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Steve Irwin dead? (pg. 13)
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| again, i am full of love tathi. |
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| occrider |
For those of you who say he had it coming for all his flagrant disregard for safety, this is actually somewhat ironic as stingrays are some of the most docile creatures you'll find in the ocean. There have been only 17 reported deaths since 1996. And in nearly every instance people have only been stung when they've stepped on them. And even then, it's extremly rare that someone would die from stingray venom as they are not nearly as toxic as some other aquatic wildlife. I've had the pleasure of feeding quite a few stingray, and I'm going on a stingray scuba trip in a few days where literally 20-30 are swarming around you ... if you rub some squid on your dive buddy's arm, they'll hoover over there and give them a good hickey with their vacumn cleaner mouths ;)
What happend to Irwin is that he probably didn't even notice the stingray:
And approached it head on. I would imagine he might have kicked it with his fin accidentally and the stingray directed its barb upwards to strike him in the chest. It sounds like an extremly freak accident that is really no one's fault. At least that's what I keep telling myself for my upcoming dive trip :) |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
I actually found this to be sort of comforting:
It waivers on the mean/funny/nice sides of things. |
:) I bet that's what he would've said |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by TCB
i was just annoyed at the fact you could of kept it to yourself. |
Well, this is the internet... ;)
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Haha yea, that'll show him! |
I ing lol'd hard. :haha: :haha: :haha:
Best post in months. |
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| TCB |
| quote: | Originally posted by tathi
Ignore pkcRAISTLIN, he's a troll. Only an Ignorant Idiot would think that the Israeli Lebanon conflict is more important and more worthy of our time and sympathy than the death of our beloved Steve Irwin. Only a little over a thousand civilians died in Lebanon and maybe a thousand more from the looming humanitarian crisis that will ensue, pffft 2000 people is nothing! Oh and the trigger happy Israelis also caused the "largest oil spill ever recorded in the eastern Mediterranean" where 15,000 tonnes of oil has utterly destroyed the marine habitat in the area poppulated by animals facing extinction like the Baby Green Turtle and the Bluefin Tuna
BUT STEVE IRWIN DIED!!! OH NOES! WHO WILL PROTECT THE ANIMALS FROM THE ISRAELIS NOW?!!
I believe we should canonise the great Steve Irwin as Saint Francis the II, patron Saint of the Animals! |
lol.
people & the media are just paying tribute. soon enough we will be back to your beloved mideast problems. |
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| _Nut_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
For those of you who say he had it coming for all his flagrant disregard for safety, this is actually somewhat ironic as stingrays are some of the most docile creatures you'll find in the ocean. There have been only 17 reported deaths since 1996. And in nearly every instance people have only been stung when they've stepped on them. And even then, it's extremly rare that someone would die from stingray venom as they are not nearly as toxic as some other aquatic wildlife. I've had the pleasure of feeding quite a few stingray, and I'm going on a stingray scuba trip in a few days where literally 20-30 are swarming around you ... if you rub some squid on your dive buddy's arm, they'll hoover over there and give them a good hickey with their vacumn cleaner mouths ;)
What happend to Irwin is that he probably didn't even notice the stingray:
And approached it head on. I would imagine he might have kicked it with his fin accidentally and the stingray directed its barb upwards to strike him in the chest. It sounds like an extremly freak accident that is really no one's fault. At least that's what I keep telling myself for my upcoming dive trip :) |
I fully agree with what you say. Where are you going diving? I've been to stingray city in the Caymans twice now. Never a problem.
According to a cameraman on how it happened:
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"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're watching somebody die and it's terrible."
Mr Stainton, also a producer and director of Irwin's popular television shows, said the footage showed Mr Irwin pulling the barb out of his chest before losing consciousness.
'The tail came up'
"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here [in the chest], and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone.
"That was it. The cameraman had to shut down."
Mr Stainton, who was aboard Irwin's vessel Croc One when the tragedy occurred, said it was most likely the television star and naturalist died almost immediately as a result of the stingray's blow.
"[He was] probably a metre coming over the top of it," he said.
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source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...7222098946.html |
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| Salegon |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjConfessions
lacks justice |
Nah, you're alright, dude!
As far as I can see, your profile comprises a couple of similarities according to mine ;)
I consider your posts to be better than a lot of the some CORe members occasionally post... 
Halt die Wampe steif, alter Schnurrbart :thepirate |
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| grooviebeats |
| i just read that he pulled the barb out before he died.. :wtf: |
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| Dublin Guy |
| There is talk of them releasing the video officially. Tough **** basically took a knife out of his own heart. ALways remember him being chased up a tree by a massive Komodo dragon and him just laughing. |
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| trewqy |
the thing went straight through its heart.
hes so freaking unlucky, the barb missed the rib cage and managed to squeeze thru and puncture him.
I really miss him.. |
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