Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed
 

BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb during a diving expedition, Australian media reported. He was 44.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/..._tv/obit_irwin

Dag :( My prayers go out to his family.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This can't be true. I love him so much. :( When I went to Australia in high school I had no clue who he was until we went to his zoo and got to meet him and I have loved him ever since; he never fails to crack me up. This is so sad. :(

We watch his programs everyday at home. I love his show. At least he died doing what he loved.

Rest in Peace Steve Irwin. May God be with your friends and family.

Carolyn

No way :(

:( that's messed up, for real.

:(

Is this the guy who had his new born baby in his arms while messing with an alligator?

That's sad. I liked watching his adventures.

The death was ironic though: "It was extraordinarily bad luck. It's not easy to get spined by a stingray and to be killed by one is very rare," Collin said.

He worked with dangerous animals all the time that would very easily bite, but then to be taken by a rare freak accident... I feel terrible for his wife and kids.

Yep.

:( He died doing what he loved best though. He did alot for animal conservation and environmentalism and I hope his wife continues his work.

I thought it was a joke when I saw the headline :( It's so sad, and such an odd way to die. You'd think he would have been eaten by a croc or something. Rest in peace, Steve.

:( Rest in peace Steve

Yeah, I just saw a video of stingrays swimming around on CNN. They don't look *that* harmful. Are they poisonous? Sorry, I know very little about ocean animals.

There was a rumor circulating many years ago (I think back in 99/00) that he was dead. When I first saw the headline, I thought it may have been another rumor. Unfortunately, it's true. So sad. :(

Stingrays are poisonous. Their tail has venom. I was in the Caymen Islands a few years back and went swimming with them. The tour guides made sure everyone knew not to put their feet down when they were in the water. Most humans who are stung by them are stung through their foot.

:( So sad.

They are poisonous, but the venmon is more uncomfortable for humans then deadly. What actually is the problem is the barb itself. That can cause serious damage, and from what I read he was stung through his heart so it punctured his heart- which has a very very slim chance of survival since usually that means the oxygenated and nonoxygentated blood starts mixing. Usually, they are very calm animals.

I can't believe he died. So sad.:(