Steve Irwin, is DEAD.
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Crocodile Hunter's" Death to be Broadcast?
Published: 9/4/2006 8:15:02 AM
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The footage of late Australian naturalist Steve Irwin being killed by a stingray could be shown on TV.
Charismatic Irwin, dubbed the "Crocodile Hunter" after his internationally acclaimed TV show, died Monday while diving on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Irwin was filming a new documentary when he lost his life, and his cameraman shot the moment when the stingray's barbed tail stabbed the legendary conservationist through the heart.
The tapes are currently being held by Queensland police - but Irwin's family is determined to respect his last wishes and allow the harrowing footage to be broadcast.
Irwin once insisted, "My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of focus, I don't give a rip.
"Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, 'Crikey!' just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me."
Published: 9/4/2006 8:15:02 AM
Crocodile Hunter Photo Gallery
The footage of late Australian naturalist Steve Irwin being killed by a stingray could be shown on TV.
Charismatic Irwin, dubbed the "Crocodile Hunter" after his internationally acclaimed TV show, died Monday while diving on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Irwin was filming a new documentary when he lost his life, and his cameraman shot the moment when the stingray's barbed tail stabbed the legendary conservationist through the heart.
The tapes are currently being held by Queensland police - but Irwin's family is determined to respect his last wishes and allow the harrowing footage to be broadcast.
Irwin once insisted, "My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of focus, I don't give a rip.
"Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, 'Crikey!' just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me."
Sounds kind of morbid to me. 
That one episode of the Croc Hunter that my kids will miss. 
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Well, it may have the effect of letting folks know that these are wild animals and anything can happen, so treat them with respect at a distance.
Kind of like "do not try this at home kids". Look what happens when the professionals work around animals. Things can get out of hand and the pros can easily be out of their league in an instant.
Just ask Roy, Steve cannot answer
That said, I'd place my trust in animals more than some of the folks I've met along life's path. 
At least with animals you know what lines to not cross. People are deceptive, animals are not. But animals can lead one into a false sense of familiary if you let them, witness what happened to Steve.
Just sad, fitting, but sad. I liked his ways and if ever there was a poster child for "don't do this" he was that pinup.
Kind of like "do not try this at home kids". Look what happens when the professionals work around animals. Things can get out of hand and the pros can easily be out of their league in an instant.
Just ask Roy, Steve cannot answer
That said, I'd place my trust in animals more than some of the folks I've met along life's path.
At least with animals you know what lines to not cross. People are deceptive, animals are not. But animals can lead one into a false sense of familiary if you let them, witness what happened to Steve.Just sad, fitting, but sad. I liked his ways and if ever there was a poster child for "don't do this" he was that pinup.
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Originally Posted by karen1953
"Off he goes, very carefully carrying it like it was a lit candle," she said. "Goes up to the motorbike and starts poking at it. I said, `what are you doing to the motorbike?' He said, `I'm fixing the motorbike so daddy can drive it from heaven.'"
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