There is a video that was never released of his death. The claim was that the sting ray hit his heart directly, which makes sense. Sting rays are very easy to agitate accidentally, sort of like a bee. He got really unlucky even if he were annoying an animal.
Hate the pointless narrative that he was bad for wildlife. Most American millennials love nature because of Steve. He is why we like the aussie accent in bluey imo.
From the wiki article:
The stingray, possibly mistaking Irwin’s shadow for a tiger shark, suddenly “propped on its front” and stabbed Irwin several times with its tail.
It is presumably the only known human death by stingray.
I recall reading somewhere that it wasn’t the first time, but it was the first in a long time.
Why does stingrey look so much like stin-gray
That’s one major criticism of Steve Irwin, he used to wrestle and get in the face of dangerous animals.
I’m not actually sure of how it happened but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was messing around with it.
All this being said, I do believe he was a genuine, caring, lovely guy who was obsessed with conservation. Him dying was a real loss
From what I recall, he was trying to film an interaction with another animal (maybe a shark), completely missing the stingray below him, which I believe was camouflaged. It came out of nowhere.
Despite Steve’s deserved reputation, from what I’ve read this time was truly just bad timing/accident.
Steve probably was too close though.
Yeah I believe that
Not many people think about this: https://gematrinator.com/blog/2018/11/12/the-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwin-1962-2006
Yes, this man was whack’d by the numbers. His number was drawn, and it was a sacrificial ritual for the Irwin family.
Wow. Did someone forget their meds?
Nope. Someone did their research, even using methods the Jesuit Order don’t want us to know (numerology being one of them).
They weaponize this against everyone.
Haha okay. No further explanation needed… I’m sorry you believe this garbage.
Not many people think about this
Rightfully so.
What is that website? Its like a tarot card learned arithmetic
This is a gematria and numerology blog by Derrick Tikkuri, who’s a numerologist.
Based and ttrue
Knowing his track record with poking wild animals…yes. It wouldn’t surprise me if he was pulling its tail to prevent it from escaping, and it had enough.
Huh? Steve loved and respected the hell out of all animals.
One of his most famous lines was, “Oh, crikey! Look at how mad he is!”, while poking an animal with a stick.
To the uninformed it may have appeared that way but he was an expert in handling reptiles which is typically where he said those lines.
Few could catch and relocate animals as gently as he did… and even fewer while putting on a show that garnered significant interest in animal conservation.
He was genuinely responsible for the repopulation of crocodiles across Australia and several species of endangered snakes.
The showmanship was a facade. He was the real deal.
Being an expert in handling reptiles, doesn’t mean he should have been handling them in the wild.
Rule number one of wildlife conservation…look, but don’t touch.
You know he was doing relocation work in many of his videos right? Some of the snakes were captured for anti-venom and breeding programs for conservation efforts.
He wasn’t bothering animals for shits and giggles.
Oh. So, you haven’t actually watched his show? In literally every episode he handled any wildlife he happened to come across. Everything. He made a point of picking them all up so the camera could get a better look at them, before eventually letting them escape.
He antagonized every animal he encountered for the sake of the shot he was trying to get. That’s exploitation…not conservation.
Many is not all.
He was the most successful conservationist in Australian history so you can bitch all you like, he got results where others failed and continue to fail.
Wut? Lol Steve Irwin has had one of the greatest posthumous image rehabilitation in history. He may have never harmed anything, but he sure didn’t respect them either. He was pretty disliked by conservationists when he was still alive.
