get closer to his subjects than what was reasonable? Was it just his desire to push the limits, or was he pressured by the people who employed him to give the audience its moneys worth? I will miss that guy on Animal Planet and Discovery and so will my children, but could his untimely death have been prevented?
2006-09-05 22:30:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Ultimately, he couldn't swim with the big fish. He felt the sting of the job. All tasteless punnery aside, I totally loved that guy and have a great amount of respect for anyone who does what they love and loves what they do, as he really seemed to. He was like a big lovable kid, fascinated by discovering new things, which is what made his show so much fun to watch. I'm not sure if he was pushed by corporate to take unnecessary risks for the sake of entertainment, but he didn't seem like it bothered him either (in front of the camera, anyway). I am sorry that he died at such a young age and left behind a wife and two young children, but he went doing what he loved...that's the best end that any of us can hope for.
2006-09-06 10:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by NA 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People will look to explain how it could have been prevented. Easy, not to have done it. Steve Irwin was Steve Irwin before he became a celebrity on Discovery. He was probably one of the biggest champions of conservation that has lived to date. He had a passion for what he did, that is why so many people loved to watch him. Those who knew him state that he lived his life the way we were so fortunate to see him on television, from sun up to sun down. It is tragic but we should all be so fortunate to go out doing something we feel so passionate about doing.
2006-09-05 22:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by Wake Cobra 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steve Irwin's untimely death could have been prevented if he had used more precautions in dealing with these wild critters. You'd think he would be mauled to death by the crocodiles but instead he was stinged with deadly toxin and poison by an unlikely predator as the stingray. Goes to show you, don't ever underestimate any creature of nature. However, he wasn't pressured by sensationalism or by his employers. He was adventurous,passionate, enthusiastic,zealous and loved to do what he did. He died doing what he liked best. It was indeed a freak acccident.
2006-09-05 22:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I watched a sort of documentary about Steve Irwin. His dad taught him to catch crocodiles since he was young. They started a reptile zoo by going out and catching reptiles. His dad said he was always "missing" when he was little and he was either up a tree or down at the creek catching reptiles. They showed actual footage of when he was little up to a teenager and they show him catching crocodiles and .....watching it--- you realize he's always been in real life like he was in those films. His mom said he was on the verge of being hyperactive when he was growing up. His parents talked about how he was always out in the bush and that it was his backyard. Both his parents were conservationists and then he became one. So the answer is no, I do not believe that he was pushed to behave that way.
2006-09-05 22:34:42 · answer #4 · answered by Celeste 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear so much about his love of animals and conservation, which I'm sure he did.
But he did push the envelope numerous times.
It was only a matter of time before nature won over him. Pure and simple.
Had he been single, it might not have been that critical. But he had a family and his behaviour cost them the husband and father.
Irresponsible, I say!!
He seemed to be under the belief that he was always in control of the situation. How can you be in control when nature is so unpredictable!
The stingray was a total fluke, but it really was only a matter of time.
2006-09-06 07:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he did it because he was incredibly comfortable with his subjects. Remember he had been doing this sort of work since he was a young boy. The incident with the stingray is a non starter as it was under the sand and not really the focus of his attentions.
This is simply a case of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
2006-09-06 01:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't pushed by anyone except himself. He worked for himself. Everything he did, he did to try and educate people and to protect the natural envirionment and everything in it.
Yes, his death could have been prevented, He could have stayed home and not bothered to "push the limits". But then, that wouldnt be the Steve we knew would it?
2006-09-05 22:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was not pushed to do anything. it was his love for the conservation for animals that made him do all of those crazy things. his death might have been prevented if he never jumped into the water, but ya know he died doing what he loved and animals are in a better place because of what he did! if you think anything else then you are a stupid person who need to go watch a couple of his TV shows and see for yourself!
2006-09-05 22:37:02 · answer #8 · answered by ajwesolowski 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
personally I think it was in his blood. I remember hearing a story about him when he was a toddler. Apparently his father heard his mother screaming and rushed into the backyard. A brown snake had wandered in- a very deadly species. Mom wasn't screaming because of the snake- she was screaming because little Steven had walked up and stepped on the snake's head, calmly pinning it like the expert he would grow up to be.
2006-09-05 22:38:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If only he was pushed by others to do extreme things, he would have died long ago... I believe it was his passion and only that drive within him could get him to do all that he did! He was simply awesome... I'm gonna miss him too...
NO ONE CAN PREVENT DEATH... If you are destined to die at that moment, No force on earth can stop it!
2006-09-05 22:34:14 · answer #10 · answered by jojeevs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋