor.

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"I should punch it though just to let it know Steve Irwin still got shooters out here," he said. Irwin was killed in 2006 after a stingray attacked him.

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But yesterday GavBurl sought forgiveness.

With a heartfelt apology to the innocent stingray, who he affectionately called a water pancake, he made peace and ended "the cycle of violence" he had created.

It doesn't get much better than "I love you Water Pancake."

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