Steve Irwin killed by stingray.

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Rip Steve.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20351246-1702,00.html

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I just watch the news about Steve Irwin and I have watch him few time.....he always DAREDEVIL man who do for everythings he does....eg. like taking risk or play with fire with all the dangerious animals!   

Rip Steve Irwin and Steve Always say "The Croc Rules!" 

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Imagine the odds..
He was swimming above a stingray which put up it's barb and pierced his heart, probably killing him instantly.
I always thought that a snake was going to get him to be honest.
He did a lot of good, bought a lot of land for conservation purposes and had a lot of fans (and enemies), he made a dent on the world though that's for sure. Rip dude.

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What Steve say during his time on TV

_ "Crikey!" ââ,¬â€? his catch phrase, exclaimed repeatedly during his television show whenever something interesting happens.

_ "I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I'm just fine with that."

_ "I have no fear of losing my life ââ,¬â€? if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it."

_ "I've worked with more dangerous snakes than anyone in the world and I've never been bitten. It's a gift."

_ "I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn't film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out." ââ,¬â€? on one particularly close shave.

_ "Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building." ââ,¬â€? comparing dealing with deadly animals with show business.

_ "Crocodiles. I've been catching them since I was nine. No problem."

_ "Fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes."

_ "It is all about perceived danger. In front of that crocodile I was in complete control. Absolute and complete control. That is my profession. I would be considered a bad parent if I didn't teach my children to be crocodile savvy because they live here, they live in crocodile territory." ââ,¬â€? On the 2004 controversy in which he was filmed holding his infant son while feeding a snapping crocodile:

_ "To hear people say that it was a publicity stunt, that I'm just like Michael Jackson, well, it just tears me up. It makes me sick to my stomach to be compared in that way." ââ,¬â€? On the same incident.

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Fearless or complacent?

[DrewPee]

A little of both maybe - Cool character though!

DrewPee

[Clyde]

Real sad and such a shame when I heard that on the news. The real Crocodile Dundee will be sadly missed.

[Shockwave]

I'm still staggered at the odds of getting killed in that way.
I mean, lets face it, hehas made his mark on the word. I remember watching an episode of Crocodile Hunter when he was in a desert in Arizona I think. He was looking for rattlesnakes and the American air force who's airbase he was looking for snakes on took him up for a flight in an F16 and I was thinking that I'd love to do that.
Maybe it would be so great if I made such a mark on the world that the American air force would want to take me for a spin an a Mach 2 fighter jet and I rememebr thinking that he has probably worked very hard and given a lot to be so successful that he has opportunities like that.

What staggers me are the odds of it all.

I mean, if someone said to you that you were going to be a world famous Natural Historian (and let's face it, how many can you think of?? David Attenborough, Austen Stevens Perhaps? And Steve Irwin). It's not like there are many of them who are famous and then the chances of getting killed by a Stingray ffs.

I am going on about this a bit I know, but I am interested in reptiles and while I think that Steve Irwin took liberties with animals sometimes, I think that he did it with the best of intentions.
I for one will miss him and I hope that his wife and kids will carry on where he has sadly had to leave off.

[DrewPee]

Shockwave,
I totally agree - he will always be remembered and thankfully for the right reasons such as his shows and his character not for the way he died - although he was doing something he loved so I guess in some small way it would have been what he wanted.

Drew