http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html
Quote from: Chaostimehttp://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html
Bloody hell the poor bloke. Theyd just had a kid the other year, I remember that incident well.
He will be missed, he was very popular, at least he died doing his loved job.
no way, thats gutted me.
just read about it myself.
Man..
Ive just shown Leila and Krystal, theyre gutted, they loved his shows, especially the, Crcodile Hunters and his Australia Zoo programs.
Crikey
How untimely and undeserved :(
Absolutely tragic. I always found myself drawn to the man for his boundless enthusiasm for the subject, and I loved his TV shows. The man educated millions of people across the globe and opened their eyes to conservation issues regarding species that most people consider "nasty" and wouldnt normally give a second glance to.
Quote from: Clockd 0NeHow untimely and undeserved :(
Im as gutted as everyone else, I really liked the bloke and supported him through the croc+daughter incident. His death is definitely untimely but he did take a lot of calculated risks in his work and was injured several times, eventually the odds are going to get you.
Im really sad for his kids, family and friends though and I do hope they continue the vital work they have been doing.
Bloody Hell :/ :?
decent lad and cared about animals and the planet...
but the way he did things was always going to mean he had the life expectancy of a suicide bomber with bubonic plague, he had his legs slapped a few times for doing controversial stunts and the like...
sad day though :(
Quote from: SeriousQuote from: Clockd 0NeHow untimely and undeserved :(
Im as gutted as everyone else, I really liked the bloke and supported him through the croc+daughter incident. His death is definitely untimely but he did take a lot of calculated risks in his work and was injured several times, eventually the odds are going to get you.
Im really sad for his kids, family and friends though and I do hope they continue the vital work they have been doing.
Thats a good thing, his wife Terry is just as mad and committed, they will improve things in his memory.
Very sad news... He was the only reason I used to watch animal planet, learnt alot from him.
Feel bad for his wife and children :(
R.I.P. - will miss the Croc Hunter
Its really odd, He does stuff that has a lot of danger and risk but he was forever going on about safty and training and doing things right, the show on the weekend was about training new people to handly crocs in the right way.
Only One other person Ever around the coast of Oz has known to die from the sting of one of them so was very much a million to one shot rather then his risks being the bettter of him.
Quote from: neXusIts really odd, He does stuff that has a lot of danger and risk but he was forever going on about safty and training and doing things right, the show on the weekend was about training new people to handly crocs in the right way.
Only One other person Ever around the coast of Oz has known to die from the sting of one of them so was very much a million to one shot rather then his risks being the bettter of him.
the fact that stingrays have only killed a small number of people could give you an idea of what happened, they are very placid creatures and do not attack unless provoked. I imagine, though i could be wrong, that steve as he tended to do, got a little over zealous/enthusiastic and got caught out. He got a couple of tellings off from organisations for getting too close to animals on an antarctic survey shoot, as well as other excursions, a decent bloke but sometimes a loose canon.. :(
whoa!
heard about this, this morning. thats a bit of a shock imo :(
Quote from: redwhoa!
heard about this, this morning. thats a bit of a shock imo :(
not half as a shock as it was for steve...
Quote from: BadabingQuote from: neXusIts really odd, He does stuff that has a lot of danger and risk but he was forever going on about safty and training and doing things right, the show on the weekend was about training new people to handly crocs in the right way.
Only One other person Ever around the coast of Oz has known to die from the sting of one of them so was very much a million to one shot rather then his risks being the bettter of him.
the fact that stingrays have only killed a small number of people could give you an idea of what happened, they are very placid creatures and do not attack unless provoked. I imagine, though i could be wrong, that steve as he tended to do, got a little over zealous/enthusiastic and got caught out. He got a couple of tellings off from organisations for getting too close to animals on an antarctic survey shoot, as well as other excursions, a decent bloke but sometimes a loose canon.. :(
Hmm maybe, its defence so yeah you could be right, Still Even when they sting most people survive, it mus have caught him right around the heart
Really sad news this he was one of the bright sparks in the world at the moment and fun to watch him and his team develop something big in terms of Animal conservation.
Quote from: neXusHmm maybe, its defence so yeah you could be right, Still Even when they sting most people survive, it mus have caught him right around the heart
Really sad news this he was one of the bright sparks in the world at the moment and fun to watch him and his team develop something big in terms of Animal conservation.
apparently it was directly in the chest, [from the news] it [the death] was caused by trauma and not the venom from the sting, so he would have died instantly...
thats the game you play - if you survive it makes good TV, to get so close to these amazing creatures, but if it goes wrong, its devastating...
R.I.P Steve Irwin, you will never be forgoten
Quote from: BadabingQuote from: neXusHmm maybe, its defence so yeah you could be right, Still Even when they sting most people survive, it mus have caught him right around the heart
Really sad news this he was one of the bright sparks in the world at the moment and fun to watch him and his team develop something big in terms of Animal conservation.
apparently it was directly in the chest, [from the news] it [the death] was caused by trauma and not the venom from the sting, so he would have died instantly...
thats the game you play - if you survive it makes good TV, to get so close to these amazing creatures, but if it goes wrong, its devastating...
Sop basically caught him unlucky around the heart and triggered a heart attack and lung distress then :/
For all hes seen and done a 1 in a million strike :/
Crikey!
Its a damn shame that is to have a freak accident like that. Apparently this sort of accident has happened once before in 1945. Hes done a hell of lot to preserve nature especially in his homeland and he always knew he was taking a risk when he got up close to animals. It is a very sad tragedy and may he RIP :(
Very sad news, he looked a nice bloke and very enjoyable to watch his shows.
Ive seen a few reports that mention it wasnt actually the venom that killed him, it was a puncture wound to the heart, hence why death occured so quickly. If that is indeed the case then it really is one of those one a million chance events. :cry:
QuoteJohn Stainton, a friend and colleague, said Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat Croc One near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.
"He came on top of the stingray and the stingrays barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Mr Stainton, who was on board Irwins boat at the time.
Still cant believe it :cry:
When I first heard he died, I was sure it was due to his charming but head banging dumbassity. Then I find out that it was a ray barb tothe heart. Freakish, but a hell of away to exit stage left for a larger than life figure.
Crikey, Strewth, By Dingo!
:( R.I.P Mate
Great guy he will be missed.
Lol, willies
A shock, a right shame, and a waste of a tallent of someone who has was trying make a differance, well and did.
R.I.P Steve :(
Shocking news and a chance in a million. He should have got himself a lottery ticket on the same day!
tragic news :( he was very talented.
RIP
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Murphy21uk/not_killed_by_sting_ray.jpg)
IMO it was only a matter of time before a man who actively provokes (or at least every time I have seen him on TV) dangerous animals died in a freak accident involving a dangerous species.
Jaimz :rock:
god its started lol
RIP Steve, great character such an unlucky accident
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/multimedia/crocodile_hunter.mp3
U probably heard it before: Steve Irwin is Taliban Hunter
but it brings a smile to face during this sad time :)
Thanks to those canny people on ebay, you can now buy him dead for your own home!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/05/ebay_steve_irwin/
yahoo is equally succeptable to that as google tbh, I put in an actresses name and got a load of inapropriate sex sites with the name stuck dodgily into a sentance :?
Quote from: Seriousyahoo is equally succeptable to that as google tbh, I put in an actresses name and got a load of inapropriate sex sites with the name stuck dodgily into a sentance :?
Bet you were gutted :lol:
Quote from: funkychicken9000Quote from: Seriousyahoo is equally succeptable to that as google tbh, I put in an actresses name and got a load of inapropriate sex sites with the name stuck dodgily into a sentance :?
Bet you were gutted :lol:
Yeah, they were all carp! :P
This is a real downer!!! I loved watching his shows, the countles hours I found myself watching them, totally interested and having a laugh impersonating him with my house m8s. Now its all over :(
What a great guy! I feel so much for his family :cry: