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Post by AIGAD on Sept 4, 2006 8:43:51 GMT -5
'Crocodile Hunter' Dead at 44 Steve Irwin Killed by Stingray During Filming
CAIRNS, Australia (Sept. 4) -- Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
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Post by BAT*21{usa} on Sept 4, 2006 8:57:09 GMT -5
heard about that early this morning. what r the chances of that ray's barbed tail striking directly in the heart. whats just as bad is his wife is hiking in Tasmania & hadn't been told as of 8 a.m. EST but it's in all the media. i really hope she dont find out the wrong way . www.abcnews.com has a story & video or www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment
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Post by Lost_Child on Sept 4, 2006 9:23:37 GMT -5
"CRIKEY" I can't believe it ! He was such a cool and insane guy. I have his movie Collision Course ..... very funny ! R.I.P Steve
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Post by BAT*21{usa} on Sept 5, 2006 4:57:41 GMT -5
saw just this minute on the news that on the video that Steve Irwin was shooting that he was swimming over top the stingray not threatening it when the tail came up and stabbed him ,he pulled out the barb and then died .they did not show the actual video,nor should they a spokesman 4 the family described it .hopefully they will keep an extremely tight rein on the video so one of these scummy tabloid t.v. shows don't get it. Irwin will be given a Australian state funeral if his family agrees
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Post by Lost_Child on Sept 6, 2006 5:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by vinsanity on Sept 6, 2006 8:13:56 GMT -5
I agree... I don't think a guy like Steve would have wanted a state funeral at all.
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Post by BAT*21{usa} on Sept 6, 2006 19:25:18 GMT -5
i can c that .he seemed 2 b a regular fella.not like many celebrities. they offered because of all he did not only 4 nature but 4 the image of Australia. hopefully some yahoos won't start killing stingrays trying 2 get the 1 that killed him .
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Post by AIGAD on Sept 13, 2006 11:33:16 GMT -5
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) _ At least 10 stingrays have been killed since "Crocodile Hunter'' Steve Irwin was fatally injured by one of the fish, an official said Tuesday, prompting a spokesman for the late TV star's animal charity to urge people not take revenge on the animals. Irwin died last week after a stingray barb pierced his chest as he recorded a show off the Great Barrier Reef. Stingray bodies since have been discovered on two beaches in Queensland state on Australia's eastern coast. Two were discovered Tuesday with their tails lopped off, state fisheries department official Wayne Sumpton said. Sumpton said fishermen who inadvertently catch the diamond-shaped rays sometimes cut off their tails to avoid being stung, but the practice was uncommon. Stingrays often are caught in fishing nets by mistake and should be returned to the sea, Sumpton said. Michael Hornby, the executive director of Irwin's Wildlife Warriors conservation group, said he was concerned the rays were being hunted and killed in retaliation for Irwin's death. www.livescience.com/othernews/ap_060912_stingrays_killed.html
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Post by BAT*21{usa} on Sept 18, 2006 8:55:57 GMT -5
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