[schwing_wifey]

Steve Irwin: You had to have lived a pretty good life to have this many children mourning your death


My son (14) turned to me to say in a most heartfelt and sad fashion : "Mom, Who will there be for me to watch now?"


Steve taught my son about animals and always explained that they needed to be cherished and protected, so I really don't care if some people think he was too "hands on". He brought the wonder of nature into my living room.

God Bless and RIP Mate!

[angkor]

"Steve taught my son about animals and always explained that they needed to be cherished... "

What is personally ironic to me is this:

During my own youth Jacques Cousteau was a personal inspiration for many kids (though certainly he was less flamboyant). We had all of his books, went on school field trips to see his documentaries, and I recall being personally upset when one of his local in-person presentations was sold out before we could buy tickets.

As a kid I would have been very upset if he had died unexpectedly. (And let no one say that his exploits weren't "dangerous", because all of his underwater exploration inventions - most notably SCUBA gear - were still experimental and quite dangerous at the time).

In any case the irony is that Cousteau's son Phillipe - an accomplished undersea filmmaker - was among the small crew with Irwin last weekend.