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Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead
News.com.au ^
| September 4, 2006
Posted on 09/03/2006 9:29:57 PM PDT by lunarbicep
Edited on 09/04/2006 5:53:46 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said. It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest.
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that's when it occured.
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TOPICS: Announcements; Australia/New Zealand
KEYWORDS: australia; crikey; crocodilehunter; grief; irwin; naturalselection; obituary; prayerthread; rip; sadness; steveirwin; stingray; wonder
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Steve was a testosterone fueled paleo-man, and God we need a few more. I always thought he'd meet his end by poking his hand into dark caverns, as he was wont to do now and again.
To: jws3sticks
Thank you. It's very sad news.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:05:27 PM PDT
by
bd476
To: Moonman62
"I thought he was crazy. I'm surprised it took this long".
Obviously, there are things you cannot understand.
To: bd476
News is a major business and no way the networks would sit on this over the little issue of his wife not being informed.
104
posted on
09/03/2006 10:06:16 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Names Ash Housewares
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:08:09 PM PDT
by
Optimist
(I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
To: George W. Bush
...If you sell a show to an audience about someone who is supposed to be a danger magnet, it can't be too surprising if, from time to time, someone gets hurt or killed. It's part of the business. It's somewhat dishonest for people to now pretend some great tragedy is involved... That's some lecture.... It's not a good party unless there's one guy in the kitchen arguing some inane point that is obvious to everyone else but he thinks is really profound :~)
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:08:22 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
To: JCEccles
I used to have one of these about 10" long. It was always very sharp. A co-worker from Trinidad, explained to me how when you step on a stingray they stick you with their barb. Naturally, from then on I was always afraid I'd step on a stringray.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:08:45 PM PDT
by
Daaave
(The flesh eating jinn of Komari.)
To: Moonman62
"I thought he was crazy. I'm surprised it took this long. It's sad for his family. They probably thought he was invincible."
After so many years (at least judging by his TV shows), I think that he started believing that he was invincible. He was always pushing the envelope and taking needless risks, whether with Crocodiles, or deadly snakes. My guess is that he probably got too close to this animal and spooked it. And it was probably a big one.
May God rest his soul and comfort his wife and their little children.
To: Daaave
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:09:32 PM PDT
by
Optimist
(I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
To: Wormwood
"Have you ever watched this guy in action"?
I've had some of that action, myself, my time just hasn't come, yet! I wish I could start over, and do it all again.
To: lunarbicep
Sorry to hear that. Getting stung by a stingray is horribly painful.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:09:54 PM PDT
by
Ptarmigan
(Ptarmigans will rise again!)
To: Daaave
That's why you do the "stingray shuffle" in waters where they live.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:11:11 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
To: lunarbicep
Really crummy news.. A good soul.. God keep him in peace and give comfort to his family.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:11:41 PM PDT
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
To: HairOfTheDog
It's not a good party unless there's one guy in the kitchen arguing some inane point that is obvious to everyone else but he thinks is really profound :~)
Just call me Dr. Obvious.
Still, this is one of those things where everyone pretends to be so shocked that someone who put themselves in danger for their entertainment and then, oh unfair surprise, they actually get killed. Then everyone pretends it was all so unexpected.
It's all a little too cozy an arrangement.
Marlon: "And now, as Jim circles down behind the trees on the lower savannah to approach the lion pride...
To: A CA Guy
A CA Guy wrote: "News is a major business and no way the networks would sit on this over the little issue of his wife not being informed."
That is true and unfortunately, you're probably right. Many in the media believe they have proprietary rights to the personal life events of the famous. What a terrible price to pay for success.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:12:38 PM PDT
by
bd476
To: George W. Bush
After someone's dead, then people want to pretend it was all somehow unfair that someone got killed. I suppose it helps absolve them of their involvement in the performer's demise.
??????
There is no information about what had happened. He could have just been swimming along the bottom and stirred the thing up and got wacked by the barb through the heart. Just a freak accident.
How sad. In a way Irwin was our contemporary Costeau.
To: Al Simmons
After so many years (at least judging by his TV shows), I think that he started believing that he was invincible. I wouldn't necessarily agree. He knew the risks. I recall an episode where he was on a hill overlooking a herd of hippos. He was pretty far away and said that was as close as he was going to get because the hippos were extremely dangerous. He didn't take any chances with them... and this was several years after he was on the air. This was probably as reported... a freak accident.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:13:55 PM PDT
by
CurlyBill
(Democrats: Weak on defense, weak on crime, tough on your wallet)
To: aruanan
Female stingrays harass divers who get too close to their young.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:14:20 PM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(The FR Canteen's World Famous Resident Equal Opportunity Male Chauvinist Pig! Got it? :-))
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:14:33 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: lunarbicep
We'll all miss you, Steve.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:14:37 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(ENEMY + MEDIA = ENEMEDIA)
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