Well here the shocking world news from Australia as Exxe showed me via Trillian-ICQ this mornig:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20349983-5001021,00.html

a Stingray babed his chest with it's tail Sting barbs. :-[ :-/

Rest in Piece Stieve Irwin The Force Will be With You.. Always

Jedi Master , Ben Kenobi.

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...

Rest in peace Steve :-/

RIP
http://www3.shrani.si/thumbs/11573637902322.png

Rest In Peace Steve & May The Force Guide Your Way.

yep those stingray barbs are like razor blades

slashed my leg pretty good one day , spear fishing

It's a crying shame! :(

Eveyone knew Steve from his EXCELLENT T.V. documentaries... :)

...but like @Falcon said... :P


Quote:

Don't F##K around with nature!

In the end - it was an inevitable conclusion that he'd get bit, stung, or skewered by something! :'(

Although I do admit...a stingray - D@MN unlucky! :-X

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. ::)

Actually, according to what the (MANY) papers are saying - it's the third recorded Stingray fatality in Australia... :P

...Apparently! :-/

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=20060904190030

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

here the whole Steve Irwin Tribute:

Part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KssMJ5Vkc08

Part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZSMMhVWzK0

Part3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMG4QM6_VQs

Part4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plo_11-qQgY

Part5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6wmcpiL7Xc

Part6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grZ3-AcYPYE

the tribute for Steve is simply amazing, he deserves it all the way, there is noone and really Nobody in the world that could replace such an amazing man.

thx

Here the whole Steve Irwin Memorial @ Beerwah Australia Zoo:

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee8wUPHwNx8

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imq8FrbW9o8

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc5_E0jCoCY

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4hnN2fl4E

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZb7Sys51Xw

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fczxGusG3c

Part 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQLg_LPG44g

here you can build a brick for "The Crikey Building" for Steve Irwin as memorial.
http://www.topdogcity.com/steveirwin1.htm

http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/crochunter/steve/wallpaper/gallery/01_800x600.jpg

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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=