For anyone getting the "wife and kids" into the story... being a dad means responsibility.. and doing stupid life threatening shit WHILE being responsible for a child (i wont mention the wife in this case) makes you as bad as a dead beat father

Does anyone recall having him having his baby in his hand while FEEDING an alligator by hand? Thats fucking insane.

Scotty...try actually reading what I wrote

I seriously doubt you know any wisemen. By the way, human beings are animals, therefore all your generalized statements about animals are false.

You're just an attention whore who doesn't have skills to get noticed, so you have to say some stupid bullshit so people will pay attention to your lame ass.

He knew exactly how dangerous these animals were. He felt he could predict them, and read their body language well enough to manipulate them withuot being harmed. Which is something he truley did do well as hes been studying the animals his entire life. Personally, i dont care either way, but your article retarded. He knew they were out to kill him by nature.

Please change your "Location" to something else, I'm embarassed for all of us Canadians that you are one of us!

:Oh crap

You may have the mental capacity of an animal, but don't drag the rest of us down with you.

while I agree that humans are animals, my point is that animals are not human

there is a difference

LOL good one Jason

Yes he should have shot all his shows remotely from at least 20 feet away from any animal. He should never have captured crocs to relocate them away from people or tag them for research.

That would have been sure to accomplish his mission of increasing awareness about conservation to millions much faster rather than being an up close and personal entertaining character for the past 15 years or more.

He should be convicted posthumously of genocide. Look at all the millions of people that after watching his "distorted" views of nature, immediately went out looking for venomous critters to fondle, crocodiles to wrestle etc and subsequently were killed.

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Swimming with stingrays is not life threatening and is VERY common for scuba divers, it was a fluke accident.

Oh you agree? lol, aren't you superior, it's a fucking fact you idiot, it's not an agree or disagree statement.

Your an idiot! He didn't provoke it! He didn't even know it was there, they said it was berried under the sand and when Steve swam over it he caught its spine.

The man did more in 15 years then most of you haters will do in your lifetime. :2 cents:

Hey if anyone deserved death it was those who went out and got killed mimicking steve irwin :| see: natural slection

Steve was a nice guy, had a nice family, loved nature, etc ...........

BUT, his habit of invading the space of other living things was not something to emulate. His "Robin Williams" approach had bad ending written all over it.

Watching, reporting, appreciating from a distance is one thing.

I grew up in Florida and was PROPERLY taught not to INVADE THE SPACE of alligators, sharks, stingrays, spiders, snakes, and bikers at Daytona Beach.

Imagine him grabbing a guy from a bar, talking wildly in his face, probing, teasing ..... Sad as it is, someone finally kicked his ass.

Apparently YOU are the idiot.

he knew it was there...they were filming it and he was swimming with it. Nice try though....

If you're going to call someone an idiot, learn to spell "You're", dumbass.

Hear, hear! Exactly on the point!

He wasn't "riding" a stingray ?

The way I see it Steve does deserve an award...a Darwin Award

but he wouldn't qualify, as he has already procreated. Better late than never I guess

Why is it that whenever ass clown hate mongers gets offended by what other people say when they are the ones that start a stupid thread, they have to go to the spelling something correctly angel to save face?

Why is it that whenever fanboys like you try to make their smartass argument, they can't spell worth a shit? Maybe it's because they're uneducated morons? Maybe it shows?

Really? He was not at Seaworld ......

Obstruct the forward progress (photographer) decend from above (Steve) and you have natural survival skills kick in ....

This was an accident for Steve ..... It was DUH? for the stingray .......

Re: link ... How much do you want to bet a wavier is signed BEFORE the divers pet any stingrays ?

Oh and in case you clowns missed it, they were filming, surrounding, and thus provoking the ray...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5314918.stm

It was just his time to die, why you all say - deserve?

"Though armed with a venom-coated, sharp barb on their tail, stingrays only use the weapon defensively and attacks on humans are extremely rare."

All the stories say he was along side it and not provoking

If you got attacked and killed by a dog while passing one on the street.. would you be just as stupid?

My name is Steve, I am about to surprise a dangerous _____ in it's natural habitat. It has no idea I'm here, what I am, or that I won't eat it.

Since you are the one comparing dogs to stingrays, I think you're just as stupid.

hate that it is you that I am quoting, but you are right

I shouldnt waste my time thinking for you, but ill help you this time

its an analogy

How much you wanna bet you sign a waiver before any paid scuba diving excursion?

Okay, I have been driving for the last 3 days, so I had very few details . . . something was just told to me.

Apparently, the camerman is who spooked the stingray, and when it backed up away from him it stabbed Irwin.

If this is accurate, was it still deserved?

Almost makes Michael jackson seem sane by comparison (think: baby, balcony)

Ever heard of a dog, one which you would nonchalantly pass on the street, mauling a full grown man to death?

http://www.photohome.com/pictures/an...-poodle-1a.jpg

What he said.

There are plenty of evil people in this world; Steve Irwin wasn't one of them.

Yeah and whats the chances of dieing from a stingray barb to the HEART.

Well anything that can shoot a sharp object inches in yuor body is life threatening. Its just a matter of statistics.. the ball will hit green once every while and if you play long enough it will when you least expect it.

another mike south talking out of his ass thread

Gee, why don't you go experiment and let us know, since you seem to think it's so unlikely.