Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dies is this sad?

Question

- the part with the baby thing

Answer 1

maravichi

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i will never forget the image of steve irwin talking to the camera while sharks were in a feeding frenzy all around him while he stood in the water...the guy was a crazy kook but he was fascinating, funny and very entertaining...i kind of felt one day his luck would run out the way he took risks dealing with wildlife but i would never have guessed it would take a stingray to be the culprit....my condolences to his friends and family....he was one of a kind and his legacy will continue as his shows run on animal planet

Answer 2

i'm an Aussie and that i wasn't fairly a fan, he'd copped some criticism for awhile, because of the fact human beings accused him of putting his teenagers in possibility at his zoo. He had Bob while he became a sprint one very close to to a crocodile, the pictures made me cringe as quickly as I observed it. i became unhappy while he died nonetheless and that i might desire to get the place he became coming from, he became in actuality an environmentalist yet in a diverse vein. numerous environmentalists do no longer decide to get in touch interior the employer international or leisure, yet i assume he helped get numerous environmental themes accessible by ability of embracing all that. i think of his spouse Terri is now in touch with somebody else, that's honest adequate. She isn't remarried yet nonetheless. regrettably Terri and Steve's father look to have had some sort of feud, over diverse ideas approximately merchandising environmentalism and the process Australian Zoo. Plus i think of that Steve's father concept the toddlers have been being pushed out interior the media too lots, at a time while they have been very youthful and grieving. i think of that Terri have been given the message and we did no longer see that lots of a Bindi for awhile yet now she seems to be accessible back, she's sorta grown up interior the intervening time yet Australia Zoo became continuously a kin undertaking for the Irwins and could stay.

Answer 3

Huh? What do you mean the part with the baby thing? Steve Irwin took risks and it finally caught up with him. Period. End of story.

Answer 4

Of course his death is sad! He's a human being, he has a family too. As people we tend to focus on any faults other people have, which is wrong, we should celebrate all the wonderful things he did to make the world a better place and all the education he provided us with on wildlife.

Answer 5

SYDNEY (AFP) - World-renowned Australian "crocodile hunter" and television environmentalist Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray on the famed Great Barrier Reef, police said.

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The iconic Irwin, 44, known for his enthusiastic handling of even the deadliest of wildlife, was killed when a stingray barb punctured his chest during the filming of an underwater documentary off the coast of the northeastern Australian state of Queensland.

"It is believed that Mr Irwin collapsed after being stung by a stingray at Batt Reef off Port Douglas at about 11:00 am (0100 GMT). He had been filming a documentary," a statement from the Queensland Police Service said.

"After being stung by a stingray, his crew called for medical treatment and the Queensland medical helicopter responded, however Mr Irwin had died," the statement added.

Stingrays have several sharp and highly toxic barbs on their tails that they use to defend themselves when they feel threatened.

"(They) are also like a bayonet, like a bayonet on a rifle," Australian wildlife filmmaker David Ireland said. "If it hits any vital organs it's as deadly as a bayonet."

Ambulance service officials said Irwin had suffered a puncture wound to the left side of his chest and he was immediately pronounced dead.

Police said the larger-than-life Irwin's family had been informed of his death. Irwin was married to US-born Terri Irwin and the couple had two children aged eight and three. Irwin's widow was informed of his death while hiking in Tasmania, police said.

The garrulous animal-lover's rallying cry of "crikey" when faced with a crocodile, snake or ferocious-looking spider, made him an Australian icon across the world.

His "Crocodile Hunter" show, in which the tousle-haired adventurer appeared in his trademark khaki shorts and shirt, was first broadcast in 1992 and has been shown around the world on the Discovery cable network ever since.

His outspoken persona became so popular that he won a cameo role in a Hollywood movie, "Dr Dolittle 2," starring US comic actor Eddie Murphy.

Irwin, who was born in the southern Australian city of Melbourne, was raised in Queensland by parents who owned small reptile park that he would eventually take over.

The young Irwin became a crocodile trapper, ridding residential areas of their reptilian threats for a fee.

Irwin's fearless approach to the animal kingdom however provoked international outrage when he involved his infant son in one of his death-defying antics.

In early 2004, he fed a four-metre (13-foot) crocodile with one hand while clutching his baby son Bob in the other during a show at his Australia Zoo reptile park on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland state.

But Irwin was unrepentant when confronted about the incident in an interview. "What I would do differently is I would make sure there were no cameras around," he said.

"I will continue to educate my children and the children of the world so they don't go into the water with crocs."

Australia immediately mourned the loss of one of its best-known sons, with shocked radio listeners and television viewers calling in to express their grief and disbelief.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who used a photograph of his family at Irwin's zoo on his official Christmas card last year, praised Irwin, who has appeared in public service announcements and worldwide events aimed at promoting Australian tourism.

"The minister knew him, was fond of him and was very, very appreciative of all the work he'd done to promote Australia overseas," a spokesman said.

And Queensland's Tourism Minister Margaret Keech summed up Australia's reaction to Irwin's sudden death.

"He's done so much for Australia and he'll be missed by the entire world," she told Sky television.

Answer 6

It is sad. He was so hugely entertaining; and a lot of people never really 'got' him. He was killed by a manta ray spine to the chest, and his wife is on a mountain hike and doesn't even know about it yet.

Answer 7

He said he did the thing with his baby because he wanted to teach them to be safe around their "backyard" aka the Australian Zoo, just like his parents did to him. I guess you could equate it to a parent teaching a child about guns and the danger of them and how to use one safely. They lived in this zoo, and this was the the children's backyard.

RIP, Steve!!!!

Answer 8

yes it is very sad he was a great man and taught people a lot about wildlife and the thing about what he did with baby Bob wasn't crazy it's just like someone else has said you have to teach your children about danger.
R.I.P
MR S.R.IRWIN xxxxxxxx

Answer 9

i cannot believe it. i wasnt a huge fan but think about the family. its so sad how someone is there then there gone the next. i was going to cry when i heard that. its just so sad.

Answer 10

Yes, any time a child loses a parent it is always sad.