Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead

[unstoppable]

Bump.
Steve Erwin is the man. I cried last night when i watched the crocodile hunter...

the majority of my Myspace is dedicated to teh Croc Hunter

 

[Avangarde]

I know this is some late news but Australia was hit with another loss yesterday. Peter "King of the Mountain" Brock, Australia's greatest ever race car driver was killed in a race. That's 2 Aussie icons in 1 week. It is very dark over here in Australia. None of us can believe what has happend

 

[unstoppable]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1629598424559706671&q=steve+irwin&hl=en\


this is a good tribute to Steve and has a great song along with it

 

[unstoppable]

I know this is some late news but Australia was hit with another loss yesterday. Peter "King of the Mountain" Brock, Australia's greatest ever race car driver was killing in a race. That's 2 Aussie icons in 1 week. It is very dark over here in Australia. None of us can believe what has happend

Steve was the greatest Aussie

 

[Mr Sparkle]

I haven't been here in a while, did somebidy else say "crikey" yet?

 

[JLBats]

Wow, unstoppable REALLY liked Steve Irwin.

 

[unstoppable]

Wow, unstoppable REALLY liked Steve Irwin.

yeah it's just the majority of my life has been wasted watching TV and he was one of my top five favorite tv stars (first on Animal Planet)

 

[unstoppable]

I haven't been here in a while, did somebidy else say "crikey" yet?

nope

 

[Mr Sparkle]

Oh crimany

LOL, close enough.

 

[bunk]

I finished my Steve Irwin tribute sketch

 

[sassycat]

That is really beautiful bunk. Thanks for sharing!

 

[3dman27]

That is really beautiful bunk. Thanks for sharing!

it is indeed

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[Avangarde]

Thats awsome mate

 

[unstoppable]

thats the greatest pic I've seen all day

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[Spade]

^I can oddly picture that exact thing happening right now Dew.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- At least 10 stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia's eastern coast since "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was killed by one of the animals last week, an official said Tuesday, prompting concerns of revenge attacks on the normally docile fish.

The popular television star was killed last week when a stingray barb pierced his chest as he filmed a TV show off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, prompting an outpouring of grief in Australia and among his fans worldwide.

The dead stingrays have been discovered on two beaches in Queensland state, including two that were found Tuesday with their tails lopped off, state fisheries department official Wayne Sumpton said.

Sumpton said fishermen who inadvertently catch the diamond-shaped rays sometimes cut off their tails to avoid being stung, but the practice is uncommon.

Michael Hornby, the executive director of Irwin's conservation group Wildlife Warriors, said he was concerned the rays were being hunted and killed in retaliation for the TV star's death.

"It may be some sort of retribution, or it may be fear from certain individuals, or it just may be yet another callous act toward wildlife," he said.

He said killing stingrays was "not what Steve was about."

"We are disgusted and disappointed that people would take this sort of action to hurt wildlife," he said.

Stingrays are usually shy, unobtrusive fish that rummage along the sea bottom for food or burrow into the sand. When stepped on or otherwise frightened, a serrated spine up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) long in the animal's tail flares up.

The spines emit toxins that can kill small creatures and cause excruciating pain in humans. Few people die from the poison, but the spines can badly tear flesh and the wounds are prone to infections, including tetanus.

Hornby said people should treat stingrays with caution, but "there is still no need to ... kill or mutilate these important animals."

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/irwin.stingrays.ap/index.html


I so knew this would happen

 

[Cmill216]

2006: End of the Sting

 

[Equint77]

that's just stupid.

retaliating....

 

[The Amazing Lee]

People die from animals. It's just them defending themselves. They don't know any better.

But retaliating innocent creatures...

...this world is just sick and wrong.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Especially since the sting ray that killed Steve wasn't "evil". From what I hear, Steve and one cameraman had it quite cornered.

 

[Abaddon]

His death came as quite a surprise. I expected his death to be more dramatic and violent. I hope he didn't suffer too much.

 

[kainedamo]

What kind of moron decides he's going to kill some stingrays?? How can a person possibly be that dumb?

 

[Colossal Spoons]

What kind of morons decides he's going to kill some stingrays?? How can a person possibly be that dumb?

Plural. If one person did it; ok that guy's a moron. how do you excuse a bunch of people doing it?