Sad week for Australia
 

crikey steve erwins DEAD

killed by a sting ray barb through the chest :uhoh:

A very sad day today without a doubt.

He was the most intelligent man in Australia.

My condolences to Terri, his family and the staff at Australia Zoo.

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=242211

being discussed in Jet Blast where the non-aviation stuff goes.

Cheers

Whirls

Yeah but he was picked up by QES 412.
This is really sad, he was the real deal and this is tragic.

Damn!!! What a terrible loss - A good man.

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Movin' Up


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Heliport

Movin up....thats pretty harsh...

hope when your parents died or DIE....there death is not mocked & neither are you...:ugh:
everone deserves some respect....especially family members left behind.

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Movin'Up

hard yakka, toyota... & i reckon alot of others will jump on the band wagon to....

He stood for a good cause and put alot of effort and money into animal preservation, education and made his mark world wide...certainly boosting Australian tourism...

I guess it's only a matter of time before the footage is leaked.. as he was filming a documentry....

I love the pontifical judgements passed on here when someone bites the dust. Irwin was bright, funny, a great showman, a truly enthusiastic person who taught us all about the wonder of nature. His stunts were part danger and part showmanship, and he lived a life most of us would gladly swap 10 years of our lives for.
Regarding those who think that he caused his own demise, remember, "An optimist is a helicopter pilot who quits smoking."

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"and he lived a life most of us would gladly swap 10 years of our lives for"

Nick, hold on there, the guy was Unique for sure but I dont think I would want to go around grabbing some deadly snake by the ass end...... Takes someone real special.
Im sure many more folks than we can imagine will miss him and his enthusiasim......

movin' up

I agree David Attenborough is undoubtedly the finest maker of wildlife documentaries ever, but Steve Irwin aimed for and reached a wider audience.
It may say a lot (to you) about "the intellect of those watching", but millions of people who wouldn't think of watching an Attenborough documentary nonetheless learned a great deal about the wonders of wildlife from Irwin.


I agree with Nick and jetflite about the comments you've made.

Movin' up - it seems you didn't understand my point after all....why lie? it's something so small!!!

Before judgeing someone you don't know...try getting to know there history,
Irritated animals....far from it...

Movin' up this is for you,Just incase you still don't understand...:ugh:

His exuberant and enthusiastic presenting style, broad Australian accent, constant wearing of khakis and catch-phrase "Crikey!" became known worldwide: The Crocodile Hunter aired in over 122 countries worldwide.

Under Irwin's expansive leadership, the operations grew to include the zoo, the television series, The Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation, and International Crocodile Rescue. Improvements to his Australia Zoo include the Animal Planet Crocoseum, the rainforest aviary, and Tiger Temple

In 2001 Irwin was awarded the Centenary Medal for his "service to global conservation and to Australian tourism". In 2004 he was nominated for Australian of the Year.

Irwin believed in promoting environmentalism by sharing his excitement about the natural world rather than preaching to people. He was concerned with conservation of endangered animals and land clearing leading to loss of habitat. He urged people to take part in considerate tourism and not support illegal poaching through the purchase of items such as turtle shells. He considered conservation to be the most important part of his work: "I consider myself a wild-life warrior. My mission is to save the world's endangered species."

He founded the Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation, which was later renamed Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, and became an independent charity

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At the end of the day - wild animals in the wild - are -wild animals in the wild - unpredictable.

That is why he had it hanging on the wall, no surprises across north oz.

No i'll not speak ill of the passed on, however he was far more revered over there than here Nick, especially up north where many of us deal with these creatures now and then and respect them for what they are.

I do think the role model status was very questionable, showing kids how to grab hold of a king brown and making fun of it was well beyond the pale.

As a role model he may have been on a par with another bloke - helicopter pilot - alby someone? as a man steve was way above him for sure and a true blue there was no doubt.

Attenborough gets my best vote.

At the risk of a sound Pruners bashing, may I start by saying I admired Steve's balls and his untimely demise at the "sharp end" of a potentially dangerous animal must be hard to bear for family, friends and fans alike. My sympathies to all affected by his passing.

However, given his zest for life (lets face it most of us have a pretty dangerous job also !) I would like to think he'd have laughed also...

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/d57737cc.jpg

I mean no disrespect to anyone, but was amazed with the speed of this release, and must confess to laughing !

OMB.

I don't know about some of you but I learned more about Australian wildlife than I ever expected by watching Irwin's TV programs. He was fun to watch and made light of himself while passing a good message about wildlife issues.

I can assure you he did things I would never dream of.....the one scene during the "Ten Most Poisonous Snakes" program where he was laying on the ground near a hole and the number one fella crawled out and licked him on the nose was a stunner and definitely not planned. The look on Irwin's face when that happened confirmed it (as probably the undie change afterwards too).

The Man lived life and died doing what he loved...he leaves a lovely family and a lot of friends behind. Seems like quite a good legacy to me.

The development of this thread is unbelievable. I have on more than one occasion taken the piss on pprune but this is over the top. If I manage to achieve 1/10 of what this man has for environmental awareness and preservation in my life and show even a glimmer of his passion and dedication to our planet I will die a very satisfied man.
Movin up, other than saying you're a :mad: wit, I want to ask you, do you think those brown snakes are mentally scarred from Steve's hands?
Love his way or hate it, you can't deny what he stood for and what he achieved and for that he should be commended. The man was a legend.
What have you done to better the world?

Is your life so sad that you have to mock the dead,
anybody loosing alife is sad (unless your a lowlife child abuser ect), whether you like there chosen way off life or not , this man done no harm to anybody , proberbly saved lives by teaching people whats what in the wildlife world, lets hope his wife mother young children will only read the good about this man and not the attitudes of people who no nothing about what there talking about, movin' up your a sad lonley man. Ifeel sorry for you for being so lame.