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He was killed by a stingray this morning while filming an underwater documentary. A barb went through his chest, and, well, yeah...

So long, brave Crocodile Hunter! We will miss the unfair image that you gave to the rest of the world about Australians.

Man, it was like a swift kick to the ass when I first heard about this late last night. For shame, I thought he had a lot more to offer the word...

RIP Croc Hunter.

Darn,

I knew the world of the ocean was too much even for him.

RIP steve Irwin.

A stingray, of all things... holy shit.
Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter. If "Jaws" is any indication, expect stingrays to be less popular.

I've always thought he had a death wish, now it's been answered ("Come on, croc, fuckin' bite me! Kill me now, you're a big bastard! Come on now!") Bummer for his family, and all.

But the fact that it was a stingray of all things is kind of funny. It's like a tornado chaser dying by choking on a hailstone that fell into his mouth.

The thing stabbed him right through the heart! Guy was hardcore to the end.

Now that he's dead, I'm excited for his pop status to start ridiculously inflating. Right next to your Tupac tattoo, under your Kurt Cobain t-shirt and below your Jesus necklace, will be a picture of Steve Irwin with a thought bubble of "Crikey!"

It's still hard to believe. He was a veritable Australian legend. And to think, I wanted to go to Australia Zoo and meet him one day... now I'll never have the chance.

At least he went out like a champ. Let's face it, getting stabbed through the heart by a giant pancake is the way to go!

I remember going to his park when I was younger, and watching him waltz into this seemingly empty enclosure without a care in the world. He casually announced that he was in the presence of two crocs (who were hiding in the water at the time), one a female who had just laid her eggs and the other a 13 foot monster male who is extremely aggressive... Even by crocodile standards.

Watching him draw the two of them out of the water, feed them, putting on a show the entire time and never once looking out of control or out of his depth was an experience that I've kept with me all my life. I can't say I wanted to be Steve Irwin one day, but he was probably the closest thing to a "childhood hero" I ever had.

I heard on the radio this morning that according to the camera man (who was obviously there when Irwin was stabbed), the last thing Steve did before he died was rip out the serrated tail of the stingray that had stabbed him. If that isn't a complete personification of his strong-hearted character, then I don't know what is.

Rest in Peace, Steve.

He died doing what he loved to do, and while most of us thought he was crazy, we should think of him for what he was: a near-fearless man who was full of life and who loved his family.

I mean, in six months, we're gonna look back on this and say "Somewhere, someone won a $50 bet", but it still doesn't take the point away that he deserves our respect.

Apparently, he's only the third person ever to be killed by a stingray. Seems unlikely, but I wouldn't doubt that he died in a manner only a select few can.

Does this make stingrays more dangerous than crocs?

Let's see... crocs still kill more people than stingrays. So, no.

A very ironic death indeed, thousands of kids feed Stingrays at Seaworld all the time.

I heard he was doing a ducumentary at the Great Barrier Reef, I guess he died near-ish home?

It feels, so, odd. I don't know the guy, he has no bearing on my life, Yet his death makes me fell rather crappy. I'm gonna miss his awesome moxious-ness, Goodbye Steve.

Absolutely heartbroken. :(

...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

...ahhh, I'm going to hell.

The guy was my hero. It really was a shock to know that he other day. I keep thinking about his wife and kids, and the legacy his father gave him. I bet she will pass that on to the children, but it won't be the same.

Rest in peace Irwin.

I find it strangely amusing that Australians are now making revenge killings on stingrays and cutting off their tails.

Thats like the last thing Steve would want, those people are nuts.

Steve got killed because he got careless, every wild animal is dangerous he was just asking for it.

I guess Steve was fast on his feet, but underwater we are useless.

He died doing what he loved, and thats what we should be happy about.

Is sad how humans only care when someone dies, but not when he is alive and you can still helps him/her...

Is sad how humans only care when someone dies, but not when he is alive and you can still helps him/her...

. . . so we should've been living as Steve Irwin's servants for the past five years? Or wiped out the Stingray population beforehand?

You make no fucking sense.

Considering the nature of Steve Irwin's fame, I don't think he's the kind of person who needed any help with anything.

Except stingrays, perhaps.

Omni Hunter wrote:I find it strangely amusing that Australians are now making revenge killings on stingrays and cutting off their tails.

F***. What did I say?

I know, I watched a tribute to him today. I can't believe the guy was jumping fully grown Crocs as the age of 9.