A Darwin Award is a tongue-in-cheek honor given to people who inadvertently improve the human gene pool by removing themselves from it following an episode of questionable judgment. The prizes, named after pioneering evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin, are awarded over the Internet. There is no monetary prize, only recognition.
2006-09-04 12:14:36 · 18 answers · asked by pixiechick 3 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
No. I'm familiar with the Darwin awards -- they usually point a large finger at people who just don't seem to know any better. Irwin knew better. Most of the risks he took were calculated and, though he may have felt somewhat invincible after so many near misses, the episode that killed him was a case of incredibly bad luck in that the stingray managed to pierce the heart itself.
2006-09-04 12:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Sels 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Steve Irwin was a professional and an expert at what he did for a living. His actions and decisions were most likely based on research and experience. He suffered the consequences of calculated risk, but he was not an idiot. The potential of being stung by a stingray are low, combined with a stingray large enough to drive a barb through the skin and muscle into the heart, combined with the unlikely accuracy of driving the barb at the perfect angle directly between the ribs, an incredibly unlikely outcome of swimming with stingrays. This is different than some dumbass drunk who suddenly decides he wants to imitate Steve Irwin or Jeff Corwin or (for the old timers) Marlin Perkins.
2006-09-04 19:28:32 · answer #2 · answered by OU812 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he shouldn't. Darwin Awards are given to people who take themselves out in a spectacularly astounding act of stupidity, like the guy who dropped a high-voltage power line into a lake to kill some fish for his evening meal and then jumped into the water without turning off the current first. Irwin's death was an on-the-job accident, nothing more.
2006-09-04 19:20:12 · answer #3 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think he qualifies. He really wasn't doing anything that I would consider stupid. It's like surfing and getting attacked by a shark, it's an unfortunate incident, but it's not because of stupid behavior and so shouldn't be a Darwin award.
2006-09-04 19:17:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was brilliantly insane and will be missed. The circumstances of his death meet the requirements of a Darwin Award but the fact that he had a child eliminates the possiblity that he will receive it.
2006-09-04 19:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by martiniac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand. Are you glad he's gone? I don't think someone should get an award for DYING. It's a bodily function. It could be like giving someone an award for being BORN! Strange. Still, RIP Steve Irwin. He was so great and inspirational.
2006-09-04 19:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by sam 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No!! Just because he had a dangerous profession, and seemingly took big risks in his encounters with animals doesn't mean he deserves a Darwin. He knew what he was doing and had a huge respect for animals and our environment. He actually died from an encounter with a stingray which is rarely dangerous and almost never fatal. We ought to say thank you to him for sharing with us his love of animals, nature, and this world!
2006-09-04 22:00:55 · answer #7 · answered by JP 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know about the Darwin award, but he should have received the Australian of the year.
2006-09-04 19:21:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he is the fourth person to die of stingray in 200 years he is unlucky that is all. He wasn't stupid or careless , he doesn't qualify for a Darwin at all
2006-09-04 19:17:14 · answer #9 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-04 19:16:35 · answer #10 · answered by tui 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋