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

His energy and enthusiasm was infectious and was a refreshing change from tedious Attenborough narratives.

RIP

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RIP, Crikeydude.

Both Steve Irwin and Timothy Treadwell knew what they were doing more than people give them credit for and knew the risks better than dumbfucks who cluelessly insist that their deaths were somehow inevitable. They were both really unlucky, especially Irwin, RIP.

OTM. I was amazed at his popularity at work today: EVERYONE knew about him, EVERYONE had seen one or more of his shows when nothing else was on (in the morning, in the afternoon, in the middle of the night) - his crocodile shows are the kind of thing National Geographic tends to repeat all the time - they also do that with mummies and sharks and tornadoes and submersibles, but only Steve was on screen all the time.

Andrew Denton: A lot of people see you as this...this larger than life Steve Irwin, in some ways a one-dimensional, almost cartoon character. But what they, perhaps, don't know is you've bought huge tracts of land in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji, US. Why have you done that?

Steve Irwin: I'm a conservationist through and through, Andrew. That's, er...that's why I was put on this planet, um, for the benefit of wildlife and wilderness areas. That's what I'm into. That's what makes me pumped, mate. That's what myself and Terry and our families have been all about.

Andrew Denton: So what's this land for?

Steve Irwin: Um, it's like national parks, mate.
We... You know, easily the greatest threat to the wildlife globally is the destruction and annihilation of habitat. So I've gone, "Right, well, how do I fix that?”

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s960998.htm
The part about the buttons made me sad.

Justice in the world after all.

-- mr. brojangles (mikeoptin...), September 4th, 2006. (sanskrit) (later)

http://stevenirwin.ytmnd.com/

steve irwin was, unquestionably, an ULTIMATE BRO

You say ultimate bro, we say LEGEND.

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The things he did in regards to conservation and animal protection are great. Steve Irwin himself usually came off as an insufferable arsehole whenever he was on our TV screens.

Also, probably coming to youtube. (which would be in bad taste)

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/09/05/1157222105248.html

That's fucking hardcore. 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.