Crikey!The probable cause of death is stingray strike to the chest.
Thats gotta suck.
Crikey!The probable cause of death is stingray strike to the chest.
"Wildlife documentary maker Ben Cropp, citing a colleague who saw footage of the attack, told Time.com that Irwin had accidentally boxed the animal in." - CNNAdmiral Thrawn wrote:Stingray barb through the chest has GOT to suck. I wonder if there was video footage of the attack
Let's hope that since the video is in the hands of people who worked with and respected Steve, they'll be able to keep it from going places they don't want it.Topher wrote:I'm sure it will show up on some shock website like Ogrish eventually.
Just odd that he spends his life around poisonous snakes and killer crocks and ends up being done in by something that is a very low threat to human life. But yes, I think SOMETHING along these lines was the way he expected to go.Mobius wrote:It was a bit predictable though wasn't it? I mean, he was never going to die of old age now was he?
ill drink to thatMobius wrote:One good thing about Steve dying (If you can call it "good") is that The Croc Hunter will NEVER fade away. Now he's a legend, he'll always be young in people's minds, he'll always be that insane guy jumping in with a massive croc', and wrestling it.
There'll never be an aged Irwin, stumbling about the place looking too old to try doing what he used to do.
He's the James Dean of the Natural World.
EXCEPT, that he didn't get killed doing any of his normal "risky" stuff. He was diving in a situation that everyone acknowledges was very low risk. Stingrays are just not usually considered deadly. It wasn't carelessness that got him, it was just a freak accident.woodchip wrote:There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots".
Steve has born proof of the adage
Cue Kill Bill music.Will Robinson wrote:And I hope the guy who posts it there accidently boxes in a black mamba in his shower and after being bitten reels back and falls face first into the toilet he forgot to flush and drowns in his own waste!Topher wrote:I'm sure it will show up on some shock website like Ogrish eventually.
Yah, read the link before commenting, you're off topic.woodchip wrote:While my condolences go to his wife and children, I have to say that I've yet to see a "professional" reptile handler actually handle dangerous snakes in a professional manner. Want to hunt snakes, wear snake boots and long pants. How many of the show boaters do?
Want to catch a poisonous snake? Use a special pole with a clamp made specifically for the job. Catching one by the tail, while increasing viewer ratings, is not the professional way of doing so.
So as the saying goes, " There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots".
Steve has born proof of the adage.
I suggest you read a little closer:Topher wrote: Cue Kill Bill music.
Yah, read the link before commenting, you're off topic.woodchip wrote:While my condolences go to his wife and children, I have to say that I've yet to see a "professional" reptile handler actually handle dangerous snakes in a professional manner. Want to hunt snakes, wear snake boots and long pants. How many of the show boaters do?
Want to catch a poisonous snake? Use a special pole with a clamp made specifically for the job. Catching one by the tail, while increasing viewer ratings, is not the professional way of doing so.
So as the saying goes, " There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots".
Steve has born proof of the adage.
Your original post implied he died because he was show-boating. You bring up how you didn't approve of how he handled snakes, which has nothing to do with how he died.woodchip wrote:I suggest you read a little closer:Topher wrote: Cue Kill Bill music.
Yah, read the link before commenting, you're off topic.woodchip wrote:While my condolences go to his wife and children, I have to say that I've yet to see a "professional" reptile handler actually handle dangerous snakes in a professional manner. Want to hunt snakes, wear snake boots and long pants. How many of the show boaters do?
Want to catch a poisonous snake? Use a special pole with a clamp made specifically for the job. Catching one by the tail, while increasing viewer ratings, is not the professional way of doing so.
So as the saying goes, " There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots".
Steve has born proof of the adage.
Irwin was 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,
is public image was dented, however, in 2004 when he caused an uproar by holding his infant son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen.
Stingrays have a serrated, toxin-loaded barb, or spine, on the top of their tail. The barb, which can be up to 10 inches long, flexes if a ray is frightened. Stings usually occur to people when they step on or swim too close to a ray
Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary.
I stand by my previous reply
It has everything to do with it. The snake handling was just a example of how he took risks. The risks were taken to enhance his personna and nothing to portray his "professional" handling of wild life.Topher wrote:Your original post implied he died because he was show-boating. You bring up how you didn't approve of how he handled snakes, which has nothing to do with how he died.woodchip wrote:I suggest you read a little closer:Topher wrote: Cue Kill Bill music.
Yah, read the link before commenting, you're off topic.woodchip wrote:While my condolences go to his wife and children, I have to say that I've yet to see a "professional" reptile handler actually handle dangerous snakes in a professional manner. Want to hunt snakes, wear snake boots and long pants. How many of the show boaters do?
Want to catch a poisonous snake? Use a special pole with a clamp made specifically for the job. Catching one by the tail, while increasing viewer ratings, is not the professional way of doing so.
So as the saying goes, " There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots".
Steve has born proof of the adage.
Irwin was 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,
is public image was dented, however, in 2004 when he caused an uproar by holding his infant son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen.
Stingrays have a serrated, toxin-loaded barb, or spine, on the top of their tail. The barb, which can be up to 10 inches long, flexes if a ray is frightened. Stings usually occur to people when they step on or swim too close to a ray
Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary.
I stand by my previous reply
He did take risks, but I question your analysis of his motivations.Woodchip wrote:The risks were taken to enhance his personna and nothing to portray his "professional" handling of wild life.
That's how Steve was himself raised. I assure you the baby was fine, only international tourists and media drama-queens who know nothing about crocs were freaking out.woodchip wrote:his public image was dented, however, in 2004 when he caused an uproar by holding his infant son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen.