Tribal Instinct

The crocadile hunter will be missed. Although I cant believe that he did not get killed by a croc. Life is so ironic sometimes.

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09/04/2006
Steve Irwin was in the water at Batt Reef shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest'' when he swam too close to one of the animals.

Steve Irwin, the ebullient Australian whose catch cry of "Crikey!'' helped him rise to global fame as television's the "Crocodile Hunter,'' was killed Monday by a stingray while filming on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

Irwin was in the water at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest'' when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, said John Stainton, a friend and colleague.

"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, Croc One, at the time.

Crew members called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter.

Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.

Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and for regularly getting up close and personal with dangerous animals in his television program "Crocodile Hunter,'' which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 before it was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting him to international celebrity.

yea only reason i heard of it was friend on myspace sent me a bulletin lol.

Jason from Signal vs. Noise says:

If you’ve never seen Steve on TV then you should. If you have seen him then you’ll know how much he’ll be missed. Luckily he lived his professional life in front of the camera so his legacy will live on for decades. He brought his brand of enthusiastic conservation and environmentalism to a TV audience of over 200,000,000 people world wide. He taught by sharing his joy about his work, not by preaching to people or scaring people with worst-case-scenarios. From 5000 miles away he made you smile.

Steve was authentic, passionate, curious, and deeply knowledgeable about his craft. He approached his work with a off-the-charts level of enthusiasm. We should all have as much fun at our jobs. We should all love what we do as much as Steve loved what he did.

Most of all he had a tremendous respect for his work and the animals he worked with. Any bites, any mishaps, any close calls were his fault, not the animal’s. Steve was in their territory, they weren’t in his. And he reminded his audience of this all the time.

It’s always tough to say goodbye to a true original. They’re a rare breed. And in this day and age of the mixup and the mashup and a general trend towards homogeneity, the true original is such a precious gift. Losing one in their prime magnifies the absence.

So long Steve. Thanks for sharing.

i haven't watched his show since college, but i enjoyed watching it very much. he set the bar very, very high. all others will be measured to his standards.

It is a real shame that he is gone.
He leaves behind a wife and two kids which is the real tragdey.

Shit, they got it on camera?

Was this just a freak accident where the stingray got lucky enough to get his heart?

Naix wrote:Shit, they got it on camera?

Was this just a freak accident where the stingray got lucky enough to get his heart?

Yes & Yes.

The eerie thing was my mother and I were discussing just a couple of days prior to his death how much she likes Animal Planet, and our conversation turned to Steve Irwin and how dangerous what he did was. We recapped many of his experiences, like the spitting Cobra's. His passion for his work was undeniable. Rarely do you see an authentic person such as him on TV. What a tragedy...

Although strangely enough, people in Australia refer to him as a "National Embarassment".

Avaris wrote:Although strangely enough, people in Australia refer to him as a "National Embarassment".

That's why they offered a state burial for him?

pewterdragn wrote:

Avaris wrote:Although strangely enough, people in Australia refer to him as a "National Embarassment".

That's why they offered a state burial for him?

Who said anything about the government?

he's like a modern paul bunyan....very few and far between...got to love the few unique people who are larger than life....better for him to be killed by an animal than an old buick head on

My daughter and I spent many days and nights watching his show. Sucks!

sup princess, I too enjoyed hearing his aussie drawl and crazy ass stunts. He will be missed, oh well we still have Jeff Corwyn??