You know, when he was alive, his voice, his show, and his passion for animals was just a joke, a punchline. But now that he's gone, it's truly a sad thing when a man who knew where his lust for life lay and pursued it with unbridled vigor.
We'll all miss him (except for imaqtpie, who will be banned within the week)
RIP Steve Irwin: Feb 22, 1962-Sep 4, 2006
Here's my tribute to him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwNBBkLU0Qc
I can't believe this coincidence..I went on wikipedia to look some information about Stingrays (Biology Class tomorrow). When I finished, I went back to the main part and I saw that he had died stung by a stingray barb I was like, WTF, for 30'. Also, I went to his article and some ******* had wrote "Steve Irwin is dead, LOLOLOLOLOL"
Poor guy, I only watched his show three times but he seemed like he really had a passion for animals.
R.I.P
Well, it is sad to see Stevey gone, but honestly, the man had it in for himself. Anyone who's ever watched his show knows he puts his life on the line constantly. He's come close to death many times.Today it all caught up with him. It's so ironic though that it wasn't a crocodile that killed him, if it had been I'd have laughed a lot more than I actually did.
Yeah but many people have swam with sting rays and they haven't been a threat. It says on the wikipedia site that there's only been 17 fatal attacks since 1996 or something. And it said that he accidentally boxed it in.
Here it is.
"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 at the time.
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..."[24] 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.
"He came over the top of a stingray that was buried in the sand, and the barb came up and hit him in the chest," Stainton said. 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."[26] In this case, the motion struck Irwin's chest and pierced his heart.[24] Crewmembers aboard his boat called 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.[27] The barb lodged in his chest and the toxins of the barb caused Irwin to die of cardiac arrest.[28]
This was only the third known fatality in Australian history from a stingray attack, only 17 worldwide fatalities have taken place since 1996, and it is believed to be the only fatal attack ever captured on film.[29]"
But yeah he did do a lot of dangerous stuff, but that's not what killed him really.