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fistfullofsteel
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That's what I heard on the radio. 
Crocodile hunter is dead
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fistfullofsteel
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BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media said. He was 44.
Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of Brisbane.
A helicopter carrying paramedics flew to the island, but he died from a stingray barb to the heart, ABC reported on its Web site.
Telephone calls to Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, were not immediately answered.
Irwin is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter," which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 and has aired around the world on the Discovery channel.
He rode his image into a feature film, and developed the Australia Zoo as a tourist attraction.
Irwin had received some negative publicity in recent years. In January 2004, he stunned onlookers at his Australia Zoo reptile park by carrying his 1-year-old son into a crocodile pen during a wildlife show. He tucked the infant under one arm while tossing the 13-foot reptile a piece of meat with the other.
Authorities declined to charge Irwin for violating safety regulations.
Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary. Irwin denied any wrongdoing, and an Australian Environment Department investigation recommended no action be taken against him.
Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of Brisbane.
A helicopter carrying paramedics flew to the island, but he died from a stingray barb to the heart, ABC reported on its Web site.
Telephone calls to Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, were not immediately answered.
Irwin is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter," which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 and has aired around the world on the Discovery channel.
He rode his image into a feature film, and developed the Australia Zoo as a tourist attraction.
Irwin had received some negative publicity in recent years. In January 2004, he stunned onlookers at his Australia Zoo reptile park by carrying his 1-year-old son into a crocodile pen during a wildlife show. He tucked the infant under one arm while tossing the 13-foot reptile a piece of meat with the other.
Authorities declined to charge Irwin for violating safety regulations.
Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary. Irwin denied any wrongdoing, and an Australian Environment Department investigation recommended no action be taken against him.
solidspine
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That is really too bad, he was a great guy, loved to watch his TV shows.
DieselGunz
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wow
Trojan Horse
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No!!! That guy was cool and made me laugh many times. After a while, I thought he was really a goof the way he made his documentaries and taking stupid risks for the camera. A Sting Ray got him? I want some more details on this tragedy, but it's too early to get the whole story. In my overall opinion, I beleive he was a good entertainer, and a good guy with a big heart who loved animals. It's too bad. At least he died doing something he loved.
megamania500
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I didn't know stingrays were poisonous, or electrical, or whatever
DieselGunz
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megamania500 said:
yup there barbs on there tail and when provoked or stepped on they whip there tail into there advisary. As the barb penetrates the skin a protien based venum is injected, usually this is not life threatning but can cause complications and very bad pain.
IMO the key point is the barb penetrated his heart which sealed his fate.
Bottom line he died doing somthing he loved, we should all be that lucky
fistfullofsteel
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I had a feeling one day he would die in one of his adventures or something from like a car accident, sort of like George Patton. Have a dangerous occupation and then die of all things because of a car accident.
canadianhitman
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Crappy twist of fate....I always figured it'd be a snake or a croc that would do him in.
GoldenDelicious
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that sucks. even though he was a twit, he was great because he was famous, and yet no competition for the chicks
knowing my luck, some greek guy will be the next crocodile hunter
knowing my luck, some greek guy will be the next crocodile hunter
He was great. My daughter watched him all of the time. His wife Terri was from our area. Amazing to me that Wikapedia has already been updated with the news.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin
fistfullofsteel
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you have to joking, "As a child, he had a negative encounter with a macaw, which throughout his life left him with a fear of parrots" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin
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i seriously have never felt so saddened after a loss of a person i havent met before , then i do now. i remember when i was like 13 i used to watch that show religiously and marveled at his antics. i always thought he had a heart of gold .. and genuinly cared about his family , the animals and his fans. may he RIP !
chewyxrage
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that's F'ed up
Longhorn85
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At least he died doing what he loved to do.
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ThruTheWire
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That is one hell of a strike by a stingray, no doubt if the barb went thru to the heart it may have killed him alone but with a protein denaturing stinger right into the cardiovascular muscle. Thats like instant death. I mean, its overkill to have a stinger. And there are rib spaces that are easily penetrated. The thing we will learn more about I am sure is that animals with stingers have an uncannny knack for being able to hit an opponent's heart with some sort of electrical sensory phenomena that is not all that well understood. they just seem to know where the heart is.
A barb to the heart salt on it could kill him, let alone venom. Thats instant death b/c of the conduction system. Everything fires and bleh, meatloaf
A barb to the heart salt on it could kill him, let alone venom. Thats instant death b/c of the conduction system. Everything fires and bleh, meatloaf
GoldenDelicious
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probably diving along the sandy bottom with his torso horizontal. stingrays usually lie along the bottom of the ocean floor, under a layer of sand. startle it when youre over it and there you goAAP said:
gjohnson5
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pintoca said:
Now that I think about this further
If you lift your left arm up you'll find your heart s pretty well exposed even for a bigger person such as myself. But like one said if your swimming and you are horizontal, you have the same situation. He got struck at a bad time probably
gotmilk
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AAP said:
Those barbs are like 8 inch knives. I once stepped on a stingray in Costa Rica and it gashed/whipped my leg pretty good.
You know how some places let you swim with the stingrays?In some places, for insurance purposes, they make swimmers wear a jacket that has sheets of kevlar in them...in case the ray jabs in the chest area..
Sassy69 said:
That one musta had it out for him. Kinda ironic for an animal master to get killed like that.
redguru
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His approach to conservation was novel. Instead of standing around asking people to pony up he'd go out and buy large tracts of land worldwide and create naturalist parks out of it. PETA and other asshats could have learned a few things from him. The risk-taking was part of his schtick but this was just a freak accident. Supposedly the cameraman spooked the stingray causing it to lash out with its barb and Steve was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
DannoMight
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Damn I will miss the aussie goof. RIP Steve!!!!!!!!
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heatherrae
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Very very sad. Stingrays don't attack. I wonder how in the heck he got a barb to the chest. It is so weird.
mustang_00
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not trying to be a dick or anything but do you think they were filming at the time of the accident?
sorerotators
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that dagger aint just decorationHeatherRae said:
People normally step on them and get barbed in the foot. Steve was swimming horizontally right on top of it, so he was taking his chances and this time the law of averages caught up with him. Who would have thought by a stingray though? That's only the 2nd fatality on record in Austrailia.
GoldenDelicious
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he was already pulling in about 4 million a year, and it was on the increase. i dont really think she gives a toss about moneybiteme said:
also, this is a really bad thing for aussie tourism.
Testosterone boy
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Subzeero said:
asshat
big_bad_buff
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you know the world is coming to an end when-steve Irwin dies
he didnt die instantly apparently. It says on yahoo.com that the video was caught on tape and they reviewed it, and when the barb stabbed him, he reached down and pulled it out and then diedbiteme said:
i wonder if he hadnt pulled it out and let them do it, would he still be alive?
Subzeero
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jd_uk said:
oh please...
He was an animal lover blah blah blah my foot!
All he wanted was a lot of attention and a lot of money. He exploited animals for a living.
Recording them on tape, and then getting too close, acting like he was some kind of a supernatural expert, touching and disturbing them, for the sake of your ignorant amusement.
Yes, i know he built a zoo, and probably spent millions of dollars on well-being of animals, and guess what? you know that too! So does everyone who is sorry for his death, and so does millions and millions of other people. What does that mean? He was doing it for attention, for his own ego.
It is unfortunate for anyone to die, but it is fortunate that idiots in this world die too. There are thousands of people who are truely great that die everyday, who were too pious to bother with fame and money and hardly anyone is mourning their death but one day one big idiot dies and everyone is mourning his death.
Its ironic. People don't know who to truely respect anymore.
very somber mood down here in oz at the moment. Constantly on every channel on tv.
They have the footage but probably wont release it from familys request.
This is a question that was asked to steve in FHM magazine.
"how would you rather go: in the jaws of a big beast or asleep in bed?"
'dont care, i have no fear of death, i've achieved so much in my 39 years on this planet that, christ, i could kick it straight after this interview and iv done enough. iv dived in with sharks, been bitten, chewed, peed on, shat on, spat at; you name it mate iv had it.'
Steve Irwin, september 2001
PS. subzeero if thats the sort of compassion you show for a dude thats done so much for this world, no doubt nobody will give a shit when you die.
They have the footage but probably wont release it from familys request.
This is a question that was asked to steve in FHM magazine.
"how would you rather go: in the jaws of a big beast or asleep in bed?"
'dont care, i have no fear of death, i've achieved so much in my 39 years on this planet that, christ, i could kick it straight after this interview and iv done enough. iv dived in with sharks, been bitten, chewed, peed on, shat on, spat at; you name it mate iv had it.'
Steve Irwin, september 2001
PS. subzeero if thats the sort of compassion you show for a dude thats done so much for this world, no doubt nobody will give a shit when you die.
Y_lifter
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My daughter was pretty upset by the news..
Close to tears almost, due to her interests almost entirely
revolving around animals and caring for them.
Much like the complaints of Animals being held in zoos and such,
many feel he used animals for gain. He IMO used them to gain the
attention of people that otherwise would never know anything about
crocs and other animals that are never in the news in a positive way.
With attention can come help. This attention has worked for countless species
that were unknown by the folks that live in the cities. These same folks are the
ones that hold the purse strings and legal power needed to protect them.
Close to tears almost, due to her interests almost entirely
revolving around animals and caring for them.
Much like the complaints of Animals being held in zoos and such,
many feel he used animals for gain. He IMO used them to gain the
attention of people that otherwise would never know anything about
crocs and other animals that are never in the news in a positive way.
With attention can come help. This attention has worked for countless species
that were unknown by the folks that live in the cities. These same folks are the
ones that hold the purse strings and legal power needed to protect them.
PICK3
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hayz said:
I have to side with Subzeero on this one.
As I am certainly saddened Mr. Irwin has died leaving behind small children he had an opportunity to do what he loved while he was here.
You're correct, people won't give a shit when Subzeero or you or I die. People didn't give a shit when my best childhood friend died of brain cancer leaving behind 3 small kids. There wasn't a single television documentary examining my friend's life and the good things he did for people.
As Subzeero stated, he deserves no particular sympathy. Irwin died. We're all gonna die, possibly even today.
jd_uk
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Subzeero said:
I'm uncertain as to whether you're just not very bright or whether you're a complete and utter tool...or both. For this reason i won't attempt to level with you too much.
What i will say is this. If you actually followed his shows and honestly believe that the guy did everything for money and his own ego then please do us all a favour and shoot yourself now because you're one stupid fuck. I suspect that you don't really believe this and are just a very sad case....in which case please do us all a favour and shoot yourself now...and hayz is correct...no one would care, if your posts on this thread are anything to go by...unlike with Irwin who's death has saddened many as he was a great guy who brought joy and love to many.
I suppose you have to expect to get all sorts of lovely people on these boards. Just a shame that there's so many retards.
jd_uk
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PICK3 said:
You live your life respecting people and people will respect you when you die. Live your life like subzero and some good people will still respect you but many will say 'what a c*nt'.
Your friend didn't have a documentary made about him? What the hell do you expect? I'm guessing he also wasn't known to millions of people. But i'm also guessing that you didn't get retards like subzero turning up when he died and saying 'ah who cares he wasn't that great'. Learn the difference, man.
redguru
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manny78 said:
He was a great conservationist, which goes hand in hand with an avid hunter's interests. He's very personable according to all accounts when he did his shows at Eglin Air Force Base in Ft. Walton Beach. Even bought property over here to prevent it from being developed.
redguru
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Subzeero
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jd_uk said:
you miss the point completely. Retards like subzeero, or great respectable people like yourself do not need to turn up at his friends funeral. His friend was a great man regardless! Read that sentence three times atleast.
Greatness does not require fame, recognition and attention. Society and authority need to produce these fake greats, with tools such as fame and recognition. Examples are needed.
I will always have my serious doubts about this man's intentions. I strongly feel that he was selfish and does not deserve any respect just because he is dead.
That said, i would also like to advise you to calm down and take it easy. I am not making any personal attacks, but you seem like i am setting you off like a firecracker. This was not my intention when i made these statements.
I could have easily said something cheesy and subtle in this thread by offering my condolences etc, just to avoid pissing someone like yourself off, but i chose not to do that. Instead i will hold my head high, because i expressed whatever seemed right to me. Now these statments may be dense and retarded, but i remained true to myself.
dutchman063
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what i dont understand is why at this point in his life having a newly formed family that he would continue to take such high risks with such deadly animals...i know he "died doing what he loved" but what about his family? did he love toying with dangerous animals more than living to raise his family? seems very selfish on his part
jd_uk
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Subzeero said:
You have missed the point, not me. My response to pick3 was his comment about his friend having no big tv documentary made- his friend was not well known so of course no such event would occur. If he says his friend was a great guy then i believe him.
Subzeero said:
When did i say that 'greatness' required these things? WTF are you on about? Don't answer that because i don't care.
Subzeero said:
If you think that making comments like "All he wanted was a lot of attention and a lot of money. He exploited animals for a living" and "but one day one big idiot dies and everyone is mourning his death", the day after a good guy has died is something to hold your head high about then you're even more of a tool than i thought.
...and yes you have pissed me off and it will continue to piss me off to know that there are people as heartless and stupid as you in the world. That is my final word to you on the matter.
