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OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
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September 4th, 2006, 05:42 AM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
World has lost a good man.
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September 4th, 2006, 06:28 AM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
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.
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September 4th, 2006, 08:30 AM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
The world is a poorer place without him in it expressing a love for wildlife and sharing that expression.
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September 4th, 2006, 08:37 AM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
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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.
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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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September 4th, 2006, 11:04 AM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
Oh, sorry. My understanding was that he had been fatally stung by something that never ever attacks humans unless provoked (ie by pulling its tail) but I guess I was wrong.
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September 4th, 2006, 04:43 PM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
Odds are that the stingray didn't notice steve irwin or thought he was something else and then panicked and attacked steve irwin.
Steve Irwin isn't someone that goes around provoking animals, he's an expert in his field for his whole life. He died doing what he loved, I only feel sorry that his kids will grow up without him.
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September 5th, 2006, 04:02 PM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
I also agree. He was reckless and it was bound to catch up to him eventually. I'm not saying what happened wasn't tragic, merely inevitable.
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September 5th, 2006, 05:47 PM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
I Don't believe he was reckless, I think he was smart enought to considder what could and what could NOT be done to an animal........... But you CAN NOT hug Crocodile's, kis snakes and take a bath with sharks and expect that it will work fine for the restr of your life....... so inevitable indeed..
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September 5th, 2006, 12:43 AM
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Re: OT: the Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin) is dead
Wrong DOgscoff Steve-O knew what he was doing he never "provoked" an animal just to provoke it he would never terrify or injure an animal, he never picked animals up but not by anything that would cause it harm or pain.
He was an expert and he loved the animals and would never let them hurt and it is sad he died such a tragic death.
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