Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is dead

RTO · Post by **RTO** » September 3rd, 2006, 10:23 pm

BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media said. He was 44.

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RTO · Post by **RTO** » September 3rd, 2006, 10:39 pm

hobbit · Post by **hobbit** » September 3rd, 2006, 11:02 pm

No wetsuit huh? That's the first thing we teach 10 year-old surfers here in California. If he was diving around stingrays without a wetsuit, he was literally asking for it. And he got it, didn't he?

Looon · Post by **Looon** » September 4th, 2006, 4:36 am

Thats too bad. I always liked watching his show with my son. RIP Steve.

In my best Steve Irwin voice:

"See how beautiful this stingray glides through the water? Amazing animals they are. You have to really be careful of the stinger...............Hey................Krikey, that fucking hurts!!!!!!!"

Flesh Thorn · Post by **Flesh Thorn** » September 4th, 2006, 4:36 am

Better to go this way then to die shitting and pissing on yourself in a nursing home.

Looon · Post by **Looon** » September 4th, 2006, 4:37 am

Flesh Thorn wrote:Better to go this way then to die shitting and pissing on yourself in a nursing home.

He died doing what he loves. That's for sure.

Silverback · Post by **Silverback** » September 4th, 2006, 6:56 am

Flesh Thorn wrote:Better to go this way then to die shitting and pissing on yourself in a nursing home.

I just had my 40th Birthday this year...I know how you feel!

Flesh Thorn · Post by **Flesh Thorn** » September 4th, 2006, 6:59 am

Silverback wrote:
Flesh Thorn wrote:Better to go this way then to die shitting and pissing on yourself in a nursing home.
I just had my 40th Birthday this year...I know how you feel!

So are you pissing and shitting yourself yet ? Abell9 says it ain't as bad as people make it out to be .

Draco · Post by **Draco** » September 4th, 2006, 7:52 am

Better to go this way then to die shitting and pissing on yourself in a nursing home.

x2

Holy crap...Foxnews is saying the barb hit him in the chest and pierced his heart!!

msg_dman · Post by **msg_dman** » September 4th, 2006, 8:17 am

Is he really dead this time? This has been going on for years:

<<Steve Irwin

Two or three times a year I receive some variation of the following:

My wife and I have been hearing disturbing rumors for over 6 months that Steve Irwin, 'The Crocodile Hunter,' was killed in some horrible accident. We checked some Internet bulletin boards and we noticed that this rumor has been circulating since 1997 (or before!). However, we can find no official rebuttal. Is the Croc Hunter alive or dead?

Irwin has had to deny this rumor for years. On his Discovery.com Website he writes: "I've never been bitten by a venomous snake, and I recently heard that I'd been killed. Ha ha! I've been killed by crocodiles, venomous snakes, spiders. I've even had a beetle crawl in my ear and kill me once. Nah! I'm here to tell you Steve Irwin lives!" >>

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/w ... 22801b.htm

Looon · Post by **Looon** » September 4th, 2006, 8:52 am

Oh, he is really dead. A close friend of his made a statement to the news and was in tears.

EvilCouch · Post by **EvilCouch** » September 4th, 2006, 9:18 am

hobbit wrote:No wetsuit huh? That's the first thing we teach 10 year-old surfers here in California. If he was diving around stingrays without a wetsuit, he was literally asking for it. And he got it, didn't he?

What's a wetsuit going to do against a stingray? I've heard of stingrays slamming their spine through bones such as someone's kneecap before.

Looon · Post by **Looon** » September 4th, 2006, 9:39 am

EvilCouch wrote:
hobbit wrote:No wetsuit huh? That's the first thing we teach 10 year-old surfers here in California. If he was diving around stingrays without a wetsuit, he was literally asking for it. And he got it, didn't he?
What's a wetsuit going to do against a stingray? I've heard of stingrays slamming their spine through bones such as someone's kneecap before.

It penetrated his chest cavity, straight into his heart. A wet suit would have been irrelevant.

hobbit · Post by **hobbit** » September 4th, 2006, 10:50 am

Ranger Luna wrote:
EvilCouch wrote:
hobbit wrote:No wetsuit huh? That's the first thing we teach 10 year-old surfers here in California. If he was diving around stingrays without a wetsuit, he was literally asking for it. And he got it, didn't he?
What's a wetsuit going to do against a stingray? I've heard of stingrays slamming their spine through bones such as someone's kneecap before.
It penetrated his chest cavity, straight into his heart. A wet suit would have been irrelevant.

I just assumed the press fucked up and that he'd been whacked by a jellyfish. How many of you guys have ever seen the headline before "Diver killed by stingray"? This is a first for me.

Flesh Thorn · Post by **Flesh Thorn** » September 4th, 2006, 11:13 am

EvilCouch wrote:
hobbit wrote:No wetsuit huh? That's the first thing we teach 10 year-old surfers here in California. If he was diving around stingrays without a wetsuit, he was literally asking for it. And he got it, didn't he?
What's a wetsuit going to do against a stingray? I've heard of stingrays slamming their spine through bones such as someone's kneecap before.

One report I read desribed it as an 8 foot wide ray with a 10 inch barb. I guess having a 10 inch barb driven into your chest would would kind of make a wetsuit irrevelant. Maybe a ballistic armor chest plate would have helped.