Steve Irwin Discussion

NSR-Rulez · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Karma :

Just thought I would post up a conversation with quacker boy that we had on MSN about the legend of a wildlife and how he really died.

These are my thoughts of what happened in his exact word and movements.

"Crikey folks here we have a sting ray, very dangerous creature it can kill with the barbs on its tail. Lets get a closer look."
*Moves closer to sting ray*
"Oooh its looking angry lets see if i can piss it off more by poking it with this stick i found here. here it goes folks"
*Pokes sting ray with stick*
"Ow it bloody stung me cor blimey right in the chest...... hang on folks.... i feel a bit.... funny...........................erghhhhh............."
The end of Steve Irwin.

Please feel free to post up your views on what really happened.
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quacker_boy · Cuddle Bitch Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

Top bloke, i'm really going to miss his balls out stunts...i envisioned something more along the lines of.

"Oooh its looking angry lets see if i can piss it off more by sticking my thumb up it's arse and fornicating it. Here it goes folks"

Laughing

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Phoenix · Twisted Firestarter Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Karma :

It's been all over the news and there's not really much to discuss. I don't really care when 'celebrities' bite the dust as usually they've served no usefull purpose whatsoever. However, although he was a fruitcake I did enjoy watching him on tv so don't find it particularly funny he's dead.

NSR-Rulez · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Karma :

Didn't say it was funny, i thought he was a funny guy. Just seems like that would be the way appropriate for him to go.
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jay_666 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Karma :

I just find his death ironic.

This guy got a kick out of 'playing' with crocodiles, venomous snakes and spiders etc. and he gets killed by a stingray Neutral

Stingrays are not aggressive, and do not actively defend themselves. In fact, they usually just swim away when faced with danger.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Aye, you can't help but think he must have been poking it with a stick or something.

I've caught stingrays before, fairly large ones of maybe 80lb or so. Dragging them out of the water with a hook in their mouth doesn't get them pissed off enough to attack you. They just swim away when you let them go.

michael j · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Karma :

Quite surprised by the fact his death saddened me (felt the same when John Peel died Rolling Eyes

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RIP
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dodsi · Dirty Carny Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Karma :

My theory is it was an angry mutated pissed off stingray with a frickin' laser beam on its head. Thumbs Up

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

nice to see our resident vet agrees that he was probably making a nuisance of himself as usual annoying animals to get some good telly

steve irvin was doing the animal equivalent of going round pubs taking ppls pints and pouring it over their heads with mate filming

i dont beleive the story that well known troublemaker on this occasion just happened to be innocently passing through minding his own business

sooner or later he was bound to come a cropper

john peel on the other hand was a sound bloke and will be sorely missed
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Steve H · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Karma :

The clue is in the name...

It's not called a 'kiss-ray', 'lick-ray' or 'stroke-ray' is it? The first syllable would've put me right off going for a paddle.

To use an oft used cliche I'd imagine it's the way he'd have 'chosen to go'.

Either that or death by Blowjob Wink

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bazza · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Karma :

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MementoMori · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Karma :

After reading an account of his death, I think I know why he was killed:

akaDAVE · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Karma :

In all seriousness it is sad that the bloke has died, but it's hard not to have a sense of humour about it as well considering his personality and the ridiculous irony of his death.

I specifically remember saying when I saw him on TV that one day he will get tagged by a snake or he'll slip and a croc will get him. It was a matter of time.
Even if he was annoying the stingray it's still a huge stroke of bad luck to be stung in the chest like that.
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LUXY DJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Karma :

https://www.v6mini.com/stingray.jpg

https://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~nick_turner/images/irwino.jpg

Laughing

but on serious note the man was a LEGEND!!!!!! yea he did some mad,nutty things but if he didnt then he wouldnt of been who he was & im sure most of us wouldnt have watched him

some mad twisted fate really

but still, he was quality & normal & still had a family,etc

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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I find it quite annoying that people on BCF are saying "It was bound to happen".

We all get annoyed when people say motorbikes are incredibly dangerous and "You're going to kill yourself on that thing" as if it's inevitable. Like many things Steve's work involved risk but there was nothing inevitable about his death just like it's not inevitable that we will all die in motorbike accidents. We exercise risk management every time we ride, as Steve must have done every time he approached a wild animal. As bikers involved in a risky past time we should know better than to say "It was bound to happen".

He just got unlucky as any one of us could do at any point. Say for instance around a very tight corner a car on the wrong side of the road hits you and kills you. That was not bound to happen was it? Just like Steve getting killed by a freak stingray attack wasn't bound to happen. He just got unlucky.

RIP Steve.

T1z3R · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Karma :

well said ^^^ Karma

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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

But then animals behaviour is not that random. Someone with experience handling animals can predict their actions, just as an experienced road user can predict happenings on the road. The freak car or animal response cannot be predicted within reason.

lozzypop1 · Certified MILF! Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Karma :

I'm thinking cagers aren't that far from crocodiles myself....
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

there is a world of difference between what steve irwin did and what david attenborough would do

davids catch phrase

"Im going to keep very still so i dont alarm the dangerous animal."

Steves catchphrase

"See how he reacts when i wave my hand in his face ? Hes not liking it and doesnt want me here"

its like the difference between bikers

pootlers catchphrase

"I like to go for a nice gentle ride on a sunday on quiet roads."

speed demons catchphrase

"Ive had some bad crashes and seen mates have some bad crashes but speed has nothing to do with it. If your numbers up your numbers up."

only as dangerous as you make it

steve liked it dangerous which either makes him a bit of a prick or a great bloke depending on your point of view

I agree that he knew what he was doing with crocs and probably didnt, or his cameraman didnt when it came to sting rays.

Like going fast on an unfamiliar road

"Shit its tightening up !"
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kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

I've been very upset I can't believe his gone.

He was one of them blokes you just liked, I think he was such a great ambassador for Australia and they have lost a great son.

How many millions of children have cried for this man, doesn't this say something, he made them laugh, he fascinated them and yet he educated them at the same time.

Top bloke.

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I think the difference between biking and what Steve did is that on the bike, you tend to stick within what you know. Yeah, it's sometimes unpredictable but you don't deliberately put yourself into situations outwith your control and experience.

With the best will in the world, Irwin did NOT always know what he was doing. He deliberately put himself in positions where he was out of his depth.

Fair enough, with snakes and crocks there are probably few people who know more about them and how they will behave but anyone remember the program he did on Komodo Dragons? He didn't have a clue how fast those things could move with the result that he came within inches of loosing a foot.