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"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,"
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I don't know whether to be shocked or to say it had to happen eventually. The guy just seemed invincible.
A big loss for children and adults alike.
Years ago my brother was seine fishing and jumped off the boat to hold the net. When he landed it was on top of a stingray, not a giant one though. That Ray popped him straight through the ankle...ouch...He almost lost his foot and had to sit with it on a cushion for weeks.
Chances are, with their venom, even if it had not gone to the spot it did he would possibly have died from the spread of infection and venom from the barb.
Ann
As far as the baby and the croc episode, he just didn't seem to have the same perception of safety risks as most other people would have. I'm sure in his own mind he wasn't doing anything dangerous with his baby at all.
[edited by: Jane_Doe at 1:51 pm (utc) on Sep. 7, 2006]
As far as the baby and the croc episode, he just didn't seem to have the same perception of safety risks as most other people would have. I'm sure in his own mind he wasn't doing anything dangerous with his baby at all.
Yes...people tend to move in the direction of knee-jerk reactions to just about anything..(usually from the comfort of their easy chairs...and just barely living life themselves..now there's some real horror)..he was in complete control of that situation....(and can you imagine what the view was like from the kid's perspective? One helluva ride at such an early moment in life...
I imagine if Steve could look back on his own death he'd get a sparkle in his eyes and launch into some enthusiastic monologue about how AMAZINGLY rare it is for a stingray to actually cause anything more than minor injuries.
But for his family, it's a terrible loss.
...he was in complete control of that situation...
Just like he was in complete control of the situation with the stingray, I'm sure.
Whenever you're talking about wild animals, you're never really in control of the situation, no matter how confident you feel you are in your own skills.
Whenever you're talking about wild animals, you're never really in control of the situation, no matter how confident you feel you are in your own skills.
Many opinions had been expressed that if anything were to happen to Irwin...it would be in the water (diving)...and such was the case..
He was absolutely in his element with the crock and other land animals...(would I have dangled by 1 month old in front of a 15 foot crock?...Absolutely not...)
I recall watching him for the first timehe was going in to some detail about the aggressive behaviour of Kimono dragons, how they attack kids and dogs etc.
All of a sudden this huge grown one charges him! Steve leaps into atree then shows teh viewers how close he came to being bitten.
The Dragon had bitten through the rubber sole of his shoe just missing his foot, I was rolling around laughing but he loked and sounded very shaken.
I bet you wouldn't think twice about crossing the road with a stroller or a baby in your arms... but you have no idea who is in the car coming towards you, or even if they have been drinking....
That's why most people wait until the cars have passed or come to a stop at the red light before walking out into the street. Not even a remotely similar situation.
"aggressive behaviour of Kimono dragons"
Absolutely. Be very careful with them. ESPECIALLY when they are wearing their traditional Japanese robe. ;-)
