Well, it was only a question of time, since he really went quite far in many occasions (countless 'close calls' happened already, but those were obviously never shown on TV)

Morale of the story : don't f*ck around with nature, always keep some armored glass inbetween...

RIP

yep those stingray barbs are like razor blades

slashed my leg pretty good one day , spear fishing

just a damn coincidence on what has happened, there is no such thing as luck on my beliefs.

but still sad that he's gone, there was nobody as adventurous like good ole Steve Irwin though, the oddest thing is this was also the first ever recorded Fatal attack from a StingRay in Australia.

mkaaay hehe here in The Netherlands I hear other hings but yeah the first death of a Stingray attack in the area it happened but yes it's indeed the third ever taken place, still a crappy way to leave life, but the things Steve did were kinda abnormal, still sad he died such a tragic way, he pulled the dart out then shortly after that he collapsed and died

Well there is a Steve Irwin Fund com'n called: "The Crikey Fund"
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/crochunter/steve/statement.html

here are all the incidents that happened with StingRays, and all 3 including Steve's fatal attack were in the chest area.

"In March 1988, a 12-year-old boy died six days after being punctured in the chest near his heart's right ventricle. The attack occurred while the boy was in a dinghy at Mourilyan Harbour near Innisfail.

In the 1930s, a similar stingray chest injury killed a man who was swimming in Victoria.

Stingrays have whip-like tails of varying sizes that have sharp spines lined with barbs.

"It's like getting hit by a needle with electricity," O'Sullivan told Discovery News. "The pain is very intense."

He thinks the barb itself, and not the poison, likely caused the greatest injury to Irwin's heart.

"After the puncture, the stingray would have withdrawn its spine," he said. "The barbs pulling out would have inflicted tremendous damage. It would have been like a sawing action."

got that from here:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/09/04/stingray_ani.html?category=animals&guid...

and this article has some video's also
http://www.kcci.com/entertainment/9787714/detail.html

thx

here the great Steve Irwin Footy Show Tribute from Channel 9:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_BqyyFHdd4

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SygcCDGT8U0&mode=related&search=

Also came across this tribute and the explanation on how the accident took place with soem other Stingray facts as well.

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9yjqI__L4E&mode=related&search=

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_WTumSfgjU

and here an exellent interview with Steve Irwin from Andrew Denton from America's ABC on how Steve got his speacial gift to work with the animals, on how he got it in him:

Part 1:
http://abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/video/default.htm?clip=steveirwin1

Part 2:
http://abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/video/default.htm?clip=steveirwin2

Here's good ole Terri Irwin

her first interview from Channel 9 with Ray Martin at Australia Zoo

I did cry at some scenes, She is so strong on what she is tell'n us here, I sense The Force Is Strong in her familly as herself, She has alot of self confidence for the future too.

So here all the parts, 1 through 6

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JodfQ-QUWw&mode=related&search=

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSomUxfvnPw&mode=related&search=

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyEzC35a5xE&mode=related&search=

Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--72njpMqUo&mode=related&search=

Part 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_by_hCNGF6A&mode=related&search=

Part 6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKbrCDG9jY&mode=related&search=