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Old September 4th, 2006, 08:37 AM
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Default Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead

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dogscoff said:
Yes, it is a shame, but given the way he interacted with wild animals (ie going around pulling their tails) it's no great surprise. Had to catch up with him somewhen.
The way all the news here put it is that he wasn't terrifying it or anything. Now if he was attacking a croc and it bit his head off that would be no surprise. The way we hear it was a freak accident. I don't know for sure but it was something like if he had stepped on it while wading through water. It doesn't seem to be poison but the tail barb stabbed him in the heart.

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Turns out he was just swimming. A stingray swum under him and then suddenly it just attacked him

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...222051512.html

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