Crocodile Hunter killed in marine accident

Yeah i heard the sad news today i was in shock when i first heard the news , my honest opinion of steve irwin is that he was a legend who enjoyed his life to the full , and truly loved his family and his work for wildlife and conservation.
to put it simply im gutted , he was an icon of the 21st century for the natural world and loved the world over..i cant even begin to imagine how his family is handling this. R.I.P steve you will be greatly missed.

Not even the herp world! He would do stuff with any kind of animal and he sparked interests in birds, felines, herps, fish and all other types of animals.

true.. i should reword that sentence, he loved each and every creature on this planet

sorted thats better

personally i think this forum and others should do a book of Condolence and email it to the Australia Zoo site

Just had to chuckle thinking of Steve Irwin's love of all creatures and how he'd fearlessly wrestle crocs yet have troubles with the oddest animals. Does anyone remember the show where they had him handling some black cockatoo's. Oh it was hilarious how those birds hated poor Steve and how he jumped from their big sharp beaks. Those birds knew how to get the best of Steve LOL. Just wanted to interject a note of humor here to honor a man that had a huge well of laughter in him and never seemed to take his "star" status very seriously.

Thanks Steve Irwin - for the education, the ooohhhh's and the ahhhh's, the "holy crap that snake's going to nail him" and for the laughter too.

Was it monday he was killed? A good internet friend of mine is Australian and midnight here is pretty much late afternoon there(next day)- was it yesterday or this morning U.S. time?

It kills me he's gone. My boyfriend told me a guy at work told him- I was like "yeah right". All i can think of is his wife and two young kids.

I really never did expect any animal to take him out. Reckless or not he knew what he was doing imo. This was really just a freak accident. Very upsetting-

and i saw that episode with the black cockatoos- they were hilarious! he seemed to pretty much have trouble with birds in general at his zoo.

I too couldn't believe the news. I was told by a friend and all I could say was "What!?!" It's still sinking in. My prayers go out to his family and friends.

Very shocking! I expected an animal to be his demise, but not a stingray. It's going to be rough on his wife and kids.

Have to respect the man for all he's done.:(

i just saw a piece on entertainment tonight. they had the press release from steve's best friend and he was there (i think he's a producer or something as well as steve's friend) - and he said he was pretty sure it was instantanious and that steve died doing what he loved.

also, steve's daughter bindi has her own tv show and he was with her taping a spot for her show... so that's nice that he was with his family on his last day (not away on a shoot)