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Just heard the news there….. the Croc man dead thru his passion for teachin and learnin things about our nature and living creatures….. lots of risks he’s taken and now used up his 9 lives etc…. shame I enjoyed his programes but should these adventurers put their lifes at risk…??? i reckon errr NO….. leave the preditors to the unkonown… as Billy Connolly said…. * we don’t belong in the sea…. * and quite ritely so…
Australia’s “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin dies Monday September 4, 06:41 AM
Click to enlarge photoSYDNEY (Reuters) – Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia’s northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
“Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest,” said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident
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“He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury,” he said.Police and ambulance officials later confirmed Irwin had died and said his family had been advised.
Irwin, 44, was killed while filming an underwater documentary off Port Douglas.
Irwin had been diving off his boat “Croc One” near Batt Reef northeast of Port Douglas. A helicopter had taken paramedics to nearby Low Isles where Irwin was taken for medical treatment but he was dead before they arrived, police said.
Irwin won a global following for his dare-devil antics but also triggered outrage in 2004 by holding his then one-month-old baby while feeding a snapping crocodile at his Australian zoo.
He made almost 50 of his “Crocodile Hunter” documentaries which appeared on cable TV channel Animal Planet and won a worldwide audience.
The series ended after he was criticised for the incident with his young son and for disturbing whales, seals and penguins while filming in Antarctica.
Khaki-clad Irwin became famous for his seemingly death-defying methods with wild animals, including crocodiles and snakes.
He made a cameo appearance alongside Eddie Murphy in the 2001 Hollywood film Dr Dolittle 2 and appeared on U.S. television shows such as “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and on children’s television alongside The Wiggles.
Irwin was married with two children, Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence. His American-born wife Terri was his business partner and frequent on-screen collaborator.
(Additional reporting by Michael Perry in SYDNEY)
Very sad and more than a little ironic that a man who wrestled crocodiles and poisonous reptiles..should be killed by a fish..albeit a giant stingray.
Personally..could never watch him as I have an extreme aversion to poisonous reptiles with no legs..can’t even bear to print the word.. but it begins and ends in ‘s’ and has ‘nake’ in the middle…aaargh!
To be honest I was beginning to think this man was invincible. The amount of attacks he has survived. I did have to double check he was really dead. I am surprised it was a stingray, would have thought a huge snake or crocodile eating him would have been a more glamorous way to go. Anyhow poor guy, and i feel for his family, though i suppose the end was inevitable with the daily risks he takes.
@ the loss of a great Ambassador of Nature. The man was a nutcase but he only lived his life around what made him passionate. Rest in peace big guy. xxx@dolflip25 wrote:
@ the loss of a great Ambassador of Nature. The man was a nutcase but he only lived his life around what made him passionate. Rest in peace big guy. xxxditto. we loved his programmes.
Steve Irwin has achieved many great things in the conservation of animals and the planet as a whole. This is such a tragic ending for an incredible man who loved the world itself almost!! He took many risks, and has left a legacy behind that people won’t ever forget. Rest in peace Steve and god be with your family!! xxxx
@esmeralda wrote:
.. but it begins and ends in ‘s’ and has ‘nake’ in the middle…aaargh!
You love my trouser S nake though :wink: :wink:
I loved his programmes too, he had such a passion for what he did. Truly a remarkable man! It was odds on he was going to meet a grisly end, goes with the territory really, just a shame it was so soon.
Rest in peace xxx
@peeved wrote:
I am thinking he was more stupid than passionate, what a fool, left his family and children in the name of fame and bravado.
I honestly don’t think fame had anything to do with what Steve spent his life doing. He was crazy before he hit the big screen. It was all part of what HE believed he had to do to achieve his goal, which i think was learning and spreading his knowledge about the wildlife in our world. There are many jobs out there that involve the same levels of danger, but people still do them because thats what THEY choose to do.
It is sad that he has left his children and family behind him, but they were ALWAYS part of what he did and stood behind him 100% of the way, they shared his experiences.
Again a sad loss to the nature world, but one i think who will always be remembered.
Yup. An Old Trafford and Eire legend. He hunted crocodiles in his spare time, and he always gave 100 percent on the pitch.
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