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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. [history]

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: BigSkyFreeper

Yeah I agree. There are few animal shows I like. One happens to be Animal's Funniest Videos and Dog Whisperer. I liked Steve's Aussie schtick though. He was funny.


41 posted on 09/03/2006 9:40:28 PM PDT by cyborg (No I don't miss the single life at all.)
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To: lunarbicep

Prayers for him.


42 posted on 09/03/2006 9:40:32 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: Jorge
I still find this very upsetting.

Same here. This is totally unexpected.

43 posted on 09/03/2006 9:41:13 PM PDT by silent_jonny
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To: bd476

A beautiful posting, with thanks and a big ditto.


44 posted on 09/03/2006 9:41:31 PM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: lunarbicep

How can a sting ray barb, which isn't that incredibly long, pierce someone's chest? I saw a 3" barb described as "huge." At least 1" of that would have been in the sting ray tail.


45 posted on 09/03/2006 9:41:35 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: nhoward14

Getting caught in the gears of a combine is a good way to go.


46 posted on 09/03/2006 9:41:56 PM PDT by MarkeyD (The tree of liberty must from time to time be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: lunarbicep

Aw, man...that's sad. He was one of a kind. I suppose it wasn't such a bad way to go for him, but...aw, man.

He's been reported dead so many times, this seems unreal.


47 posted on 09/03/2006 9:41:56 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: lunarbicep

Sad. That Michael-Jackson-like stunt with his infant son in the croc enclosure made me wonder about his sanity, but this is very sad indeed. He truly did love his crocodiles.


48 posted on 09/03/2006 9:42:04 PM PDT by LibWhacker (There are no such things as moderate muslims, only jihadis in a larval stage.)
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To: lunarbicep; Calpernia

Very bad news, may he RIP.


49 posted on 09/03/2006 9:42:09 PM PDT by jazusamo (DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
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To: pcottraux

Fatal and non-fatal stingray envenomation.

Fenner PJ, Williamson JA, Skinner RA.

Ambrose Medical Group, North Mackay, Qld.

A fatality occurred in a previously healthy 12-year-old boy after a penetrating chest injury from a stingray barb. The injury occurred under freak circumstances. Death was a result of cardiac tamponade which was secondary to venom-induced, localized myocardial necrosis and spontaneous perforation, six days after the direct penetration of the right ventricle by the barb. Three other cases of less serious stingray envenomation are described which illustrate the significant localized morbidity that may occur without immediate wound exploration and toilet after adequate anaesthesia. We also report a study of a series of 100 minor stingray envenomations which, when treated, resulted in no morbidity. It is possible that local infiltration with 1% plain lignocaine may have a direct counteraction against stingray venom that remains in the wound area. Stingray venom has insidious, but powerful, localized tissue necrosing properties in humans.

50 posted on 09/03/2006 9:42:13 PM PDT by JCEccles
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To: CurlyBill

Ditto that.


51 posted on 09/03/2006 9:42:23 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: mom4kittys

I can't get it... but that's not surprising. With this report hitting the wires, there are probably hundreds of thousands hitting the site right now.


52 posted on 09/03/2006 9:42:27 PM PDT by CurlyBill (Democrats: Weak on defense, weak on crime, tough on your wallet)
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To: lunarbicep

Steve Irwin was a good man who was both entertaining and genuine. I have been seeing him all day on a darn Wiggles tape and he brought my children many laughs, as he has in the past for me.
He also taught people a great many things about an environment both scary and foreign to what we experience.
May Godd Bless him and his family and may he rest in peace.


53 posted on 09/03/2006 9:44:26 PM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you attack Americans, we'll defend your right to do it."- The Democrat Party)
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To: CurlyBill

Well.. there are 3 threads about this now on FR so it must be true.


54 posted on 09/03/2006 9:44:45 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: lunarbicep

It appears that it is true, lunarbicep.
Sorry.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Steve+Irwin%22&btnG=Search+News


55 posted on 09/03/2006 9:44:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: lunarbicep

This is the saddest news I have seen in awhile. Irwin was a true enthusiastic and compassionate man; he was very contagious with his mannerisms, knowledge, and unique way of handling animals that one could only admire. He held my admiration and respect.


56 posted on 09/03/2006 9:45:34 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: lunarbicep

From 7News:

Steve Irwin killed in stingray attack
By 7News

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been killed in a stingray attack near Cairns on Australia's far north coast.

It was believed Irwin had been swimming off the coast of Cairns when he was stung.

"It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest," Brisbane's Courier Mail reported this afternoon.

Irwin was best known for his documentary series "The Crocodile Hunter".

He was born in Victoria and found his love of animals after following in his father's footsteps, volunteering his services to the Queensland Government's East Coast Crocodile Management program.

He spent years living on his own in the mosquito infested creeks, rivers and mangroves of North Queensland, catching huge crocodiles single-handed.

In June 1992, he married American Terri Raines after they met when she visited Irwin's Australia Zoo.

The 44-year-old is survived by his wife and two children, Bindi and Robert.


57 posted on 09/03/2006 9:46:00 PM PDT by mhking (I make my livin' on the evening news....)
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To: JCEccles

I remember being in the water with a entire school of stingrays off Crandon Park Beach South Florida....they we beautiful and all swimming in formataion. I never realized they were so deadly.


58 posted on 09/03/2006 9:46:22 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: RosieCotton; retrokitten; conservativebabe; Wolfstar; mystery-ak
He's been reported dead so many times, this seems unreal.

I'm still hoping that this is a false alarm ... What a shame, if true.

59 posted on 09/03/2006 9:46:54 PM PDT by silent_jonny
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To: lunarbicep
But the appeal of these shows is exactly the danger involved.

People don't go see a Houdini if there's no chance he could be injured or killed. Same thing with acrobats. Or NASCAR drivers. Same as Sigfried and Roy.

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, as though they're now indignant that something actually happened to someone who put themselves in danger for the entertainment of some worthless obese couch potatoes. The necessity of appealing to that audience, often by escalating the exposure to personal danger, was probably instrumental to the death of the performer. 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.
60 posted on 09/03/2006 9:47:08 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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