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http://au.news.yahoo.com/060904/23/10ebv.html

 

Steve Irwin killed in stingray attack

By 7News

 

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been killed in a stingray attack near Cairns on Australia's far north coast.

It was believed Irwin had been swimming off the coast of Cairns when he was stung.

 

"It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest," Brisbane's Courier Mail reported this afternoon.

 

Irwin was best known for his documentary series "The Crocodile Hunter".

 

He was born in Victoria and found his love of animals after following in his father's footsteps, volunteering his services to the Queensland Government's East Coast Crocodile Management program.

 

He spent years living on his own in the mosquito infested creeks, rivers and mangroves of North Queensland, catching huge crocodiles single-handed.

 

In June 1992, he married American Terri Raines after they met when she visited Irwin's Australia Zoo.

 

The 44-year-old is survived by his wife and two children, Bindi and Robert.

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THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead.

 

He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said.

 

It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest.

 

More here at the Courier Mail

 

 

 

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THE CROCODILE HUNTER wouldnt ya think he'd go in the mouth of a croc not by a bloody sting ray. :thumbsup:

a sad day for australia most likly the whole world.

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A man deserving our respect. He put tens of millions back into conservation in Australia, a fact not commonly known. Wore his heart on his sleeve, and put his money where his mouth was.

 

A genuine character lost, and the world is tonight a slightly lesser place.

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He was filming a documentary called Deadly Sea Creatures. I thought it was just some stupid rumour going around school but was shocked and saddened to find that it was true.

 

RIP

Edited by mitch13

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