Steve Irwin

[Lost_Warrior]

This saddens me greatly, as Steve is one of very few celebrities I ever actually gave a flying fig about. Steve Irwin the Croc Hunter died when a stingray's barb went through his chest.

 

http://au.news.yahoo.com/060904/23/10ebv.html

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html

[Antiochus of Seleucia]

OMFG NO! That guy was awesome! He made animals interesting... aww... .

[Lost_Warrior]

Oh, I know. And Terri doesn't even know according to one source...how aweful!

 

::cries::

[tflex]

I'm shocked, I love that guys documentaries, real nice person too. Even more shocking is his death, by a sting ray, it's very rare to die from a sting ray barb even if it's near the heart, I would have thought it was more likely for him to die from a snake bite or a crocodile, not a string ray, wow.

 

I watched all his documentaries, his interaction with animals was simply amazing, I feel terrible.

Edited September 4, 2006 by tflex

[Favonius Cornelius]

That sucks, he was a good guy.

 

Man, through his chest?

[Gaius Paulinus Maximus]

I'm absolutley gutted, the guy was a legend "crikey"

 

Sounds like a pretty horrible way to go

 

A sad day for Australia

[WotWotius]

I don't know what to say...that man was Ray Mears and David Attenborough rolled into one great Australian package.

 

Horriable bussiness indeed.

[Princeps]

I was never a massive fan. WHile he was amusing and fun, this was offset for me by his inappropriate treatment of wild animals. A truly great naturalist, David Attenborough for example, would never interfere with animals in the way that he did (jumping on crocodiles and wrestling them around, grabbing snakes, goading them to make them strike at the camera etc etc).

 

Regardless of this, it is sad news.

Edited September 4, 2006 by Princeps

[Ursus]

He seemed like a nice guy. But given his line of work there was always a danger something like this would happen. I prefer to see my wild animals at the zoo, not up close and personal.

[tflex]

I was never a massive fan. WHile he was amusing and fun, this was offset for me by his inappropriate treatment of wild animals. A truly great naturalist, David Attenborough for example, would never interfere with animals in the way that he did (jumping on crocodiles and wrestling them around, grabbing snakes, goading them to make them strike at the camera etc etc).

 

Regardless of this, it is sad news.

 

Yeah, but he brought international attention to the plight of animals and endangered species, plus he got people who never cared about wild animals or nature interested in wildlife. He did that through his close interaction with animals and camera work; through his T.V. show, he reached a wide audience and did more for conservation than any wildlife expert could ever hope to do in a whole lifetime. Not only that, but it's like he had a sixth sense with animals, he was an expert on reading body language, and I don't think anybody came close to having the practical knowledge of wildlife behaviour than Steve did. He just wasn't your ordinary wildlife expert, which can be extremely boring & robotic picking up data and stuff, or just filming from a distance, thats what was so different and special about him.

[Gaius Paulinus Maximus]

I think it was a pretty fitting way for him to go, doing what he loved best, which was interacting with wildlife

It would have been an anti-climax to his life if he'd have died in a dare i say "normal" way like some illness or being run over or something like that

I'm sure Terry would agree too

 

R.I.P. Mr Irwin

Edited September 4, 2006 by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

[FLavius Valerius Constantinus]

I didn't believe my mother when she said Steve died...damn!

 

And it was just so unlucky that he got killed by the stingray through the heart, just so rarely to happen.

[Rameses the Great]

This is sad. I thought Andre Agassi retiring was a big deal, when I heard this on the news I couldn't believe it. I used to watch him with my family and how cool and effortless he made it look was something to see. There probably will never be another 'Crocodile Hunter.' He has left a heck of a legacy behind. There was no one that could compare to him in the name of nature conversation, then again there probably never going to be someone like him.

[FLavius Valerius Constantinus]

The Croc hunter is gone now...that only leaves me with Jeff Corwin. I hope he does not befall the same fate.

[Kosmo]

It is sad, but not really surprising. He was doing a lot of dangerous stuff with wild animals. I have to agree with Princeps, what he was doing was not the approach of a scientist, but of a television star.