2006/9/5, Russell McMahon wrote:
> Australia's love him / hate him "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died
> yesterday (September 4th) after being struck in the heart by a sting
> ray barb. He was aged 44.
>
> Steve had a larger than life naive & super enthusiastic style of
> presenting the joys of Australia's wilder wildlife to the general
> population. While many were repulsed by his style, at least as many
> loved it and he managed to greatly increase the average Australian's
> awareness of the joys of and threats to many of Australia's more
> formidable animals. The animals Steve said he was most afraid of were
> Parrots :-).
>
> If we'd heard that Steve had died after an encounter with a croc', or
> a python or a poisonous snake we wouldn't have been at all surprised.
> To die from sting-ray strike was most unexpected and very unusual
> indeed. While stingrays can be extremely dangerous and can cause
> substantial injuries with their barbed "stings", such injuries are
> almost never fatal during the initial encounter and seldom fatal
> subsequently if medical help is available. In Steve's case the strike
> apparently pierced his heart and it is believed he died almost
> instantly.
>
> Steve will be greatly missed by many and it will be hard to find a
> person of such visibility and enthusiasm to fill Steve's role of
> 'ambassador to animals'.
>
>
>
>        RM
>
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Rusell,

That guy is quite famous here. That is really a sad news I read today
on Google headline. I was just back from a friend birthday party. When
I said that out at that party, everyone seems to be a bit shock.


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