He is famous pretty much everywhere now

Sadly missed

I can't tell my son yet (10yrs) - he will be truly gutted as one of the
things he was looking forward to was a hop from NZ to Aus to visit Steve
Irwins Zoo after we emigrate.

Obviously, we can still go, but I feel it will be tinged with sadness

Anyhow, god bless him

Chris



WH Tan wrote:
> 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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