CRIKEY! Death by stingray (Steve Irwin killed, RIP)

He campaigned for conservation and as mentioned above, purchased tracts of land to preserve habitat. This is great, but seeing as he was so progressive on this subject, I find it difficult to believe how he could be so damn politically naive. Didn't he realise that Howard and his cronies were partially responsible for environmental destruction? So, we should remember this before glorifying him.

Anyway, RIP. It is very sad and shocking. I think people are shocked by this because Irwin seemed almost invincible; he'd been in so many dangerous situations before, and it was always expected that he just knew how to escape from them.

Steve Irwin had such a profound impact on children that many parents believe his tragic death will be a landmark for kids in the way the deaths of John F Kennedy and Princess Diana were for adults.
Many younger Australians were grieving for the Crocodile Hunter as if they had lost a member of their own family, parents say.
"This guy has been in our lounge room for years," said one Sydney mother who has been consoling her tearful primary schooler since breaking the news the TV wildlife enthusiast had died after a stingray barb punctured his chest while filming off the Queensland coast.
She said her nine-year-old son Louis had repeatedly asked, "Is he really dead?" and then cried throughout the evening.
"He knows everything about the Crocodile Hunter, his wife Terri and their kids," said mother Maureen.
"It sounds corny, but he feels he does know the family.
"He has watched all the Crocodile Hunter DVDs again and again.
"He went to a school dress-up dance as the Crocodile Hunter, with little grubs sewn on his shirt.
"He wants to be a Crocodile Hunter when he grows up.
"He cried in the bath holding on to a toy crocodile.
"This is like JFK for kids, or Princess Diana - a young, popular person suddenly snatched away."
Daniel, 11, asked: "Why did it have to be Steve Irwin? Why couldn't it be someone older like Sean Connery?"....

"I feel like its still there but in a way it's not. I feel empty and cold and upset. I also feel scared qualities and scared because we dont know if another planet is going to be there any more." Taylor,8.

"I feel emptiness and loneliness and sad emotioins. It's been one of the planets for so many years and all of a sudden it isn't." William,8.

"I feel upset because I kind of felt like Pluto was my friend even though it was in space." Jonah,9.

Except I laughed til I hurt myself when Di died.

this is the most retarded thing i've ever read.

The Yanks may be in mourning, but we Britishers sure did love the guy too. Ah well. We've still got John Lydon as our premier wildlife presenter. ;-)

We haven't really. Sum total: One series on an obscure Freeview channel. I did see one episode, fine it was, but it was more entertainment than informative. (Alice loved him, naturally. John L, I mean.)

Greer has been OTM before, and will be again, but she shoulda kept her trap shut on this one. Especially after the poor bloke copped it.

Mind you, I think that's just about the only valid criticism she makes, and yeah, she might have waited a while before venting.

I am increasingly sad about this for some reason. He was suvh a fucking UP guy and thye're few and far between.

You can just imagine Irwin yelling: "Just look at these beauties! Crikey! With those barbs a stingray can kill a horse!" (Yes, Steve, but a stingray doesn't want to kill a horse. It eats crustaceans, for God's sake.)

making fun of a quote YOU JUST MADE UP = desperately unfunny

NO ONE REMEMBERS THE DEATH OF WOODROW? NOONE REMEMBERS HOW SIMON CRIED??? fucked up a nation of mid-80s pre-teens. turned us all into goths.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7372/simontownsend90kg3.jpg

Seriously, i think it's only right that i rip Greer's eyes out if i ever meet her because of this.

This morning we sat him down to tell him the news. He was quiet for a minute, then said, "If I hold my nose I can't blow out of it. Watch!" Ah well, we all mourn in our own way...

As you say, someone dies that you don't actually know is something like empathy that you learn later.

http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d46/psy/dev/fall00/Death/concept.html

(just google "children" and "concept of death")