Animal Planet host/Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Killed by Sting Ray

[yebo]

syang ganda pa naman ng show nya. yung isang australian na kasama ko dito nahulog yung food na nasa mouth nya nung nakita yung news habang kumakain kami.

i think you guys are confusing manta rays with stingrays. yung "friendly", non-agressive ay yung manta ray, they grow as big as 3000 lbs, filter feeders, and have a short, thin tail with NO barb. stingrays are smaller and have a thicker tail with a barb. they are the more agressive members of the ray family.

[Isuzoom]

Rest in peace mate! To bad di ka naka visit sa congress daming buwaya dito.

[BoEinG_747]

Rest in peace mate! To bad di ka naka visit sa congress daming buwaya dito.

at mga road sa Metro Manila madami din mga "Lacoste"

[AG4]

i was shocked when i saw it in the news just now..grabe...

he will be missed!!!!

Same here...
Always watched his shows at Discovery channel and Animal Planet...

So long mate....

[chieffy]

tsk tsk tsk...he will be missed...my son loves to watch his show

[batang_raon14]

*city

Exactly... but how could a stingray sting him on water? He was swimming when he was believed he was stung di ba?

Or baka naman pag-ahon eh dun sya nakatapak kaya siya nakagat? Pero sa chest daw... argh ang gulo.

[Helios]

Monday September 4, 02:28 PM
Steve Irwin dead in stingray attack
By 7News

Nooh! This is tragic for my fellow aussies bec this guy's larger than life back home. Watched him in person perform his stunts on his sanctuary in Sunshine Coast 3 years ago with Terri and his kid Bindi standing nearby where we stood. And if you think he's enthusiasm's over the top in front of the camera, then you should've seen him behind it. This guy's fully animated and there's no one like him around these days doing documentaries on animals, and I guess there'll never be. Rest in peace, mate.

[ssaloon]

BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media said. He was 44.

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Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles Reef near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of the state capital of Brisbane.

Queensland ambulance service spokesman Bob Hamil confirmed that a diver had been killed by a stingray off Lowe Isles Reef but refused to say who the victim was until relatives had been notified.

A rescue helicopter was sent from the nearby city of Cairns, and paramedics from it confirmed the diver's death.

"The probable cause of death is stingray strike to the chest," Hamil said.

Staff at Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, said they had heard the reports but could not comment.

Irwin is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter," which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 and has aired around the world on the Discovery channel.

He rode his image into a feature film, and developed the Australia Zoo as a tourist attraction.

Irwin had received some negative publicity in recent years. In January 2004, he stunned onlookers at the Australia Zoo reptile park by carrying his 1-year-old son into a crocodile pen during a wildlife show. He tucked the infant under one arm while tossing the 13-foot reptile a piece of meat with the other.

Authorities declined to charge Irwin for violating safety regulations.

Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary. Irwin denied any wrongdoing, and an Australian Environment Department investigation recommended no action be taken.

Irwin was also seen as a vocal critic of wildlife hunts in Australia. The federal government recently dropped plans to allow crocodile safaris for wealthy tourists in the Northern Territory following his vehement objections.

Irwin told the Australian television program "A Current Affair" that "killing one of our beautiful animals in the name of trophy hunting will have a very negative impact on tourism, which scares the living daylights out of me."

He is survived by his American wife Terri, from Oregon, and their daughter Bindi Sue, 8, and son Bob, who will turn 3 in December.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/..._tv/obit_irwin

R.I.P. mate.

[ian_rex]

condolences mate.

[XTO]

Kawawa naman! He’s such a brave and dedicated crococodile Dundee.

Sting ray pa nakadale. hindi kaya na provoke yung stingray?

Kala ko buntot lang nito ang delikado, malaki siguro dahil

bumaon sa dibdib. tsk tsk.. May he rest in piece.

[silhouette]

the end of his story...

[IPSG_SlimShady]

Irwin was killed by a stingray barb to the heart on Batt Reef, off the remote resort town of Port Douglas in northeastern Queensland state, his wildlife park Australia Zoo said in a statement.

Crew members aboard Irwin's boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead a short time later, the statement said.

Mukhang hindi survivable yung wound niya. I just thought that in his shows, Steve had always been relying more on his experience rather than safety measures. I always had this inkling that someday, one of these animals will be able to get him.

[uls]

Bad stingray

[bongliza]

Bad stingray

bad... my son will surely missed him. RIP.