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PMG is NOT a jerk - he's right. This is technically no more sad than the millions of people who die every day. At least Steve led a full, allbeit short, life. The real tragedy is that he was FAR too young to die (yes, 44 is young, especially in terms of death), and that he left a wife and two kids to mourn him.

As for his exaggerated Aussie accent, it wouldn't shock me at all if he did that on purpose at the request of American producers who wanted to play up his foreign background and the stereotypes that accompany it.

All in all, I'll have a cold one tonight in the Croc Hunter's honour. And to be fair, also for the millions who died today that went unnoticed.

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I didn't really like him that much. He was too stupid, doing all that stuff. But he is still a human, so I shall miss him.



Please hurry, that sig creeps me out, and its totally confusing me with my posts.

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And if i'm not mistaken, aren't both his kids under the age of 10? That must be the real hard part.

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... Still can't freakin' believe it ...

I think I was a bit callous with my earlier post. Like PMG said, we shouldn't get to emotional about this, millions die everyday, but I do feel sad for his family, and that he was too young to die. But I was getting sick of him messing with animals, but whatever. Sometimes I have narrow views.

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Thinking back, he probably did as least as much for wildlife as Jacques Cousteau and Jane Goodall. While other wildlife documentaries observed animals 500 yards away through a telefoto lens, he always got up-close and personal. Fierce snakes (the fierce snake being the most venomous snake on earth) couldn't get him, saltwater crocs couldn't get him, and in the end it was an incredibly unlikely freak accident that killed him. He shouldn't have died like that. Sure, just about everybody made fun of him, but I seriously doubt most of us would even know the fierce snake existed if Steve-o hadn't grabbed one by the tail and thrust in front of a camera lens. Few other TV personalities have the kind of enthusiasm Steve did, and I will miss him greatly.
A memorial fund is being set up to donate money towards wildlife causes in Steve's memory, and it's being called the Crikey Fund. I think the man who made that word a household phrase would be honored.

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Oh..

Oh my god.

He walked me through my childhood years, animal-wise. I loved his show.

It's sad to see the guy go...

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Just a quick note to StrongCanada and duecex2: Millions of people aren't dying every day--by my calculations of 3 deaths per second, that equates to only 259,200 deaths a day...just a little more than a quarter of a million people. It's still a large number, yes, but it's only roughly 0.00004% of the world's population (which is increasing with an approximate 5 births every second, meaning the population actually increases by 2 people per second...). Anyways, enough math: gouache that heated bread!

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The meaning of life is 'bucket.'

FOR PONY!!!

Man, I just heard about this on the news...

It sucks he's dead. On the list of cool shows about animals, his was right up there next to Zaboomafoo.

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Yah I think he had the best animal planet show next to the animal video shows. That Jeff guys show wasnt all that good.

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I don't know much about Zooboomafoo, but I do remember the show that preceeded it: Kratt's Kreatures. Man, I dug them. They were awesome. At least they're both still alive--I think.

Sir, I raise my glass of orange juice to you!

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You look like you need a hug.
*hug*
There, now don't you feel better?

Yay, I'm not the only one who remembers Zaboomafoo! I LOVED that show as a kid!

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Zaboomafo was that that show with those 2 guys with the lemeur in Madagasdgar? I think there was some spelling mistakes. I am sleepy....

EDIT: Never mind it is.

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I WAS STICKING UP FOR YOU!

*kills his legs* (see the new sbemail)



Back to Steve, yes Ramrod, his kids were very young. Steve Irwin was too young. It's all so sad.

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OK, Traa and Naruto are no more. Besides, it'd probably be best to dedicate our sigs to Steve for a while anyway.



Man, I keep wishing that I'd hear the news that Steve somehow survived the freak accident. I miss him so much.

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Something did, happen, Steve. It just wasn't a croc.

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Aw man, I loved that guy as a kid. He made me want to be an environmentalist. Rock on man, I hope you wrestle Crocs in heaven. (Or maybe he's in Hell wrestling the devil, and now he's the ruler of the underworld)

The thing is, he could wrestle crocs, pick up the world's most deadliest snakes, and other dangerous stuff, and yet he was killed by an almost harmless creature. Tragic.

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No, I lied. I'm never going to have a good sig. So just forget about it.

Geez. In recorded history only 17 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY STINGRAYS. 17!!! Now what are the odds of this happening to him? Like...one in a bagazillion.

It seems almost.....unreal, ya know? I wasn't sure if it was even POSSIBLE for Steve Irwin died.

Gidley: I apologize for calling you a jerk, as I understand your argument now. However, as for those 3 people per second that die, you don't know who they are, and most of them haven't accomplished much for science/literature/conservation/whatever, so your condolences aren't expected or needed. Since you know about it, though, you should at least, even if you hated the guy, feel sorry for the family. (I'm saying the family because, try as you might, nobody's going to care about your condolences if they're corpses.)

And as for the chances of Steve dying at that particular moment in time, taking the statistics into hand as well as what else he did for a living, the chances were probably significantly less that he would die than if he were, say, taking a shower. I suppose that if you're superstitious, you could say that the extraordinarily good luck he had had was, in effect, bad karma. But I choose to say that it was just very improbable, oh well.

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Wow. That's a scary mental image. And yet at the same time... highly amusing.

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You look like you need a hug.
*hug*
There, now don't you feel better?

I don't think his death has still fully registered to me.

One of the saddest things I think was something he said on one of the reruns they're showing right now... that he one day be able to retire by passing his job onto his children like his father did, and that that would be the proudest moment of his life... he never got to reach that.

I guess he never expected to die early either, even with his dangerous job.

I am curious what will the children grow up to be, expecially 2-year-old Robert.

I heard about his death Monday morning on the Today show.

The person who vandalized it was probably someone from "Enclyclopedia Dramatica". I found the site after reading a forum on deviantART about Irwin's death. It's a horrible website, but I can show everyone what was exactly typed:
[Please note that there might be some offensive language on this page.] http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index. ... kipedo.JPG

It ticked me off a lot. I understand not everyone liked Irwin, but I loved what he did to help animals.

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It's ironic that out of all the things that could've killed him, it was a stingray.

I've been praying that Steve Irwin would come back to life. No luck so far. He was my hero when I was 7.

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It's going to be hard for him, as well as his sister. His sister, Bindi, was supposed to host a show soon too...

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He touched far, FAR, more familes than average. How's that?

Yes, they did get it on film. Steve was making a documantary at the time, and the stingray stabbed him in the chest and pulled his heart out.

That's why you can't see the footage.

Steve Irwin was a great man, especially off screen. he visited schools and didn't shun people just because he was famous. He treated everyone equally and always listened to what everyone had to say.
He was like that friend we all have who's just fun to hang around with and talk to.
He was an idol, and we will all miss him.

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Guten tag, Johann, du riechst ganz richtig. Danke schon, Heidi. Und du auch. - A Bit of Fry and Laurie

He pulled the BARB out! Not his heart. He wouldn't have enought time before the cardiac arrest set in.

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Pft, the stingray did not pull his heart out! That's stupid!

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NOT A SIGNATURE!

Yeah, I was saying that Steve pulled the barb out.

Any way, a poll in a newspaper asked if "you think the death video should go public."


50% said yes. I feel really bad about saying this, but I would. I know about it "being someone dying" but it would be interesting to see a visual perspective. It is, though, a video I would feel HORRIBLE about watching.

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Steve Irwin was a great man! He may look foolish and stupid at times (like when he dangled his son by a croc) but he knew what he was doing! All he took were caculated risks, and this was just a freak accident. I'm gonna miss Steve..

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