Australia's "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin dies

[billie]

I hope he was. I liked him. I don't like to hear antone being spoke ill of after their death either.

[anitarose]

I hope he was. I liked him. I don't like to hear antone being spoke ill of after their death either.

He's already listed on the website findagrave.com. Wow...talk about fast...

Anita

[billie]

What's findagrave.com?

[anitarose]

it's a website dedicated to finding the graves of famous---and not so famous---people. I have visited there several times. I have found pictures of graves of the famous and I have left memorials of those who have passed on....

Anita

[Marnie]

Geeze, that's kind of creepy.

[tah]

Yes it is very sad...

Our family really liked him and his family ... we will be praying for his wife and little children that God will comfort them and see them through the grief and loss of their husband and father...

[nebula]

This was the first thing I saw when I turned on my computer. I just get back from meeting family at the West Virginia Jubilee festival, and I find out a great guy has died.

Marnie, for info on Steve Irwin, click here .

And yes, he did star in a movie called Collision Course.

According to the article, sting ray deaths are rare, but this one happened to jab its barb right into his heart. Talk about a freek accident!

Steve was such a great conservationist and taught everyone to respect and appreciate animals.

Of course he was a bit nuts, but when you're hyperactive and your father teaches you how to wrassle crocs when you're 3, what would you be like?

If you watched him carefully, you could tell he wasn't careless. There were times he was in hairy situations and you could tell he was tense, and even afterward he'd share how much danger he was in and how scared he was.

Of course, after watching him for a while, all other snake handlers look like amateurs! (Even Corin. )

It's sad that he's gone.

I hope the Zoo he owned will be OK without him and that his kids are able to carry on the legacy began by Steve's fathe without him around.

[Matthitjah]

Check this out,

I went to Wikipedia to check out some facts about the barb in a stinrays tail. I didn't know it was that powerful.

Look at this sentence;

Fatal stings, such as that which killed Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin,[2] are extremely rare (as of 1996, worldwide known deaths from stingray barb injuries numbered 17),[3] but can occur if a sting punctures the heart or chest, causing complications due to both the sting's location and the poison in the barbs.

We are living in the age of Instant Media Updates. The guy died this morning and he is already part of Encyclopedic lore.

Here's the link;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray

May God have Mercy on his soul.

Peace,

Dave

[LadyRaven]

You know what's really sad? People making fun of him after he dies. I am so grieved for his family and I was in another chatroom (not Worthy) and the people there were mocking him and making fun of what he loved to do.

And yes, I believe he was a Christian. I seem to remember him in an interview saying he was.

Anita

That is so sad. I'm glad it isn't happening here. As to his Christianity, I hope he is. My one son was very sad, he hugged me for a while this morning. My children love animals and he's part of the reason...and part of the reason we have hermit crabs, snakes, rats, fish, turtles, hamsters, and birds all living with us.

[nebula]

I went to Wikipedia to check out some facts about the barb in a stinrays tail. I didn't know it was that powerful.

My mom suffered a stingray barbing her foot. From it she discovered a new definition of pain, let me tell you!

Something like that hitting the heart (which is, after all, one big muscle) can really mess it up.