Crikey! This is so sad! Steve Irwin killed by stingray while diving on GBR:

**Ninong** · 09-04-2006, 01:05 PM

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called “Ocean’s Deadliest” when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said.

“He came on top of the stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,” said Stainton, who was on board Irwin’s boat at the time.

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Frag Hag · 09-04-2006, 02:03 PM

"Alec... for $500.00... I'll take: What is playing russian roulette with nature?'

***zhenya*** · 09-04-2006, 04:24 PM

It is very said indeed!

I was reading about his death online this morning and remembered my trip this summer to Caymans. We went on the trip to play with stingrays there and I found them extremely gentle and playful, I remember holding one in my arms pressed tightly against my chest...

A real freakish death if you ask me...

Jamie9169 · 09-04-2006, 06:10 PM

I always thought that it would be one of the crocs that got him.

**charlie** · 09-04-2006, 06:16 PM

His show always provided alot of entertainment in our house, with any luck at all we will be able to continue to watch his escapades.

**charlie** · 09-04-2006, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamie9169

I always thought that it would be one of the crocs that got him.

Hey there, welcome to Reefland.

Jamie9169 · 09-04-2006, 10:49 PM

Thank you very much. I am in the process of upgrading to a 300 gallon and I am sure I will be bugging everyone for information.

**charlie** · 09-04-2006, 10:57 PM

What's your current tank size?

pkiff · 09-05-2006, 05:18 AM

Well, I for one, will miss him. My brother and I grew up on Steve. I had always thought he was immortal. Guess I was wrong...

***Reefland*** · 09-05-2006, 10:55 AM

Very sad and so unexpected, even knowing how it occured now the chances of this happening are so slim.

***zhenya*** · 09-05-2006, 11:43 AM

pkiff,

09-04-2006, 01:05 PM	#1
Ninong Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Louisiana Posts: 20,939	Crikey! This is so sad! Steve Irwin killed by stingray while diving on GBR: CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44. Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called “Ocean’s Deadliest” when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said. “He came on top of the stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,” said Stainton, who was on board Irwin’s boat at the time. Read the rest here. __________________ Ninong

09-04-2006, 04:24 PM	#3
*zhenya* Owner Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: new jersey,usa Posts: 7,640	It is very said indeed! I was reading about his death online this morning and remembered my trip this summer to Caymans. We went on the trip to play with stingrays there and I found them extremely gentle and playful, I remember holding one in my arms pressed tightly against my chest... A real freakish death if you ask me... __________________ Kind regards, Gene.

09-04-2006, 06:16 PM	#5
charlie Keeper of Willis Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NW Montana Posts: 6,334	His show always provided alot of entertainment in our house, with any luck at all we will be able to continue to watch his escapades. __________________ 400 Gallon Reef Log Rome wasn't built in a day---neither is a reef

09-04-2006, 10:57 PM	#8
charlie Keeper of Willis Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NW Montana Posts: 6,334	What's your current tank size? __________________ 400 Gallon Reef Log Rome wasn't built in a day---neither is a reef

09-05-2006, 10:55 AM	#10
*Reefland* Owner Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 13,176	Very sad and so unexpected, even knowing how it occured now the chances of this happening are so slim. __________________ Scott Z. 75 Gallon Reef Log Powered by Reefland's Personal Online Aquarium Log

09-04-2006, 02:03 PM	#2
Frag Hag Citizen Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 188	"Alec... for $500.00... I'll take: What is playing russian roulette with nature?'

09-04-2006, 06:10 PM	#4
Jamie9169 New in Town Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hollywood, Florida Posts: 2	I always thought that it would be one of the crocs that got him.

09-04-2006, 10:49 PM	#7
Jamie9169 New in Town Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hollywood, Florida Posts: 2	Thank you very much. I am in the process of upgrading to a 300 gallon and I am sure I will be bugging everyone for information.

09-05-2006, 05:18 AM	#9
pkiff New in Town Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Spokane Valley Posts: 1	Well, I for one, will miss him. My brother and I grew up on Steve. I had always thought he was immortal. Guess I was wrong...

09-05-2006, 11:43 AM	#11
*zhenya* Owner Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: new jersey,usa Posts: 7,640	pkiff, __________________ Kind regards, Gene.

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