"Croc Hunter" killed in underwater accident

[megamania]

In "Off Topic" we have a thread on this subject. Crazy way to go considering his crazier antics with much more dangerous creatures. To my minor understanding of the incident the critter surprised him and was not part of the script. Surprised and unprepared mixed with freakish strike (True strike finished with a critical?) he was killed.

Kinda sucks. I had a mixed opinion of him but my kids were saddened to learn of it. and that thus saddens me.

 

[KenM]

I don't think he failed a save as the ray rolled a crit. RIP Steve, you'll be missed.

 

[Vocenoctum]

I read his comments about putting his baby in danger and you know what he some ways he was right. He had much more control over that situation then say a child playing on their street with a lot of traffic. Or playing in their backyard down here in Florida and having the child attacked by a gator. Or how about parents who own pit bulls that turn on their kids and kill them.

This is basically my opinion. He was in a controlled situation and the danger to his child was there, but minimal. He isn't Croc Hunter because he wears crocodile shoes, he knows how to handle the situations.

Contrast this to people with kids and dogs. Every time something happens, you hear the standard excuses of how the dog was trusted and it could never happen to them.

Myself, I think more parents endanger their kids with those stupid glass coffee tables than Irwin did in his act.

I personally would not have exposed my child to a croc like that.

Right, nor would I, though neither of us is him. Plenty of parents bring their kids to work in environments that I'd never bring a kid to though.

But as I said before I think it is wrong to use one act to define a person entire life.

The guy had a long career, it's a shame that folks see him dying in an accident and think "see, he endangered his kid".

As for this proving anything all it proves is that life can end when we least expect it. That diving into the ocean comes with some risk. But then walking out your front door comes with risk as well.

Exactly so. Life is dangerous, and tragedy tends to take people by surprise.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Stingray poison isn't lethal, just incredibly painful- Steve is probably only the 4th person in recorded history to die from a Stingray's sting...

The fact that it was a large Stingray (with a larger stinger than usual) and that it hit directly hit his heart with the poison- in game terms, a weak poison + crit with biggish weapon + shock- is probably what did it.

RIP, Steve Irwin..."Crocs Rule!"

 

[Nifft]

Yipes! Guy brought a lot of amusement to the world. RIP.

-- N

 

[Wraith Form]

Ouch. That seems wrong.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Life produces its own satire sometimes.

That a man who spent his career dealing with deadly preditors (sharks, crocodiles, 'gaters) and other dangerous animals (those spiders and snakes in Australia that have that 2-step poison) becomes one of the very few people in history to be killed by a stingray is like that. It's like life, the real world, producing some ugly satire.

This is not tim Treadwell being eaten by bears - he took dumb risks and was eventually killed by one of the largest land preditors alive. Steve was killed in a kind of freak accident by a stingray barb that went into his heart. I mean, if the barb had hit him any where else it would simply have been a somewhat funny incident. Now it is simply sad.

 

[DMH]

Stingray poison isn't lethal, just incredibly painful- Steve is probably only the 4th person in recorded history to die from a Stingray's sting...

The 17th in the world and 2nd in Oz.

The fact that it was a large Stingray (with a larger stinger than usual) and that it hit directly hit his heart with the poison- in game terms, a weak poison + crit with biggish weapon + shock- is probably what did it.

I wonder if the poison had anything to do with his death- a hole in the heart tends to kill anyone.

 

[Meloncov]

The fact that it was a large Stingray (with a larger stinger than usual) and that it hit directly hit his heart with the poison- in game terms, a weak poison + crit with biggish weapon + shock- is probably what did it.

I believe it was a shock-induced heart attack that actually killed, rather than as a direct result of the poison.

 

[Jdvn1]

I believe it was a shock-induced heart attack that actually killed, rather than as a direct result of the poison.

I thought it was the fact that the stinger went straight into his heart.