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Old 04 Sep 2006, 10:09 pm
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i couldnt believe the news, my daughter used to watch every show, can't believe what a freak accident,
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i couldnt believe the news, my daughter used to watch every show, can't believe what a freak accident,
Sad. He got too close. The barb on the stingray tail is at least 10" long. I enjoyed watching his show and saw his movie. He was a good guy.
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Sad news. Grandkids watched him all the time (him and Jeff Corwin). Called my son to see if he had heard the news and said yes but he wasn't telling the kids (4 & 5 yrs old) as they wouldn't understand. I'm sure the shows will continue on TV for a long time to come.
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i couldnt believe the news, my daughter used to watch every show, can't believe what a freak accident,
Freak accident?
Freak accident would be if you or I got killed by a wild animal.

Try 'Inevitible'. His life revolved around getting in the face of dangerous wild animals, and he finally ran out of luck.

Tragic? maybe;
Do I feel sympathy for his family and friends? Yes.

But also useful: When the kids get older Steve will make an excellent object lesson in 'Be respectful of critters with sharp teeth, claws and barbs.'

And keep in mind that he died doing what he so obviously enjoyed. Not all of us get to do that.
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i couldnt believe the news, my daughter used to watch every show, can't believe what a freak accident,
Freak accident?
Freak accident would be if you or I got killed by a wild animal.

Try 'Inevitible'. His life revolved around getting in the face of dangerous wild animals, and he finally ran out of luck.
Except that rays normally aren't all that dangerous, at least not in the sense of being lethal. There are plenty of stingray injuries here in SoCal every year (almost always injuries to the lower extremities), but in all of Australia there are two known deaths from rays and both were nearly identical to the incident that killed Steve Irwin: one a young boy in 1988, the other an adult male in 1930. Yeah, I'd call that more a freak accident than an inevitible one. You have a far greater risk of being struck by lightning, or a Buick.
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You have a far greater risk of being struck by lightning, or a Buick.

or winning the lottery!!
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Except that rays normally aren't all that dangerous, at least not in the sense of being lethal. There are plenty of stingray injuries here in SoCal every year (almost always injuries to the lower extremities), but in all of Australia there are two known deaths from rays and both were nearly identical to the incident that killed Steve Irwin: one a young boy in 1988, the other an adult male in 1930. Yeah, I'd call that more a freak accident than an inevitible one. You have a far greater risk of being struck by lightning, or a Buick.
So you are saying you really gotta work at it to get killed by a ray?

Or do you have to be so used to dealing with obviously dangerous fauna, teasing crocs and snakes for fun and profit, that you get careless around critters that don' have 'big sharp pointy teeth'.




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Except that rays normally aren't all that dangerous, at least not in the sense of being lethal. There are plenty of stingray injuries here in SoCal every year (almost always injuries to the lower extremities), but in all of Australia there are two known deaths from rays and both were nearly identical to the incident that killed Steve Irwin: one a young boy in 1988, the other an adult male in 1930. Yeah, I'd call that more a freak accident than an inevitible one. You have a far greater risk of being struck by lightning, or a Buick.


So you are saying you really gotta work at it to get killed by a ray?

Or do you have to be so used to dealing with obviously dangerous fauna, teasing crocs and snakes for fun and profit, that you get careless around critters that don' have 'big sharp pointy teeth'.
Irwin had been bitten and otherwise injured by so many different animals it isn't funny. A strike by a large ray, although extremely painful anywhere else on the body, wouldn't be anymore deadly than being bitten by a non poisonous snake. To have that barb hit him in the one small place it would, and did, kill him (especially considering the body's own natural protective cage around the heart) can only be described as a freak incident.
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