Steve Irwin..

Ratiasu · **on:** September 04, 2006, 03:08:35 AM

I'm not sure if it's true or not, but according to multiple news accounts... :cry2

Steve Irwin died!

I pray to God that it's not true...I grew up with that guy...I used to watch his shows all the time when they were on Animal Planet...oh please say it was a false report!

action9000 · **Reply #1 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:16:41 AM

Sadly, it does appear to be true.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/

This looks like a very reputable article, discussing the scenario.

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I used to watch his shows all the time when they were on Animal Planet.

I watched his shows from time to time, as well. He was a very entertaining host, and will be dearly missed.

Ratiasu · **Reply #2 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:24:22 AM

Quote from: action9000,Sep 4 2006 on 02:16 AM

Sadly, it does appear to be true.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/

This looks like a very reputable article, discussing the scenario.

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I used to watch his shows all the time when they were on Animal Planet.
I watched his shows from time to time, as well. He was a very entertaining host, and will be dearly missed.

Ah, yes, I just found that article...and I read it...and it doesn't seem like a joke...aw jeez, I'm crying now...Steve was just so...so Steve...I'll miss him a lot.

Dash The Longneck · **Reply #3 on:** September 04, 2006, 07:23:19 AM

I watched his show sometimes as well. I will really miss him.

Threehorn · **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2006, 09:05:21 AM

It is ture on BBC news it came in he was killed while doing a documanrty. here is the link to the News article.

BBC News information on how Steve Irwin died..... very sad to hear.

Pictures that BBC news has on Steve Irwin and page 11 picture of fans leaving flowers by the zoo after hearing of his death was confirmed....

It's sad to hear... but he knew the risks and did it anyway, he was a dareing but amzaing man, I seen some of his programs and they was very cool to watch, his just one of those people that did things different and everyone noticed it.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2006, 10:53:29 AM

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

:cry2 :cry2

Keni · **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2006, 11:46:52 AM

It shocked me when I heard the news this morning, I'm saddened about his death, he was awesome to watch. May he rest in peace.

NewOrder · **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2006, 11:52:36 AM

I've lattely just stopped watching his shows, I got bored after a while... But he was a great man, and died doing what he loved, I guess that's what matters. Saddly he'll be missed...

I saw the news on Sky News and CNN, it's completely true \:

Cyberlizard · **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2006, 11:53:27 AM

NO! This can't be!

Steve Irwin was killed? I remember going to his Zoo when I was in Australia 2 years ago. I never had a chance to meet him.

I really liked watching his shows on Animal planet, he was such a friendly and funny guy. He didn't deserve to die the way he did. :cry2

Ratiasu · **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:15:47 PM

Quote from: Cyberlizard,Sep 4 2006 on 10:53 AM

He didn't deserve to die the way he did.

I agree with that, but it's also pretty ironic. He's wrestled crocodiles, held Bermese pythons...and he got killed by a freaken docile water creature.

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #10 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:20:33 PM

I was saddened when I heard this. Man, I loved watching this guy on TV! He's a such and humorous and freidnly guy, like Cyber said.

Petrie. · **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:24:01 PM

He took many risks with the type of work he did...sooner or later you knew something would go wrong. RIP Steve Irwin...you amazed many with your show.

Cyberlizard · **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:25:16 PM

At least he died doing what he loved. :cry2

Malte279 · **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:48:48 PM

I didn't know Irwin, but I could imagine he would have prefered this way of dying from being hit by a car or the like.
He was taking huge risks and I wonder if he thought much about the risks. I feel especially sympathetic for his wife and his two children.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2006, 05:10:37 PM

I was going to have him in my Empire Strikes Back parody but I never finished the parody because I ran out of funny ideas. And I am really not going to do it now. :cry2 :cry2 :cry2 :cry2

Nick22 · **Reply #15 on:** September 04, 2006, 07:32:01 PM

It was truly a freak accident, stingrays are very friendly creatures, usually.. they only use their barbs in defense, when they feel threatened or frightened, and getting simply stratched by the barb is EXTREMELY painful, if it pierces in the skin , it causs the boddy to staet shutting down. If it hits the chest, its fatal. In Irwin's case, it pierced his heart, and I bet he died immediately. Stingray venom is among the most potent toxins in the world.. and there's no antidote...

Ratiasu · **Reply #16 on:** September 04, 2006, 07:34:25 PM

Quote from: Malte279,Sep 4 2006 on 02:48 PM

I didn't know Irwin, but I could imagine he would have prefered this way of dying from being hit by a car or the like.
He was taking huge risks and I wonder if he thought much about the risks.

That's probably true, Malte. I'm pretty sure he was aware of the risks...and he probably wouldn't want us hating the stingray. Granted, Steve didn't know it was there (it was underneath the sand, and I think Steve swam close to the sand to get a different perpective of what he was shooting with the camera) and I guess the stingray was surprised so it burst out and whipped its tail around...which is kind of strange, considering those animals are really docile. But eh, panic makes everything do strange things. I mean, if the barb had been slammed into any other part of his body aside from his chest and into his heart, Steve probably would have made it.

Nick22 · **Reply #17 on:** September 04, 2006, 07:49:00 PM

If it didn't pierece the skin, that is... He would have died if it had pierced the skin anywhere, there's no antidote for stingray toxin...

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #18 on:** September 04, 2006, 11:23:20 PM

it is very sad he was my hero. i shall miss him

Cyberlizard · **Reply #19 on:** September 04, 2006, 11:26:10 PM

Sting rays aren't toxic, Nick. Or at least the one he was doing a dotumentary on. But bacteria builds up around the barb and can cause serious infections. But this barb pierced his heart, so he died instantly, I don't remember ANY sting ray being poisinous, at least around the Australia coast.