Thread: Steve Irwin - Crocodile Hunter dies.

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    Steve Irwin - Crocodile Hunter dies.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/?GT1=8506

    CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44
    Wow, just... wow. I think everybody on the planet knew this guy. And we all thought he was crazy, but I never imagined him dying doing that crazy stuff.
    Bet he gets reincarnated as a croc now...

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    That's a shame. I'm in shock!

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    Wikipedia has the exact details.

    Interesting article on Stingray 'attacks' if anyone is interested.
    Last edited by anonytmouse; 09-04-2006 at 09:43 AM. Reason: Added censored image.

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    I find it ironic that the very documentary that he was filming when the accident took place was to be called Ocean's Deadliest. I think that now whenever I eat stringray, I will remember him, and that even experts are not immune to the vagaries of nature.
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    What do they taste like? Stingrays I mean.

    I'm knida confused, anonytmouse, how he exploded into a milion pieces. That an effect of stingrays?? Lotsa censorship!

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    I'm knida confused, anonytmouse, how he exploded into a milion pieces. That an effect of stingrays??
    I've never known Wikipedia to be inaccurate.

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    That's gone from it now though ... I checked. Musta been someone making a bad joke.

    >> Chicken.
    So, how closely are you watching me?

    Apparently it's a 'current event' so ''Information may change rapidly as the event progresses."

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    The video will be on the internet within hours, I'm sure.
    Staying away from General.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ethic
    The video will be on the internet within hours, I'm sure.
    I doubt it. I don't think there were any paparazzi down there with him. It's a matter of whether or not the studio plans on releasing it, I don't think they'll do that within a few hours, if they do it at all.
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    Having watched a few of his documentaries I'm not suprised. He's practically cuddling and wrestling with them gators and other critters. I even recall him falling into a pool once (got up alive though).
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    This was a freak accident. The stringray flexed and his chest
    was there.
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    The news just there said that this was the 3rd incident where a sting ray has killed someone. Kinda ironic, eh? Having jumped Crocks, sharks, having kissed tigers etc, defensive creature killed him.

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    He got stabbed in the heart by a stingray barb
    Staying away from General.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twomers
    That's gone from it now though ... I checked. Musta been someone making a bad joke.

    >> Chicken.
    So, how closely are you watching me?

    Apparently it's a 'current event' so ''Information may change rapidly as the event progresses."
    Why are you hiding text in your posts Twomers?

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    It's Mr. twomers to you! And it's just something I like to do a lot!! Seen my sig?

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