Steve Irwin – Crocodile Hunter killed by Stingray
“There’s no paparazzi, there’s no fan base, and it gives me a chance to recuperate and regenerate.
“I think I’ve actually got animals so genetically inside me that there’s no way I could actually be anything else.
“I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it’s something that I can’t help.”
Well Loved by all
Steve was well-loved man and rightly so.
Mourners laid flowers at the entrance of Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast within hours of the news breaking.
Both Locals and Tourists paid tribute at the front entrance of the zoo at Beerwah.
Rod Cameron of Brisbane said he rushed to the zoo as soon as he heard the tragic news.
“We heard the news … it’s very sad and we are very upset. Australia just lost a bloody good bloke,” he said.
“We grew up in Brisbane, followed his career. We just thought he was a good guy for what he did for Australia.
“He put us on the map I reckon.”
Melbourne’s Glenn Batson took time out from travelling around Queensland with friends to pay his respects.
“He died doing what he loved, didn’t he?” he said.
About half a dozen flowers had been left outside the zoo within hours of the tragic news as devastated staff looked on.
Website traffic Surges
The surge of website traffic by worried fans impacted many of the Aussie News sites with many sites operating on low bandwidth mode due to high traffic.
At 2.50pm (Local Australian time), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had this notice on its site:
“Abc.net.au is experiencing higher than normal traffic. You are currently viewing a low bandwidth page. The normal homepage will return when traffic is back to normal.”
Other sites operating on low bandwidth were NineMSN, which had a four-fold increase in traffic, and News.com.au.
Steve is survived by his wife Terri and his two children, daughter Bindi, 8 and son Robert (Bob), three
Steve Irwin’s vibrancy and enthusiasm were an inspiration amid the drab cynicism of the modern world.
Whatever people thought of him, the wildlife of this world has lost one of their greatest advocates.
Rest in peace Mate.
Steve Irwin biography
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), also known as the Crocodile Hunter, was an Australian naturalist and television personality, best known for the television program The Crocodile Hunter, an unconventional wildlife documentary series broadcast worldwide and co-hosted with his wife Terri Irwin. The pair owned and operated Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland.
Irwin parlayed youthful experience as a crocodile trapper into an international television career, a feature film, and a series of accolades in Australia for his promotion of tourism and environmental awareness. Irwin, who had a fearless image as a wrangler of large, dangerous animals, was a committed conservationist. His cavalier showman’s approach also drew criticism, especially after an incident when he held his baby boy while feeding crocodiles at his zoo.
[...] I’m actually gutted to hear that Steve Irwin was killed today by (of all things) a stingray which struck Steve in the side of the chest whilst diving off the great barrier reef. [...]
That terrible. He was one of my favorite TV personalities and one of the main reasons I started watching the Discovery Channel to begin with.
He did some stupid things from time to time but I never thought he would die working with animals. I guess In a way it’s fitting since that’s what he loved doing. I will miss him.
The worl has lost a great bloke.
In a world where people worry more about what people think of them than what is right, Steve was a person that bucked convention.
His enthusiasm for animals was catching, and I couldn’t help watching him and getting dragged into his world a little.
His passing leaves a hole that can’t be easily filled.
My thougths are with Terri, his children and his staff at Australia Zoo.
He will be sadly missed. What a tragic way to go. May his spirit never be forgotten.
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Steve Irwin’s body has been flown back to his home region on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast ahead of his funeral.
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may lord rest his soul in peace and give strength to his family to over come this tragedy
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