Yeah, serious, I was remember the good times I had with him.

But yeah, I did cry, for hours on end before so. It was a few days before I was able to think of the good times I'd had with him, but I did do it, and it's not disturbing.

Actually, 20 cm is a lot closer to 8 inches than 4 inches. I think calling it a barb minimizes the total badass ways of the stingray and the death. Irwin got stabbed through the heart with a serrated, venom drenched Bowie knife, don't call it a barb. Show a little respect, CNN.

Oh Liam, ye olde dog. XD

Who's Liam?
I want to make it perfectly clear to everyone that I am not Liam.

But not as odd as people may think, after all a funeral is followed by a wake, and the wake is meant to be a party.

Well, since I find it disturbing, it is disturbing. But I'm glad you can find the humour and joy in such woeful situations. It's a talent, of sorts.

I just got this image of someone's mother having died and them just sitting there cradling her false teeth, laughing hysterically.

Dusan.

No

You don't laugh hysterically, you smile, not laugh. Greiving does take time, but it is followed by good memories, you wouldn't want the only memory of your father to be "He died" and never smile about him again would you.

And just because you say something, doesn't mean your right, bitch.

I wouldn't care one jot about memories, etc. There's a difference between remembering some nice times and letting them become dominate and wallow in them. I take the rough with the smooth. Still find it a bit... off.

And yeah, because I say so, it IS disturbing because it's a subjective thing and I find it as such. It's like when you say, 'oh, it's embarrassing!!!!!' and somebody tells you it's not. I'm the only person who can tell me what I find disturbing, sad, etc. That's what I meant.

Umm, oh, bitch.

EDIT: After some thought I have come to the conclusion that it is really quite creepy.

Yeah I heard about this last night tis a damn shame and my first thought was this is terrible for his family especially to his children, but even his wife it seems like they both loved wildlife and nature. However, he at least died in a way I think he would have approved of. Except, far too soon I'm sure.

"If something ever happens to me, people are gonna be like 'we knew a croc would get him!'"

Ok so it wasn't a croc but I think It's how he would have wanted to die.

What a ridiculous thing to say. We have no idea how he 'wanted' to die.

Just because the man relished dangerous animals doesn't mean he had a particular desire to be slain by one of them.

Ya I heard about this recently over a online game I play. It's a shame really. No one shall ever forget him. EVER.

Personally, I don't give a shit about him dying. I think that being killed by an animal is the lowliest death anyone could die by...and, I guess, he messed with animals, so it's no surprise that he was killed by one.

I caught a stingray once. Small thing, about 1 foot head to toe. Very tasty.

That's the spirit!

MF, your a sick bastard who deserves to burn in hell.

There's no answer to that, is there? Heh. :)

Of course there isn't dumbas. There wan't a question.

EDIT: I don't think I should be posting this because this thread is respecting Steve Irwin and I'm ruining it by starting a flame war.

EDIT 2: Your not even worth bothering with MF. Your pathetic and worthless. I'm going to stop before I get a warning like I did last time with Cyber-Slig.

Only... "answer" can serve as meaning a response to a question OR simply a response in general.

And another point is you keep writing 'your' when in actual fact you mean 'you're'.

Dumbass.

And I've been very respectful to Irwin in this thread, what with pointing out some people's stoopad replies. It's no less than he deserves.

When you actually think about it... it is rather sad, really.

Just thought I'd add to the thread.

Steve Irwin Tribute

"Messed with animals"? He was a zoo owner and a conservationist who dedicated his life to nature. Its like saying a piano virtuoso "slaps his hand on rectangles".
I think it reflects poorly on the people joking about this bizarre death and talking shit about Irwin.
Seriously, what the **** has he ever done to you?

I've never liked Steve Irwin much, but I couldn't help but feel down with his death (Can't say that him dying wasn't expected, though). He was a good person.

I think people should be respectful of his death. Saying "Good riddance" is insulting to people that knew and loved him.

I wonder how long it will take until the footage of him being hit by the ray ends up on the internet...

Hehehe! Funny how we actually cheered for the animals to attack Corwin. Man, Irwin pnwed Corwin. Fo' serious.

Also, it's a bit late.. but MF, stop being a dick.

EDIT: I just did some news googling, and apparently he was just snorkeling? He wasn't even attempting to touch the animal from what I understand.. He just swam over/near it. That's.. terrifying. It's really got me to thinking... God knows how many times I'm going to be snorkeling/diving in my life. That or any other horrible sudden oceany death could happen to me like it did to Steve. =/

As I understand it, he was doing a children's show about the barrier reef when he accidentally and without provocation came across this sea critter.

I read about stingrays to see what actually did the guy in. The type of stingray that got him, the Bull ray, frequently gets 10+ feet in length and well over 500 pounds, with the largest ever recording being 14 feet on the dot and nearly 800 pounds.
The things are armed with the animal kingdom equivalent of a good rusty dagger that can be whipped by its tail a full 10 inches through a human's chest. And people are joking about this being a pussy animal, or a shameful way to go. I'd bet good money that the mother****er that took out Irwin could take any 2 board members in hand to hand combat.

RIP Steve, I always enjoyed the shows.

How about the shitheads who are being so disrespectful just keep their mouths shut? How you could even have a problem with the guy? He saved so many animals, both directly and through the money and awareness he raised. He was a legend and will be greatly missed.

You've swayed me people. Oh, yes, RIP good ol' Steven, we hardly knew ye.

Well, none of us really knew ye.

:robot:

The cops came out today and said that they had viewed the tapes and there was no indication that he had harassed the animal.

Amazingly, this is not even as unlikely as the last person to be killed by a ray in Australia. It was a kid in a boat (!) who was stung when a ray "leapt out of the water" (according to The Age newspaper). He went to hospital, where his wounds were cleaned out, was released but died of the venom a week later.

But stingrays are usually so passive. Don't people ride their backs and stuffs?

This will be the Ballad of Steve Irwin

You're thinking of Manta Rays. They're harmless, though it's actually illegal in Oz to grab one and ride it.

Damn. I've always wanted to ride one.

I've went close to one with my bro and dad in hollywood beach florida. It was cool. Although I can't help but think it was always going straight to me >_>.

I think the worst part is the fact that he was filming footage for his 8 year old daughters new TV show when it happened. I sure hope she never feels guilty about it...

RIP Steve...

http://lolcrikey.ytmnd.com/ :D

No seriously, the guy had balls - He didn't just take it and die, he actaully pulled it out of his chest. . . Then lost conciousness for the last time. Jeeze. But I suppose that might of been just his reaction.

Apparently there's some kind of debate or something (on YTMND) about if he'd of survived long enough to get to a hospital if he didn't pull it out, since Manta Ray poison doesn't kill off tissues, just causes a lot of pain, but I somehow doubt that he'd of survived anyway. . . :S

EDIT: Oh yeah. :) http://hunterjedispirit.ytmnd.com/

:crying: I heard the sad news on a morning news program:crying: I got so depressed when I heard 'em n' I'm still depreseed today - that guy was one of my favourite nature/animal programer ever :crying:

~DS~

It wasn't a manta ray. It was a bull ray according to Statikk (a trustworthy source of info :)). Read what Statikk has to say about that type of sting ray in his post.^

Hmm, okay. . . I haven't actaully done much research on what type of Ray killed him 'cause I don't really care all that much, although you've got me thinking. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray

So in that case, in effect, it's the equivilent of getting stabbed through the heart with any sharp object. Does make me wonder if he would've survived if he didn't pull it out. Hmm.

Ah well.

G'bye Mate

Poor guy. R.I.P.

I could never watch Steve Irwin. It doesn’t befit naturalists to wrestle the animals they’re watching. Give me David Attenborough any day. Neverless, following the news I performed some limited research and learned of his rôle as a conservationist, and can’t help but admire what he did.

I still wouldn’t watch him.