Adios Steve Irwin

If all people were like him then he would be average Joe! But because of people like you mate he is regarded as a champion!

He has made a difference in his short 44 years. He has made an impact on a lot of peoples (and animals) lives! What could we , what could you learn from this???

If you don't want to read about it then why the heck did you click on the thread that said "Adios Steve Irwin"! d.ickhead!!!

It was a freak accident! Thats it! It wasn't because "oh he's done it one too many time now".

It's just a shame that we will not get to see more of his work. And there will be a lot of try harders trying to take over.

He was an individual, he was a lover, he was a father and a husband. But most of all he was a top genuine bloke!!!

Thanks Steve

Duane

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...It was just, apparently, hours after it happened. My first feeling was, no that can't be....,then, of course, it is amazing he made it for as long as he did. Anyway, I remember many entertaining moments watching him, on the tube, and thinking to myself, "that's just fricking crazy". I know he enjoyed giving us a thrill, and I appreciate his dedication to that. He's probably chuckeling to himself somewhere right now, thinking, ouee (I) reelly gave 'em a rush.
-Don

He was a great Human being, and loved doing what he did. I visited his zoo only once with a promise to go there more often, however it will be different forever, since Steve wont be there.

I took a few pics that day (had to use digital zoom since I was sitting far back, I rarely use it otherwise). Im gald I got those pics, since I wont get another chance at it again.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36945119@N00/

Hope you like them and enjoy them

To Steve Irwin, by being just yourself you touched us all, you are that many few who do so much, in such a little time and leave an impression so strong. May god bless your soul.
Crikey.

I'm so sad about the bad news. The first thing I said is, that's not true. That's impossible, not steve....

We ABSOLUTELY have to protect nature and wildlife.

All together, we can change the world.

Juli Valley said:

the forensic expert, said on TV last night that the poison wasn't
so bad. The removing of the barb allowed blood to flood the sack
around his heart not allowing his heart to move. He encouraged
anyone with a knife or other similar wound to leave the instrument
in and get to the ER. It's all very sad.

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......He had to have been in extreme pain and in a panic pulled out the barb without knowing that it has angled teeth or serations that tear the flesh as it's being removed. Not a pretty sight on that video I'd think.

God be with him and his family.

Thanks for calling me a dickhead. You too are another DP Review gem.

Rehab45 said:

If all people were like him then he would be average Joe! But
because of people like you mate he is regarded as a champion!

He has made a difference in his short 44 years. He has made an
impact on a lot of peoples (and animals) lives! What could we ,
what could you learn from this???

If you don't want to read about it then why the heck did you click
on the thread that said "Adios Steve Irwin"! d.ickhead!!!

It was a freak accident! Thats it! It wasn't because "oh he's
done it one too many time now".

It's just a shame that we will not get to see more of his work.
And there will be a lot of try harders trying to take over.

He was an individual, he was a lover, he was a father and a
husband. But most of all he was a top genuine bloke!!!

Thanks Steve

Duane

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STEVE IRWIN- LEGEND......

Steve irwin is similar to us photographers,he done something he was truly passionate about.. as a fellow aussie he made us proud,with his crikeys and khaki's even us aussies looked at him strange....he was not only a true ambassador for our country but he was an ambassador for humanity,he not only loved all the animals and the environment but most of all he loved his family...i dont give a shyt that i dont make a lotta money from photography i do it because i love doing it...we love in a world thats tainted by greed,materialism,terrorism,perfectionism...its about quality of life not quantity.. i dont care i dont hace the latest canon,the biggest car,the nicest house etc etc,i have my life love health and a camera and i wouldnt trade it for the world.....R.I.P STEVE IRWIN YOU TRULY HAVE MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE...

...Britain's number two ace pilot during World War I. He survived the war, only to die crashing his plane when practicing for a victory parade. A bit embarrassing, that.

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Larry H. Smith said:

vinceMM said:

The LORD has spoken.

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Can we skip the "judgement' melodrama?

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................Without being impolite, it needs to be pointed out that you two have an inability to recognize comedy, sarcasm, mockery.....whatever it is when reading the text messages here on this internet forum........maybe in real life, you'd understand others a little better.........."The Lord has spoken" wasn't a serious statement but rather an attempt to respond in disagreement with a previous post that made reference to Michael Jackson being a better candidate for misfortune than Steve Irwin. I don't see anything coming from vinceMM that would lead me to think that he's a Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson disciple. You should think carefully about this the next time you read something that appears ludicrous. It might just be another instance where someone is speaking in a way that's not easily understood on its surface. My wife and kids employ this kind of sarcasm on me all the time which is why I'm now a self-proclaimed 'expert'.

After the death of his mother, Steve was instrumental in pulling his father through that tragedy. My grandfather was cut to the quick when my uncle died--much more so than when my grandmother died. "A man should not outlive his children," my grandfather said to me.

As close as Steve was to his father (Steve often said, "My father taught me everything I know"), his father must be utterly shattered.

"Bob Irwin told reporters Wednesday his son and he were extremely close.

"Steve and I weren't like father and son, we never were," Irwin said.

"We were good mates. I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/06/death.irwin.greer/index.html

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'TANSTAAFL: The only unbreakable rule in photography.'

Most of us here loved Steve for what he stood for and for his style and grace in the way he did things. Fact is, he cracked me up almost every time I saw him in anything on TV.

Living in Florida and being a University of Florida Gators football fan, this video clip of his cracked me up the most of many that I've seen lately.

I think this is Steve at his clowning around best. It's only about 30 seconds long. Take a look.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU0UFbxZDGM

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aahahahaha thats great!!!!

Scott

Maybe that was the main problem. He was not prepared for the unexpected(but possible). To inflict such a deep wound the animal should quite large, and he should be quite near and in the right position. Additionally filming or video recording is a very stressing activity around wild animals. People around carrying strange objects, very strong flood lights and so on. Scares even us adult human supposedly accustumed to that fuzz around. Imagine an animal underwater which has never seen such things.
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I suppose an analogy of the heart being surrounded with blood and unable to beat is getting caught in a snow avalache. The friction of the sliding snow softens it; then it refreezes as hard as concrete, not allowing one's chest to expand for breathing. Death often is not from physical trauma, but from suffocation.
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Tim in upstate NY said:

Larry H. Smith said:

vinceMM said:

The LORD has spoken.

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Can we skip the "judgement' melodrama?

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................Without being impolite, it needs to be pointed out
that you two have an inability to recognize comedy, sarcasm,
mockery.....whatever it is when reading the text messages here on
this internet forum........maybe in real life, you'd understand
others a little better.........

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Without being impolite, it "needs" to be pointed out that you are unwise (and likely inaccurate) to broadly "declare", regarding others abilities or inabilities, and their understanding of others, based upon a response made to an inter-net forum post.

Tim in upstate NY said:

"The Lord has spoken" wasn't a
serious statement but rather an attempt to respond in disagreement
with a previous post that made reference to Michael Jackson being a
better candidate for misfortune than Steve Irwin.

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You may be correct in your interpretation/assumption as to the intent.

It apparently needs to be pointed-out that you also may not be.

I assume that VMM would be the proper person to state authoritatively what it was he intended to communicate with his post,...but we haven't heard from him since on this matter, to my knowledge(been on vacation for the past week.) ;-)

In any case, the possibility that this post may have been mis-interpreted by two(or more) readers hardly forms a basis for broad judgements of "inability".

Tim in upstate NY said:

I don't see
anything coming from vinceMM that would lead me to think that he's
a Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson disciple.

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Hopefully not,...the fewer the better. You have me at a disadvantage,... I haven't made a study of VMM's posting.

Tim in upstate NY said:

You should think
carefully about this the next time you read something that appears
ludicrous. It might just be another instance where someone is
speaking in a way that's not easily understood on its surface. My
wife and kids employ this kind of sarcasm on me all the time which
is why I'm now a self-proclaimed 'expert'.

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Indeed? I shall have to shop for a thinking-carefully cap, ...and wear it to mend my ways. Shame be upon all who do not think carefully about every post they come across on the net.

In any case, it's always refreshing when one can benefit from instruction as to what one should do from an "expert", however proclaimed.

I assume that your honed abilities' will assure proper comprehension of the previous sentence.

Larry

great clip - great guy and he'll be badly missed. He made a difference, something that many people always wonder how to achieve!

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Ain't that the truth!!!

Bigpikle said:

great clip - great guy and he'll be badly missed. He made a
difference, something that many people always wonder how to achieve!

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Andre Oliveira wrote:
The behaviour of a wild animal is never so

Andre Oliveira said:

predictable as a domestic one.
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Infact, it is just the reverse. Behaviour of wild animals are predictable and they follow simple rules. It is the humans who can do anything at anypoint of time.

We can have the urge to/and mate at any time of the day, season and year unlike animals. We can violate the dignity of any lady anytime. Animals don't.

We eat breakfast, lunch, dinner etc at fixed times. They eat when hungry.

We kill fellow human beings without any rhyme or reason. Animals don't.

.........

And animals don't participate in online forums like these....

Animals don't attack human beings without any reason. I have been attacked by tigers twice and in both the cases it was my fault. There is something called a fight-to-flight distance. If you approach them, then they move away. Mostly they will retreat towards the dense part of the jungle. But if suddenly you appear very close to the wild animals they will feel threatned and will attack in self defence.

Steve must have unwittingly got too close to the sting-ray and got hit or probably for a moment his guard was down. Before branding all wild creatures as dangerous, remember that more people die in accidents or murder or **** cases.

Your quote:

"In any case, it's always refreshing when one can benefit from instruction as to what one should do from an "expert", however proclaimed"

......Your verbose response indicates that you're trying way too hard to be clever. Take a deep breath and try to relax.

Tim in upstate NY said:

......Your verbose response indicates that you're trying way too
hard to be clever. Take a deep breath and try to relax.

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only hobbies, ... or your profession?

You coulda had a V-8 AND been a psychologist, judge, or doctor, yaknow. ;-)

Larry (Would limit sentence-complexity to the "See Spot chase the ball."-level,...but not interested in exchanges with those whose follow-ability ends there.)