Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, Is Dead

[Paladin]

I didn't even realize how much I liked him until this happened.

I think you hit the nail on the head.

 

[WISCer]

I don't think the video should be destroyed. It is the last piece of video shot of Steve and I think in the years to come his family will treasure it. I DO think they should edit it and take out the end where he's stung but leave the rest (the beginning) for Teri (sp) and the children.

I know if it were my husband and that video was the last time he spoke on this earth...I'd want to have it to cherish.

 

[michelle]

I dont know if this has been posted because I was to lazy to read through the thread but here is a link that steves dad says he has lost his best mate... http://celebrity.aol.com/people/ataol/articles/0,26618,1531903,00.html

 

[Indy Gal]

I understand Buzz, but it did make a blurb in USA Today I think, and was not long after Michael hung his baby out the window. We happened to watch it live on TV!

But I also think YOU are pretty wonderful Buzz.

I also wish for the best for his wife and family. He was like a Titan with animals which was remarkable, as usually he could command them at will. It was a rare talent.


Scandi

HOW CAN YOU COMPARE THE TWO??? STEVE IRWIN IS A LEGAND AND I WILL MISS HIM. TERRI, BINDI, AND BOB YOU WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS.

 

[Indy Gal]

Yes, it could have been a Croc. Virtually the same animal. I saw it happen, so there is no disputing the truth to the matter. He had to have been on a wild ego trip - was not his normal self as I remember, and maybe he regretted doing this after all.

He was just a nip away from manslaughter, and his baby was helpless.

Like I said, I feel a loss when anyone dies. But I'm not going to ignore such a truth, especially when I belong to an organization like WS that always fights to keep children safe.


Scandi

PLEASE STOP TALKING ILL OF THE DEAD. I AM SORRY BUT IMO IT IS VERY RUDE. ANIMAL LOVERS ALL OVER THE WORLD RESPECTED EVERYTHING THAT MAN DID. I AM ONE.

 

[Cupcake]

Who is this Greer person?? I have never thought Steve Irwin exploited animals and their habitats! He always, always put an animal back where he found it on his shows.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14694683/

 

[Jeana (DP)]

Who is this Greer person?? I have never thought Steve Irwin exploited animals and their habitats! He always, always put an animal back where he found it on his shows.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14694683/

This is who she is:

In 2003 she criticized J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy for attracting “spaced-out hippies, environmentalists, free-market libertarians, social conservatives, pacifists, new-age theosophists, sexists and racists the world over.”

 

[Cupcake]

This is who she is:

In 2003 she criticized J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy for attracting “spaced-out hippies, environmentalists, free-market libertarians, social conservatives, pacifists, new-age theosophists, sexists and racists the world over.”

She does not sound as if she is a very happy person. How sad to live your life criticizing everything!

 

[Jeana (DP)]

She does not sound as if she is a very happy person. How sad to live your life criticizing everything!

I agree Cupcake. I didn't see any of the Lord of the Ring movies, but my husband and kids loved them. I wouldn't stick them into any of her categories.

 

[Cupcake]

I agree Cupcake. I didn't see any of the Lord of the Ring movies, but my husband and kids loved them. I wouldn't stick them into any of her categories.

I agree with you, Jeana ... I suppose this Greer woman is just seeking attention from poor Steve's death ... what a horrible thing to do ... as if Steve's family and friends don't have enough to deal with right now.

 

[eastender]

Who is this Greer person?? I have never thought Steve Irwin exploited animals and their habitats! He always, always put an animal back where he found it on his shows.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14694683/

I am sorry, I agree with her wholeheartedly. There have been numerous experts who also agreed on TV in the UK.
I dont like to speak ill of the dead, and I am very sorry this accident happened but my opinion of Steve Irwin cannot change.
We NEVER saw normal, natural animal behaviour on his shows, we saw animals being terrified most of the time.
I cannot believe people dont see this. Compare him to David Atteborough, who has educated us for 50 years on animal matters without interfering with them or stressing them.
I think Steve was a fun, good looking guy who didnt deserve what happened to him but I seperate that from his jumping from a moving jeep onto an animals back as it tried to flee.
I am sorry if I offend you and maybe now isnt the time to debate his treatment of animals but we all have an opinion and are allowed to express it.

 

[Jeana (DP)]

I agree with you, Jeana ... I suppose this Greer woman is just seeking attention from poor Steve's death ... what a horrible thing to do ... as if Steve's family and friends don't have enough to deal with right now.

If I may be as judgmental and short-sighted as "Greer" for a moment? Perhaps being a "feminist academic," she's not attractive to the opposite sex and has too much time on her hands? Wonder how she would like that assessment????

 

[Cupcake]

I am sorry, I agree with her wholeheartedly. There have been numerous experts who also agreed on TV in the UK.
I dont like to speak ill of the dead, and I am very sorry this accident happened but my opinion of Steve Irwin cannot change.
We NEVER saw normal, natural animal behaviour on his shows, we saw animals being terrified most of the time.
I cannot believe people dont see this. Compare him to David Atteborough, who has educated us for 50 years on animal matters without interfering with them or stressing them.
I think Steve was a fun, good looking guy who didnt deserve what happened to him but I seperate that from his jumping from a moving jeep onto an animals back as it tried to flee.
I am sorry if I offend you and maybe now isnt the time to debate his treatment of animals but we all have an opinion and are allowed to express it.

Maybe I haven't watched every single one of Steve's shows, but never in all the ones I did watch, did I see him stress out an animal. And I've never seen the show you spoke of above, where he jumped out of a moving jeep on top of an animal.

So, I suppose you and I will just agree to disagree!

 

[2luvmy]

I have never witnessed him doing anything hurtful to an animal either. I have only ever known him to catch the animal, show it to cameras, oh and ahh over it's natural beauty and then carefully and cautiously place it back where he found it or in a safer place.

 

[Jeana (DP)]

I'll give you that for an alligator, having a dude "ride on your back" may be an annoyance, but I hardly think that he subtracted any years from their lifespans due to "stress."

 

[detectivewannabe]

I am going to jump on my soapbox.....I have sat here reading for 3 days; sometimes not being able to read the screen through my tears. I cannot believe of all the good Steve did; the only thing consistantly told is the "Bob incident ". I hope if I die in a tragic, freak accident, people do not see the one home video me and my husband made when my oldest child was 2 and 1/2 and was helping me cook and was sitting on the counter next to the stove, stirring a boiling pot of noodles. I can only imagine the comments that would be made of me. Was it the best decision I ever made as a parent? No but neither was the time I let my 4 year old unbuckle himself to get a box full of chicken nuggets he had dropped on the floor of my van. Thank God nothing happened, but it could have. I also found our cat in the crib with my sleeping 1 year old. We've all had made poor choices, bad judgements and made mistakes with ourselves, our family and, yes, our children. Please, I believe (I say believe because I did not know him personally) that Steve was a great husband, father, son and friend. Of all the good he's done, can't we just forgive the incident? Just this once? Bob is not dead. He was not ate by a croc. Steve is dead. He was not ate by a croc; he was killed doing what alot of people do every day all over...he was snorkeling. Just because he was filming for a tv show doesn't mean he was anymore disturbing or scaring the sea creatures than my best friend who went snorkeling last year during one of her stops on a cruise she and her husband took.


(jump) I'm off my soapbox now.

 

[Indy Gal]

I am sorry, I agree with her wholeheartedly. There have been numerous experts who also agreed on TV in the UK.
I dont like to speak ill of the dead, and I am very sorry this accident happened but my opinion of Steve Irwin cannot change.
We NEVER saw normal, natural animal behaviour on his shows, we saw animals being terrified most of the time.
I cannot believe people dont see this. Compare him to David Atteborough, who has educated us for 50 years on animal matters without interfering with them or stressing them.
I think Steve was a fun, good looking guy who didnt deserve what happened to him but I seperate that from his jumping from a moving jeep onto an animals back as it tried to flee.
I am sorry if I offend you and maybe now isnt the time to debate his treatment of animals but we all have an opinion and are allowed to express it.

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PEOPLE PLEASE....THIS MAN NEVER HURT ANY ANIMAL....I GUESS TRYING TO SAVE THEM FROM DEATH WAS BAD....PLEASE GET THAT FACTS RIGHT AND ALSO THIS IS A PLACE FOR GOOD MEMORIES OF STEVE NOTHING ELSE

 

[Cupcake]

This last part is my fault ... I should not have posted the article about that woman!

I'm sorry! It just kinda made me mad, and I was sharing my angst.

 

[Lady GL]

I am going to jump on my soapbox.....I have sat here reading for 3 days; sometimes not being able to read the screen through my tears. I cannot believe of all the good Steve did; the only thing consistantly told is the "Bob incident ". I hope if I die in a tragic, freak accident, people do not see the one home video me and my husband made when my oldest child was 2 and 1/2 and was helping me cook and was sitting on the counter next to the stove, stirring a boiling pot of noodles. I can only imagine the comments that would be made of me. Was it the best decision I ever made as a parent? No but neither was the time I let my 4 year old unbuckle himself to get a box full of chicken nuggets he had dropped on the floor of my van. Thank God nothing happened, but it could have. I also found our cat in the crib with my sleeping 1 year old. We've all had made poor choices, bad judgements and made mistakes with ourselves, our family and, yes, our children. Please, I believe (I say believe because I did not know him personally) that Steve was a great husband, father, son and friend. Of all the good he's done, can't we just forgive the incident? Just this once? Bob is not dead. He was not ate by a croc. Steve is dead. He was not ate by a croc; he was killed doing what alot of people do every day all over...he was snorkeling. Just because he was filming for a tv show doesn't mean he was anymore disturbing or scaring the sea creatures than my best friend who went snorkeling last year during one of her stops on a cruise she and her husband took.


(jump) I'm off my soapbox now.

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Great post! My son worshipped Steve throughout grade school. He is 16 now...and cool and with a definite attitude....but when I told him about Steve Irwin he got very quiet and was visibly upset. Steve touched more lives than he knew.

A parent making a mistake - who would have thought! I still have the home movie of my mother drinking vodka martini's when she was 9-1/2 months pregnant with me....and I still have the pic of my son in one hand breast feeding and a glass of wine in the other!

And we all turned out just fine.....

 

[narlacat]

This is who she is:

In 2003 she criticized J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy for attracting “spaced-out hippies, environmentalists, free-market libertarians, social conservatives, pacifists, new-age theosophists, sexists and racists the world over.”

Greer gets paid to be controversial.
We don't care what she says, her opinion means jack to us.