Posted on 09/04/2006 7:03:34 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Any chance this was a suicide?
Agree.
He got what he asked for. Which is fine, but his little kids didn't ask for it.
RIP mate! Our family loved watching your shows and learned so much!
"He got what he asked for. Which is fine, but his little kids didn't ask for it."
Can I give you some advice?... reading comprehention for the win! The guy was killed in a freak accident and was not messing with any dangerous animals at the time.
Rest in peace, Steve.
I have been diving since 1994 with many trips to the Carribean and you are right.You would have to really work at getting stung by a ray. I mean we would sneak up to them when they were laying in the sand grab thier tail behind the barb and get a free ride.
"But, as an avid and experienced diver,I do not see how this could happen if the person was acting in anything other than a completely reckless fashion.
I have been diving since 1994 with many trips to the Carribean and you are right.You would have to really work at getting stung by a ray. I mean we would sneak up to them when they were laying in the sand grab thier tail behind the barb and get a free ride."
He wasn't diving, he was apparently snorkleing in extremely shallow water.. glided right over a stingray he didn't even see and the thing felt boxed in and struck.
Likewise. I have played with them at Stingray City also. They act like little puppy dogs that just want food and attention. Even so I was always wary of their tail.
Great photo.
That's right.
I was an amateur herpetologist when I was a kid. One thing I remember hearing is, "Never pick up a snake by the tail" -- too easy for them to turn and bite you. Pin them, and grasp them right behind the head. That way there's nothing they can do but lash around harmlessly, as you've taken their one weapon.
Ol' Steve-o really turned that little axiom on its head.
Just watched a segment with the director and producer of his shows who was on location with him when this happened. Apparently he wasn't taking one of those wild chances as has been lobbied about when this happened. He was filming about the Great Barrier Reef's 'deadliest' and they ran into inclement weather and could not film for that, so instead Irwin went underwater to take some footage for a show aimed at children which his daughter Bindi was involved with. He was below to get footage of things like coral and reef fish--totally harmless and was not interacting with them. Supposedly he came up on this stingray while swimming and it put it's barb into him(sounds as though it was in sand and he was swimming not far above). The ultimate irony of this is he was not even taking his usual chances when he met with what is a freak death at the hands of a normally placid animal. After all the situations he's been in and he truly is taken out in an accidental situation. Just damn.
RIP Steve Irwin. You were favored in this house too.
Takes the wind out of you.....he had a great passion for life ...
Thanks for catching that. I missed it as I scrolled down the page. The croc looks like he is having a great time. He looks more like a teddy bear than a croc.
"But, as an avid and experienced diver,I do not see how this could happen if the person was acting in anything other than a completely reckless fashion."
"I have been diving since 1994 with many trips to the Carribean and you are right.You would have to really work at getting stung by a ray. I mean we would sneak up to them when they were laying in the sand grab thier tail behind the barb and get a free ride."
Read post 47.
Someone here said Tiger sharks hunt stingrays this time of the year. That would probably explain the attack. Steve probably looked like a shark above it and defended itself. By the way,when you are snorkling you are at the mercy of whats out there.
Have they contacted his wife yet? She was on some sort of expedition.
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