Steve Irwin Dead

Kersh

Rip Steve , I though he was brilliant.

Chad ghostal

didn't believe it when i heard it,
RIP steve.

Drapper

RIP Steve Irwin you will be missed!

mcgarnicle

Very sad news, what a legend. RIP

daveg

My son will be very upset. He loves him. Wanted to visit his Zoo when we were in Oz earlier this year, but we wern't anywhere near it. Very sad news. I thought he was excellent. Esp for kids. Great episode where he was looking for Rattlesnakes in Califronia beside a USAF base and they took him up in an F16. RIP steve. Feel very sorry for his wife and 2 young kids.

Seemingly there has not been a death recorded in Australia as a result of an attack from a sting ray. Didn't realise their barb was poisenous. Knowing S Irwin he was probably hugging it or something

r3nu4l

I tried to access his website to see what they said, like about a million other people I suppose, must have acted like a denial of service attack as the site seems to be down

RIP Steve, inevitable sure, but it doesn't make it any less sad!:(

Edit: Police press release here. Nothing we don't already know.

ShiverinEskimo

RIP Steve. Great Character..

Jonny Arson

An absolute legend, loved his shows, you could say it was inevitable but whatever way you look at it being killed by a Stingray in that fashion was a pure freak accident.

Godspeed

galah

RIP Steve

Got to meet him at Australia Zoo - much better "live" than on tele!
I'll miss the accent...

Froot

Live by the sword... Die by the sword...

R.I.P. by Crikey!

ciaran76

RIP Steve.

ergonomics

daveg wrote:

Seemingly there has not been a death recorded in Australia as a result of an attack from a sting ray. Didn't realise their barb was poisenous. Knowing S Irwin he was probably hugging it or something

I got this from an Australian news site:

The stingray is usually non-aggressive, but is capable of inflicting injuries if threatened.

Treading on the dorsal surface by mistake or swimming too close above a ray can result in a reflex upward and forward swing of the tail.

The injuries can be either a sword like lacerations or penetrating injuries with the serrated spine.

Serious injury can either be from the physical trauma of a vital body part, from the venom of the spine or both.

Local venom effects are usually more dangerous in stab injuries, but if the barb pierces a vital organ or structure injuries may be more dangerous than the venom effects.

Penetrating cardiac injuries have generally been fatal. This is what happened to Steve, R.I.P. In 1938, an adult woman died after a stab wound to the heart by a stingray. The autopsy showed that the ventricles had been completely transfixed by the barb.

A Prawn Fisherman also died after bieng stabbed in the chest off the Queensland coast while wrestling the animal off the sorting tray some years ago.

An Australian soldier died in 1945 after a stab wound to the heart while swimming in seawater baths near Melbourne, Victoria.

eimearnll

poor guy rip steve does anyone know if they told his wife yet?

cooker3

eimearnll wrote:

poor guy rip steve does anyone know if they told his wife yet?

yeah his family were notified, they would tell them before releasing the news anyway.

"Police in Queensland confirmed the naturalist's death and said his family had been notified. Mr Irwin was married with two young children."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5311298.stm

1 of those deaths you hear which just shocks you, never expect to hear it when you wake up.
RIP to him

Töpher

A shame really, a great entertainer. Inevitable, and in a strange way a somewhat fitting manner.

R.I.P.

6th

Loved the shows and its undoubtly a shocking loss but .... (and i mean no disrespect) was it right for a father of 2 to put himself in dangerous situations all the time?

I know what happened was a freak accident but he must have know that with what he did for a living he could have at anytime left his children without a father?

I wont be popular for saying it but i think it needs to be said.

Kersh

Schumacher races cars, he could be killed in any race, any hurler could get a belt in the head...

mcgarnicle

6th wrote:

Loved the shows and its undoubtly a shocking loss but .... (and i mean no disrespect) was it right for a father of 2 to put himself in dangerous situations all the time?

I know what happened was a freak accident but he must have know that with what he did for a living he could have at anytime left his children without a father?

I wont be popular for saying it but i think it needs to be said.

What about soldiers, policemen, firemen etc etc etc

petes

R.I.P. I enjoyed the shows.

6th

A car can be controlled within reason but wild animals can not. As for fireservices, military & police, I can see how people benefit from having these (fireservices are there to save lives) and Irwin did it for entertainment.

Please dont think I am getting at him, its not really that I'm just thinkinga s a dad and his kids dont have one now.

BolBill

I'd say the Cockney Rebel are gutted........

Smellyirishman

What we saw was the entertainment, but he also did it for research, education, because it was what he loved doing etc...

RIP Steve.

mcgarnicle

I see where you're coming from but he didn't just do it for entertainment, he did a lot of good work. For example he succesfully fought an Australian government proposal to allow northern australia opened up to hunters to come hunt and kill crocodiles.

Asok

Great entertainer who had big cohones to go frollicking with all the animals he did.

Rip steve

astrofool

I think saying what Irwin was solely entertainment doesn't respect him enough. He brought wildlife to the masses, and did a lot of scientific research on them to boot.

This is the third time i've heard he's dead from a wildlife accident, I wonder if a Clemens'esque exaggeration is occurring here.

6th

I didnt mean to make out it was just entertanment, he did bring a worthy topic into the general masses but I'm just saying was it worth leaving 2 kids without a father?

If i wasnt a dad i most likely wouldnt be posting like this.

padi89

6th wrote:

Irwin did it for entertainment.

Have to disagree with you on that one.He has been heavily involved in wildlife since he was a kid, his father was similar to him and introduced him to his love of animals and wildlife.His wackyness is what people found entertaining but it was just the way he was.

dave101

my taughts go out to his wife and kids/family. im sure that woman must of been dreading somthing like this could happen almost every day of her life.
but as he said himself he loves to do what he does and show people animals of the world what a showman indeed, and long live the memorys
r.i.p.

py2006

R0ot wrote:

Who didnt see this coming? Poor lad, but you play with fire you get burnt

In fairness, it is not like he was playing with fire! He always knew what he was doing! It was a freak acccident!

Snowbie

Ah Nuts,
Sound bloke who will be missed for sure.Great entertainment and educational his shows are.
He died what he loved doing.
R.I.P Steve.