Steve Irwin, Dead at 44

by **vtmarik** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:13 am

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006 ... rwin_x.htm

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor ... 52,00.html

Can't say that I'm surprised, but it still sucks that he died. He was a good guy.

by **Utafar** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:17 am

by **jaydog** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:31 am

shocking!
can't say i'm suprised though, he did flirt with death quite a bit, guess that goes to show, you dance with the devil, your gonna get burned

by **gavin_sidhu** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:16 am

... tis a sad sad day. Its sorta like that american magician who got bitten by that tiger he had worked with for years.

by **heavycola** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:56 am

Its sorta like that american magician who got bitten by that tiger he had worked with for years.

That wasn't sad, that was hilarious.

by **hawkeye** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:17 am

Ya. He was going to get it eventually. Really sad though.

by **Big Ern** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:43 am

Sad news especially considering he has a young family. He was my second favourite Aussie after Rolf Harris.

by **Backglass** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:22 am

Stingrays have a serrated, toxin-loaded barb, or spine, on the top of their tail. The barb, which can be up to 10 inches long, flexes if a ray is frightened. Stings usually occur to people when they step on or swim too close to a ray and can be excruciatingly painful but are rarely fatal, said University of Queensland marine neuroscientist Shaun Collin.

Collin said he suspected Irwin died because the barb pierced under his ribcage and directly into his heart.

"It was extraordinarily bad luck. It's not easy to get spined by a stingray and to be killed by one is very rare," Collin said.

A stingray barb to the heart?! DAMN!

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:05 am

I always enjoyed his specials on various tv shows...love those animals.

--Andy

by **CBlake** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:06 am

wut he said^

by **ZeoEmpire** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:06 am

Crikey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **CBlake** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:07 am

wut does crikey mean/

by **ZeoEmpire** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:08 am

CBlake wrote:wut does crikey mean/

dont know

by **CBlake** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:10 am

CRIKEY!!!!!!

by **Backglass** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:14 am

CBlake wrote:wut does crikey mean/

"Christ".

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

by **CBlake** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:15 am

thanks for explaning that captain obvious

by **Backglass** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:18 am

Thanks for asking the question Private Gump.

by **CBlake** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:19 am

im ricky bobby

by **Bozo** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:27 am

I think stevie and elvis are holed up in jfk's basement till the heat dies down

by **Machiavelli** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:34 am

I wonder if they're ever going to release the footage of him getting stung.

by **P Gizzle** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:11 am

Sweet avvy CBlake. that movie was awesome!

by **Big Ern** on Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:28 am

Machiavelli wrote:I wonder if they're ever going to release the footage of him getting stung.

I doubt that, and I hope they don't as it would be too distressing to his family.

Unfortunately, I think it will end up on some internet site somewhere though.