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([personal profile] pat Sep. 3rd, 2006 10:40 pm)
Steve Irwin died, from a stingray barb to the heart. Damn, he must have been trying to pick the sucker up or something. A simple stingray barb's gonna be bad news, but generally not fatal. It's not like it was a snake, or something where the venom is going to kill you where ever it strikes.

I find myself really pissed off by this. The man leaves behind two young children because he went around harassing wildlife. And the news media reports that police haven't been able to contact his wife, who is in a remote area of Tasmania. I hope she hears about it from family, not from a newspaper reporter.

Remember kids, don't try this at home.
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Other news reports are less sensationalist. She's been contacted and she and the children are already on their way. The film shows him swimming above it, without contacting it, and it turned and spiked him.

I never liked the man's shows or his methods, and I'm not surprised he died from his work, but it's still a tragedy.

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It is still a tragedy, and my heart goes out to her and her kids.
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