Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter) dead.

[Sydneyfan]

Crikey, he's cactus. :[

Apparently skewered by a giant stingray while filming in the Great Barrier Reef earlier today.


http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/steve-irwin-killed-by-stingray/2006/09/04/1157222051512.html

[Factory Boy]

Yeah, it's all over the news here. Mad bugger was living on borrowed time wasn't he?
Apparently the barb pierced his chest. Nasty!:eek:

[blueone]

I can't quite believe it... :(

[Quincy]

No...he always seemed to get away from danger.


BTW - A thread like this on the .org has turned into a Britain vs Aus Thread, that I can't quite believe.

[blueone]

BTW - A thread like this on the .org has turned into a Britain vs Aus Thread, that I can't quite believe.

I don't even want to look... but how on Earth did that happen?:confused:

[Quincy]

I don't even want to look... but how on Earth did that happen?:confused:

To be honest I don't know, but two people ended up arguing over the monarchy.

[Sydneyfan]

No...he always seemed to get away from danger.


BTW - A thread like this on the .org has turned into a Britain vs Aus Thread, that I can't quite believe.

In honour of Steve's memory, I hope the Aussies won. Just had a guy on telly saying that no-one has been killed by a sting ray in Australia for more than 10 years - and even then they died from heart failure, not injuries caused by the actual barb. He was incredibly unlucky, the barb pierced his heart and killed him instantly. Sad.:(

[Quincy]

In honour of Steve's memory, I hope the Aussies won. Just had a guy on telly saying that no-one has been killed by a sting ray in Australia for more than 10 years - and even then they died from heart failure, not injuries caused by the actual barb. He was incredibly unlucky, the barb pierced his heart and killed him instantly. Sad.:(

Woah...that's unlucky.

A bit better than what it said on Ceefax over here:

"...killed by a fish"

[foggy]

Whoops I missed this and just posted about it. (Rob can you delete my double please?)

[foggy]

In honour of Steve's memory, I hope the Aussies won. Just had a guy on telly saying that no-one has been killed by a sting ray in Australia for more than 10 years - and even then they died from heart failure, not injuries caused by the actual barb. He was incredibly unlucky, the barb pierced his heart and killed him instantly. Sad.:(

Hard to believe really. Especially for a guy who was constantly putting himself in dangerous situations for him to die in such a freaky way. Very sad. :(

[Sydneyfan]

This has just dominated everything over here. Its funny, because while he was obviously very well known here, he was probably more widely liked in the US. Many here (including myself at times) were a little embarrassed by his full-on Australianess. He was like a throw back to our old ocker days ala Paul Hogan.

Only in death are we really beginning to appreciate the guy's contribution to the environment and education - and look beyond all the "crikeys".


http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/superstar-ignored-at-home/2006/09/04/1157222072729.html


btw - just read that the accident was captured on film. The footage has been handed over to the Queensland police.

[trappss1]

btw - just read that the accident was captured on film. The footage has been handed over to the Queensland police.

What do you suppose the chances are that we will be able to see that? I hope they release it...I've never seen a sting ray goring before.

[Sydneyfan]

What do you suppose the chances are that we will be able to see that? I hope they release it...I've never seen a sting ray goring before.

Now why would you want to see that? Yuck. I think the chances of it being released are sweet FA - unless someone manages to bribe a policeman or something.

[trappss1]

just kinda curious I guess.

[Sydneyfan]

just kinda curious I guess.

You should watch that documentary about the American guy who gets eaten by the bear - I forget this name, but the doco has got audio of him and his girlfriend being killed. There's a thread about it somewhere in nRAC.

[Sydneyfan]

This just came through on the net - article quoting Irwin's manager saying the footage is "shocking". Apparently Irwin pulled the barb out of his chest before he passed out.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/irwin-death-footage-terrible/2006/09/05/1157222098946.html

[foggy]

Ack, that's horrible! :(

[Sydneyfan]

Ack, that's horrible! :(


I know it. :\ At least it would have been quick I guess. I feel sorry for the kids - they're so young and the little girl in particular seemed to adore her father. Very hard for them.

[Kevin McF]

my only thing is that if you play with fire you will eventually get burned

i still feel bad for him and his family, but i think we all kind of saw him dying doing this kind of thing

kev

[Sydneyfan]

my only thing is that if you play with fire you will eventually get burned

i still feel bad for him and his family, but i think we all kind of saw him dying doing this kind of thing

kev

Yep, he certainly pushed the envelope. A snake bite or a croc attack would have seemed more likely though than this. Getting killed by a sting ray is virtually unheard of.

[trappss1]

You should watch that documentary about the American guy who gets eaten by the bear - I forget this name, but the doco has got audio of him and his girlfriend being killed. There's a thread about it somewhere in nRAC.

I've seen it...they don't let you hear the audio at all during the documentary though.

[Sydneyfan]

I've seen it...they don't let you hear the audio at all during the documentary though.


Oh okay - I heard the audio on some special that was on a couple of years ago - it was horrible.

There's some debate over releasing the Irwin footage here at the moment, but the word is it won't ever happen - at least not officially.

[trappss1]

Oh okay - I heard the audio on some special that was on a couple of years ago - it was horrible.

There's some debate over releasing the Irwin footage here at the moment, but the word is it won't ever happen - at least not officially.

Keep your eyes peeled for the internet leak and I'll do the same:lol

[Sydneyfan]

Keep your eyes peeled for the internet leak and I'll do the same:lol

Ha, sadly that's very true. I won't be watching it though.

[trappss1]

Ha, sadly that's very true. I won't be watching it though.

You don't have to watch, just post the link and your job is done.

[Quincy]

Oh okay - I heard the audio on some special that was on a couple of years ago - it was horrible.

There's some debate over releasing the Irwin footage here at the moment, but the word is it won't ever happen - at least not officially.


My firend said he's seen it...I don;t know if I belivve.

[trappss1]

My firend said he's seen it...I don;t know if I belivve.

Find out and ask him to share if he has actually seen it.

[Sydneyfan]

My firend said he's seen it...I don;t know if I belivve.


I doubt it very much. Even the net's not that quick.

[Quincy]

I doubt it very much. Even the net's not that quick.

He was drunk when he said it.

[Sydneyfan]

He was drunk when he said it.


I think the only sensible suggestion is to send trappsss his email addy and let them sort it out.

[Quincy]

I think the only sensible suggestion is to send trappsss his email addy and let them sort it out.

I would if I could but I don't know it.(plus I'm a lil' tipsy)

[Sydneyfan]

I would if I could but I don't know it.(plus I'm a lil' tipsy)

I have a serious question.

Would you get in the bath with Sharon Stone if there was pee in the water?

[trappss1]

I get the feeling that my desire to see this vid might be desturbing Sydney a little.

[Quincy]

I have a serious question.

Would you get in the bath with Sharon Stone if there was pee in the water?

Sharon Stone is in my bath?!

[trappss1]

I have a serious question.

Would you get in the bath with Sharon Stone if there was pee in the water?

You already started this thread :D

[Sydneyfan]

I get the feeling that my desire to see this vid might be desturbing Sydney a little.

Ha, I'm not that easily disturbed.

[Sydneyfan]

Sharon Stone is in my bath?!


She might be. Its worth checking.

[trappss1]

I'm not that easily disturbed.

Thats good.:upyours

[Sydneyfan]

Quincy has been gone a while. .....she must have been in there after all.

[trappss1]

Quincy has been gone a while. .....she must have been in there after all.

Damn his luck.:cya Or maybe he just passed out drunk.

[Sydneyfan]

Maybe he's waiting for instructions.

[trappss1]

Maybe he's waiting for instructions.

There has been some question of his sexual preference has there not.

[Quincy]

Damn his luck.:cya Or maybe he just passed out drunk.

No she wasn not in my bath :cya so I went and made some toast...whether or not I fell asleep on the kitchen floor is another thing,

[Sydneyfan]

There has been some question of his sexual preference has there not.


No, not at all. We're just joking around with him.

[Sydneyfan]

No she wasn not in my bath :cya so I went and made some toast...whether or not I fell asleep on the kitchen floor is another thing,


Was there coloured alcohol involved tonight?

[Quincy]

Was there coloured alcohol involved tonight?
Apple sourz and cherry lambrini...it was a classy night.

[trappss1]

No, not at all. We're just joking around with him.

I know I was joking as well. Sorry if that didn't quite come accross Quincy.

[trappss1]

Apple sourz and cherry lambrini...it was a classy night.

He doesn't make the jokes that difficult does he.

[Quincy]

I know I was joking as well. Sorry if that didn't quite come accross Quincy.

I'll be dead when I don't get a gay joke.

[Sydneyfan]

Apple sourz and cherry lambrini...it was a classy night.


Nice. :upyours That should help your insomnia.

[Quincy]

Nice. :upyours That should help your insomnia.

I don't know, I have have a cartoon filled night ahead of me.

[Sydneyfan]

I don't know, I have have a cartoon filled night ahead of me.


Did you try any of my suggestions for getting to sleep?. I'm pretty sure one of them was avoid alcohol before bedtime.

[Quincy]

Did you try any of my suggestions for getting to sleep?. I'm pretty sure one of them was avoid alcohol before bedtime.

Okay so I have to drink alcohol in the morning. Noted.

[Sydneyfan]

Okay so I have to drink alcohol in the morning. Noted.


Works for me.

[Quincy]

Works for me.

Well it didn't really work for me...kind of an irritant...but by morning I mean 11pm-6am

[Sydneyfan]

Well it didn't really work for me...kind of an irritant...but by morning I mean 11pm-6am


No wonder you have trouble sleeping. :\

[Quincy]

No wonder you have trouble sleeping. :\

When I drink, heavily, I stay up all night, or wake up really early.

[Sydneyfan]

When I drink, heavily, I stay up all night, or wake up really early.


I'm giving up drinking for a month, starting on Sunday. I need to detox for a bit.

[Quincy]

I'm giving up drinking for a month, starting on Sunday. I need to detox for a bit.

I said last time I drank I would stop until I go back to uni...but that obviously didn't go well.

[Quincy]

He doesn't make the jokes that difficult does he.

I didn't buy the cherry lambrini.

[Sydneyfan]

I said last time I drank I would stop until I go back to uni...but that obviously didn't go well.


My attempt should be okay as long as my partner does it too. I've just got to convince him and that won't be easy.

[trappss1]

There was some debate on the local AM talk radio station here in Milwaukee this morning about whether or not the video of Steve dying should be released to the public. Does this mean that its release is actually being contemplated by the family?

[foggy]

I highly doubt it. From what I read, John Stainton, Irwin's friend and filmmaker, said the footage will be destroyed once the coroner has finished with it. (Although I doubt that myself) Still, he seemed pretty firm that the footage will never see the light of day. I can't see why the family would ever release it, it wouldn't serve any positive purpose.

[trappss1]

I highly doubt it. From what I read, John Stainton, Irwin's friend and filmmaker, said the footage will be destroyed once the coroner has finished with it. (Although I doubt that myself) Still, he seemed pretty firm that the footage will never see the light of day. I can't see why the family would ever release it, it wouldn't serve any positive purpose.

The callers on the show were claiming that it would be educational to show people the dangers of wild animals as a warning to amateur "crocodile hunters"

[trappss1]

I wonder if he might have had a chance to survive had he not pulled the barb out himself. From what I gather the barbs are serrated like a knife, he might have made the wound worse when he yanked it out.

[foggy]

I wondered the same thing after seeing footage of the tail barb on a stingray last night..

[Sydneyfan]

I wonder if he might have had a chance to survive had he not pulled the barb out himself. From what I gather the barbs are serrated like a knife, he might have made the wound worse when he yanked it out.

Pulling it out would have been a reflex reaction I guess.

[trappss1]

Pulling it out would have been a reflex reaction I guess.

I'm sure it was but maybe he would have survived had he left it to a doctor. Of course I have no idea, just putting the ? out there.

[Sydneyfan]

I'm sure it was but maybe he would have survived had he left it to a doctor. Of course I have no idea, just putting the ? out there.

Yea, perhaps. Although given that the point had pierced his heart, I doubt anything could have saved him. He's been offered a state funeral - which is a big deal here. Apparently though, his family look like they will turn the offer down because they say he was just an ordinary bloke and wouldn't want all the pomp and ceremony. Nice.

[Sydneyfan]

Germaine Greer lost the plot a couple of decades ago...


Expatriate Australian academic Germaine Greer should "back off" and keep her "stupid" comments on Steve Irwin to herself, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says.

Ms Greer last night told the Nine Network that the crocodile hunter, who died on Monday when a stingray barb pierced his chest while he was snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, had embarrassed millions of Australians with his cruelty towards animals.

The comments came as she defended a column she wrote for The Guardian newspaper in Britain in which she said the animal world had taken revenge on "self-deluded animal tormentor Steve Irwin".

Mr Beattie today told the Nine Network it was unbelievable Ms Greer had so publicly put her own ego first while the family of Mr Irwin struggled to cope with their loss.

"Germaine Greer is just wrong and I just can't imagine anyone being more insensitive and, frankly, stupid," he said.

"This argument is just extreme radical rubbish from Germaine Greer and it couldn't come at a more insensitive time.

"Any suggestion that he (Mr Irwin) mistreated animals is just rubbish ... he educated a generation."

Mr Beattie said he wished he could triple the tax on Ms Greer's Queensland rainforest property in retaliation to the comments.

"We should double the taxation," he said.

"If I could do it I would double it or triple the taxation on it."