• philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club
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    23 hours ago

    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

    • FrChazzz@lemmus.org
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      4 hours ago

      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.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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      20 hours ago

      Despite Steve’s deserved reputation, from what I’ve read this time was truly just bad timing/accident.

      Steve probably was too close though.