Rest in peace Steve Irwin.

Sephirothsicase · Blue Spider Old Friend Evil Council Member Posts: 1354

Steve Irwin was killed by a Stingray barb to the heart while filming a show, I found the information from AOL news, here it is.

Somefreakoverthere · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:18 am Post subject:

It was only the other night i was watching crocodile hunter,and now he's dead.

R.I.P Steve Irwin, may your family remember you fondly.

And just for the sake of it:

CRICKY!

Coolpikaaa · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:24 am Post subject:

R.I.P,

You died doing the thing you loved,keep rocking croc-hunter.

-coolpikaaa

Leporidae · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:10 am Post subject:

This news got here too? I already seen this news in anouther fourm ((Witch has no relation to blackstar at all)) and now its here? Next time I go to Gameware it just might be there too! You never know.

Anyway, although I was never a fan of his show and mocked at his stupidity when it comes to animals, I will say it now, R.I.P.

Although, I had a feeling it was coming anytime now.

Shaon · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:52 am Post subject:

RIP Idiot, feeding your child to the crocs, and now getting cardiac arrest from a stingray.

Honestly, I know from experience stingrays don't actively sting people. He had to've provoked it. It was his own doing, and his spare lives ran out.

addman · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

Although I'd never wish death on anyone, and it's quite tragic that this has happened, I have to agree with the last two posts. Steve Irwin invented a new type of nature documentary, one where you don't learn anything, but get to see snakes lunging in slow motion at an over-enthusistic Australian.

Still, I did admire his zest for life and the way he passionately cared for animals. I always thought he'd be killed by a crocodile or a snake, but never a stingray.

GBE · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject:

I disagree, yes, he did in a few ways provoke animals, but the man studied them in their natural habitats rather than taking them out of their habitats and sticking them in some God forsaken laboratory or crappy little box to study them!

As for the predicability of animals, one constant with animals is that animals are unpredictable, you can't always predict an animals action, reaction or movements. Yes, there tends to be a set trend, a set behaviour, but those can easily be broken by all species!

As it is, it's been said several times Stingray's are defensive, so he may have too close, or maybe, just maybe, the stingray did something unpredictable, as I am entirely sure, as an animal conservationist and expert, and the fact he was filming Stingray's, therefore, he would have at least fully researched his subject, and not just jumped right in there...

He may be enthusiastic, and may have come across as a little nuts, but he was not a stupid man! Everything he did, he knew exactly what he was doing, everytime. So I refuse to believe that he provoked the Stingray. You can call me any name under the sun, but I refuse to believe he's that stupid!

As for the baby incident, yes, it was a little crazy and highly controversial, but, Steve knows what he was doing, it's how he was brought up, and that turned out positive (until his untimely death).

Rest In Peace Steve, always in our hearts and minds, and one of the best role models for animal conservation and protection! May your family live well...

GBE

LordPsycho · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject:

Personally, I work under the assumption that people aren't stupid, they just do stupid things. Stingrays are defensive. This means they only attack as a last resort when they feel they've exhausted all options (and by all options I mean all paths to run). I'm sure it was not intentional on his part to box this ray in. My thought is that he was bent over, head under water with a snorkel, arms out to keep his balance, and his camera man in front of him. Had the stingray hit ANYWHERE else on the front of his body, the injury, although serious, would not have been life threatening. This is truly a freak accident.

The man was called many things by many people. I'll add my opinions to the list. He was a passionate father and enviromentalist. He constantly worked for preserving animals by teaching people about them (people kill what they are afriad of, and are afraid of what they don't understand). The only thing that he spent more attention on than the enviroment is his children. This is truly a tragedy.

Personally, I never watched his show. He did some pretty stupid things (which he got away with because he was an expert at handling animals). Had anyone with any less experience did half the stunts he pulled, they would have died a LONG time ago. This case was no different, and truly was a freak accident.

And in his honor, and in the spirit of Enviromentalism, I say we all give him one last Cricky.

CRICKY!

3kul · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

Freak accident is right, I think he's the third person to have ever died from a stingray attack in Australian waters in almost 70 years. However Shaon, it's a little hard (and quite presumptious) to instantly assume that he provoked it. I might've agreed with you if he was filming for one of his usual shows, but given that he wasn't filming for his own show (like Seph said, he was actually filming a segment for his daughter's show that'd been set to premiere in the US, some kind of kid's wildlife thing), and looking at the various accounts available, I have to say that it seems like it was just really bad luck. Regardless of how he died though, it's still pretty rough to go spitting on someone's grave like that...

Rest in peace Steve Irwin, as one of the greatest Australian icons of our time.

addman · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:18 am Post subject:

Danikat · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:

Sephirothsicase · Blue Spider Old Friend Evil Council Member Posts: 1354

Here here Dani!

A toast to Steve Irwin!

*Seph swigs a glass of wine*

Gryph · White Belt Old Friend Posts: 10

Dani, you get a million bajillion win points for that post.

I wasn't Irwin's biggest fan, but I'm sad to see him go.

EnDSchultz · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject:

Ditto that.

And NEVER trust anything the media says. Ever. They could have well said he was eaten by sharks or captured and executed by a band of rebels and there would be no question about it, I think.
The media are no more than a load of brainwashing scum who only tell you what suits their fancy. All they need is a shred of truth (Stever Irwin has died) and they can forge as much garbage as they want from there.

3kul · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject:

The whole incident was recorded though EnD, it's a little hard to deviate too much from the truth when you don't know what's going to be done with the evidence (which is currently in the hands of the authorities, I believe).

Disturbingly enough, a certain somebody seems to think that a few days after his death would be the perfect time to give a public cry that Irwin got what he deserved (and other remarks along those lines). Personally, I'm more disgusted that he's not even buried and already this person has decided to slander him - whether there's any truth to what she says or not, it's just plain insensitive to his family and others who were close to him to bring stuff like that up at this time. I watched her get ripped into by a pretty biased interviewer, and it was a little satisfying, some questions going along the lines of:

Interviewer: Could you name for me one other person who agrees with you on your opinion?
Germaine: There are many who agree with me. Thousands, millions even.
Interviewer: So you're saying that you can't name one?
((As a note, she was asked a few more similar questions, yet throughout the interview she did not name one other person that agreed with her.))

I really don't like how biased the interviewer was, but I guess with the interviewee being biased in the opposite way it kind of worked out. I figured I'd point this out as it's somewhat relevant, and some of you might care to take a look.