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Steve Irwin (The crocadile Hunter) Has died

Hell,them kids probably just the same or used to it lol. look at his wife 2 she out on an expedition in the mountains with no worldly contact.

its sad because u always joke about it but its weird when shit lik ethat actually happens
 
He has 2 kids. The guy has contributed alot for the environment, wildlife and has dished out great entertainment for kids. I was listening to one of his itnerviews today where he said, he always wakes up in the morning and feels there so much more to do when it comes to wild life. You know the man loved his job.

Interesting enough also, usually a Stingray's attack isn't fatal, Steve's is the first death via Stingray. It hurts like a bitch I read, but The Croc Hunter got it in a vital organ and died. Life is weird at times...
 
It wasnt the venom from the stingray that killed him, it was the fact that it peirced his heart. He was the third person ever on record to have been killed by a stingray. In a way it was bound to happen. I always expected it to be by a crocodile or a snake. Its still a shame though. You could tell that he really cared for the animals. At least he died doing what he loved.

R.I.P.
 
r.i.p.. i liked that guy.. everytime i watched him i always thought he was coked up. Damn.. 1st the Grizzly man and now Steve..
 
R.I.P. That sucks, but in his career, the occupational hazards are bound to be deadly, especially when dealing with lions and poisonous snakes and whatever else. Just like the Jackass/Wildboys cast, they do a lot of crazy stuff that they have fun doing, and we're entertained by it, but if something unfortunate happened, you wouldn't be surprised.
 
Shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time (01:00 UTC) on 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a short-tail stingray barb while diving in Batt Reef (part of the Great Barrier Reef), off the coast of Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia. Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, to be called The Ocean's Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi was hosting, when, according to his friend and colleague John Stainton, he swam too close to one of the animals. "He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat, called the Croc I, at the time.

[highlight]The events were caught on camera[/highlight], and the footage was handed to the Queensland Police. After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, marine documentary filmmaker and fisherman Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead." In such a case, the stingray responds by automatically flexing the serrated barb on its tail up to a maximum of 25 cm (10 in) of length. Cropp said Irwin had accidentally boxed the animal in. "It stopped and twisted and threw up its tail with the spike, and it caught him in the chest. It's a defensive thing. It's like being stabbed with a dirty dagger." The stinging of Irwin by the bull ray was "a one-in-a-million thing," Cropp told Time magazine. "I have swum with many rays, and I have only had one do that to me." Immediately after the attack, Irwin was shown on tape pulling the barb out, before losing consciousness. It is thought, in the absence of a coroner's report, that either the toxins of the barb caused Irwin to die of an apparent cardiac arrest or that he died quickly as a result of a punctured aorta.

Crewmembers aboard his boat called the emergency services in the nearest city of Cairns and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Lowe Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later.

Irwin's body was flown to a morgue in Cairns. His wife was on a walking tour in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania at the time, and returned via a private plane from Devonport to the Sunshine Coast with their two children.

This was only the third known fatality in Australian history from a stingray attack, and the first since 1945. As of 1996, only seventeen worldwide fatalities had been recorded, and it is believed to be the only fatal attack ever captured on film.
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Damn, it's described in details and everything, I wouldn't mind seeing the video--even though it'd be weird.

R.I.P.
 
I knew Steve, I had met him 5 or 6 times through the years as did my old man. It's a very sad moment because he was in real life exactly how he was on TV. One of the most warm hearted people you will ever meet.

Godbless your soul, God watch over your family and rest in peace champ.

peace.
 
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