Do you remember Australian conservationist Steve Irwin?

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Bretrick

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He died after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb whilst filming on the Great Barrier Reef in 2006.
Hard to believe that was 15 years ago.
He is buried at the Australia Zoo in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland
The zoo was originally called the Beerwah Reptile Park, established and run by his parents in 1970.

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Hubby and I visited Beerwah Reptile Park when it was run by his father, Bob Irwin. It was small but a delightful place to visit with little children. I remember Bob showing my youngsters the sugar tail glider he had in his pocket.

Later, one of my nieces worked at Australia Zoo as a keeper. Of course, every time we went north we had to go to see her at work. Over time she was a keeper for the kangaroos, little otters and a baby camel. She also did presentations in an alligator pen and helped to subdue crocodiles for transportation to other wild life parks and reserves. Subduing meant lying on top of them while their mouths were taped shut.
 
Bretrick said:
He died after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb whilst filming on the Great Barrier Reef in 2006.
Hard to believe that was 15 years ago.
He is buried at the Australia Zoo in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland
The zoo was originally called the Beerwah Reptile Park, established and run by his parents in 1970.

Australia Zoo 2020​

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Yes I do. Rest in peace Steve, love and respect to his family.
 
Alligatorob said:
Yes, a showman and a fool. I am surprised he lived as long as he did.

I am concerned others tried what he did. Most of the animals he worked with are dangerous and require more distance and respect than he showed...
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And he intentionally annoyed animals for dramatic effect. Not a kind person at all.
 
Quite well. Had mixed feelings about him personally for reasons cited by others above. But quite fond of his whole family for their devotion to animals (part of my love for American entertainment icon Betty White too). i don't usually follow the personal lives of 'celebrities' but my heart was warmed watching the surviving family members talking about Bindi's engagement and wedding. One of those bittersweet things as younger brother Robert stepped up to walk her down the aisle. And i watch clips of any of them when they turn up on talk shows. i understand the Zoo they work with housed many of the animal 'refugees' from the wildfires a while back.

There is one clip, i'll post below that tells me he really did have affection for animals, maybe some of the on-camera stuff was getting carried away with wanting to keep the audience engaged. Most wild animals, unless they've had some bad experiences with humans have good instincts about which of us they can trust, especially near their young. It's more complex with domestic animals because they are somewhat dependent on us, they can be protective and even jealous of other relationships (with humans or animals) we have. But if a wild animal trusts you with their baby--to me that speaks well of you.

 
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He became kind of a living parody of himself, and everyone watching him kinda thought, “someday, something’s gonna happen to that boy.” Sure enough, something sadly did. It’s hard not to like Steve Irwin…

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feywon said:
Quite well. Had mixed feelings about him personally for reasons cited by others above. But quite fond of his whole family for their devotion to animals (part of my love for American entertainment icon Betty White too). i don't usually follow the personal lives of 'celebrities' but my heart was warmed watching the surviving family members talking about Bindi's engagement and wedding. One of those bittersweet things as younger brother Robert stepped up to walk her down the aisle. And i watch clips of any of them when they turn up on talk shows. i understand the Zoo they work with housed many of the animal 'refugees' from the wildfires a while back.

There is one clip, i'll post below that tells me he really did have affection for animals, maybe some of the on-camera stuff was getting carried away with wanting to keep the audience engaged. Most wild animals, unless they've had some bad experiences with humans have good instincts about which of us they can trust, especially near their young. It's more complex with domestic animals because they are somewhat dependent on us, they can be protective and even jealous of other relationships (with humans or animals) we have. But if a wild animal trusts you with their baby--to me that speaks well of you.

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Of course Steve had a great love for animals. He grew up in his father's zoo and was handling animals from a very young age.
The family own Australia Zoo.
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