Crikey! At Least He Went Alone...
Most animals don't like people. Most dogs like people. Some birds like people too. Cats for the most part tolerate and pity humans. Crocodiles, hate people. Stingrays hate everybody, and just want to be left alone. Which is why they have a 10 inch serrated spine that also happens to be filled with poison. One particular stingray didn't like being mounted by Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter," and put that spine directly into his heart. All over. If he survived that, it would have been time to start shopping for a sword.
I don't know Steve Irwin, but I imagine that a gung ho guy like him wouldn't mind leaving this mortal coil by getting taken out by one of the world's deadliest creatures. His family is wealthy now and has a great legacy, and thanks to his personal relationship with Oz PM John Howard - his children have nothing to fear.
I am glad he went alone, because things could have ended differently.
His public image was dented, however, in 2004 when he caused an uproar by holding his infant son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen. Irwin claimed at the time there was no danger to the child, and authorities declined to charge Irwin with violating safety regulations.
I know that Irwin was a trained zoologist, but it seems like these guys after awhile don't even respect the animals they spent their life studying. Like the guy that says the black mamba is nothing to be scared of, or the idiot who got him AND his girlfriend eaten by a bear.
Nature is meant to be subdued, not seduced.
another tale spun by ColeTrain @ 9:50 AM
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steve irwin isn't a trained zoologist. he was just a regular guy with an unusual passion for animals that he was able to turn into a vocation and a business.
he certainly had great practical knowledge and experience with crocs, but that doesn't make you an expert on other species, of course. however he would have consultant advise when filming and producing wildlife programs on the subject species, as the credits to his films show.
the sting ray species that ultimately claimed his life is not considered dangerous. there would be hardly any deaths attributed to them world wide in any year. Ben Crop, who is a marine biologist with experience with the rays, who has seen the video of Irwin's death, was interviewed on Australian TV and said that it was mainly a case of bad luck. It is unusual for rays to flick their barbs upwards and the odds of it hitting a vital organ like the heart when doing so must be small, but that's what happened.
Really it's just bad luck, and people don't like to think of life and death as having a lottery element hence the public thirst for 'explanantions', conspiracies etc.
Still I think you are right. Irwin chose that life and knew the risks, having founded and started and managed a successful private zoo, wilderness park and nature TV series, he was certainly no dummy.
I think anyone who swims from up and behind a large stingray is an idiot. That is how those creatures defend themselves from predators. Something bad like this was bound to happen at some point for Mr. Irwin, and it'll be his kids who will suffer when daddy can't come home to play with them.
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