Crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin dead at 44

[Yeziknoradio]

R.I.P Steve.
Thanks for all the risks you took.
Who's going to be brave enough to replace him now?

info: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_on_en_tv/obit_irwin

 

[dhett]

A few details about the accident:
- Stung by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Stingray barb entered the left side of his chest and penetrated the heart.
- Irwin leaves behind a wife and two young children, ages 8 and 3.

He will be greatly missed. His genuine enthusiasm was infectious.

 

[KML0224]

Cry-KEY! It wasn't a crocodile that killed him either? Wow!

 

[MarcB]

Holy Cow! I got back home from visiting my friend at 8:15 this morning and my mom told me. I couldn't beleive it. Then I flipped on CNN and saw it. They were interviewing Jack Hanna about Mr. Corck Hunter.

Programming Note: CNN is rebroadcasting Larry Kings Interview with Crock Hunter tonite at 9PM.

 

[toby]

It was bound to happen. If you tease deadly animals for long enough it is bound to happen.
Plus, zoos are inhumane and it is almost cosmic justice.

 

[dhett]

It was bound to happen. If you tease deadly animals for long enough it is bound to happen.
Plus, zoos are inhumane and it is almost cosmic justice.

It didn't happen in a zoo. And it wasn't a croc that killed him. Now is there anyone else you'd like to pass judgment on?

 

[uppendowndadial]

Face it, Toby, you're gonna get flamed.
If you ever watched Steve and the scenes from the Austrailia Zoo, you know they took care of and cared about each animal. The inhumane part is the poachers in the wild who kill only for the sport of killing, or who are harvesting horns, tucks or other appendages/organs and leave the rest of the animal. Steve was a tremendous personality with a remarkable love for all animals, and a great ambassador for Austrailia. Condolences to Terri, Bindi and Bob.

 

[Nertz!]

Actually, there are a lot of people, myself included, that feel zoos are inhumane to animals, no matter how nicely the humans treat them they are out of their natural habitat.

 

[Markxxx]

A lot of that stuff is just "staged" for TV.

I guess you have to look at "Seigfried and Roy" and animals really can't be scripted.

 

[genius]

It was bound to happen. If you tease deadly animals for long enough it is bound to happen.
Plus, zoos are inhumane and it is almost cosmic justice.

It happens with any animal really. The bear savior in Alaska? He was eaten by a grizzly. Roy was mulled by a tiger, a SeaWorld trainer in San Antonino attacked by Shamu, humans kill their loved ones the list goes on and on. All animals are deadly.

While Irwin wasn't killed by want he worked with, he always played a dangerous game, especially after I read that crocodines accounted for more deaths in sub-Saharan Africa than gunfire.