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I saw last night on Animal Planet a few shows on Steve. I loved watching him, my kids loved watching this crazy Aussie doing what he loved to do. I used to work at a steel joist plant, and we all sat around at breaks, lunchtime, talking about what this wild man did. "Did you see the show when Steve.....", "Would you ever do what Steve did last night........."

They showed last night the Baby Bob incident. Steve explained that they just got finished feeding the croc, and it just came to him to do it. I really did not see it as dangerous as what most people see it. If there was anyone I would give my baby girl to when it came to crocs, it would be him.

Steve will be missed, his family is more that just his relatives.

Flame me if you like, but I just had to post this.

In actuality, the Baby Bob/croc thing wasn't what it looked like. The croc had already been well fed. The pic and video that was flashed all over was taken from behind the croc which made it look like he was very close to Irwin and baby. Seen from the side, it was obvious that he wasn't as close as appeared and Wes Mannion, a croc handler, was only a few feet away.

Terri Irwin said that most people have dogs in the backyard and they introduce the new baby to their dogs. The Irwins have crocs in their backyard (they live in the zoo compound). Sooo, when do you start teaching the kids about the animals? If you wait too long, they're fearful because the animals are unfamiliar. If the animals are always around and in view, they learn respect and knowledge not fear.